This workshop is part of three linked training sessions run by MDUK on volunteer development created in collaboration with volunteer sector specialists, 10GM.

About this event

This session is part of a national online Museum Development series of webinars which will help to develop knowledge and skills in volunteer management, volunteer recruitment and volunteer strategy development.

You can sign up to the other sessions by clicking the links below:

Volunteer Management – 8 September – 9:30 – 13:00

Volunteer Recruitment - 20 October - 9:30 - 13:00

Volunteer Strategy - 17 November - 9:30 - 13:00

What will participants gain?

As a result of attending this webinar, participants will become equipped or underpin skills and knowledge, including and not limited to:

• reflective practice that leads to sustainable volunteer retention, development and meaningful experiences

All training will be delivered using a webinar format via Zoom.

Session leaders

This webinar series is being hosted by volunteering consultants and specialists Laura Hamilton and Carol Carbine, who both bring more than 40 years of volunteer management experience in the VCSE sector.

Laura has a strong understanding of volunteer management within small and medium-sized organisations and of working with staff to build volunteer management confidence and capacity in these contexts; and runs a successful consultancy (Laura Hamilton Consulting), with a specialist focus on volunteer engagement and management and training and mentoring for volunteer managers.

Carol specialises in training/facilitation and problem-solving/conflict resolution, working within the overseas aid, animal welfare, disability and heritage sectors; and is a qualified NLP Practitioner. Carol offers bespoke training and facilitation through her own consultancy (Carol Carbine Consulting).

Who should attend?

This session is aimed at all Accredited museums and those working towards Accreditation in the East, South East, North West, North East, Yorkshire, East Midlands and West Midlands and Wales. These webinars are most suitable to groups and organisations that are:

• Reviewing their volunteering strategy
• Open to learning and exploring changes to involving volunteers
• Keen to learn more about and embed inclusive practice into their work on involving volunteers

About your booking

Our museum development colleagues at Share East are managing the bookings. There are 10 places at each webinar allocated for museums located in the South East Museum Development region. If we are oversubscribed we will limit access to one place per organisation and prioritise requests from museums enrolled in the Accreditation scheme.

Bookings close 5 days before each session date and are managed by our colleagues at SHARE EAST, which is the museum development provider for the East of England. They will share your booking data with us (South East Museum Development).