Don’t worry they are not about to, but what if they did? I am very pleased that I (Works4U) am launching the ‘What if everyone stops volunteering?’ UK Report today! This is available to download at Works4U’s website: https://www.works-4u.com/what-if This report is yet another example of me giving myself extra work when I think I …
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Community CVS the First Volunteer Infrastructure Organisation to Obtain the Lead Volunteering Organisation (LVO) Quality Standard
The first volunteer infrastructure organisation to obtain the new national Lead Volunteering Organisation (LVO) is Community CVS in Blackburn with Darwen. Awarding body Works4U CEO Dominic Pinkney presented the LVO award to Volunteering Manager Kate Lee and her colleagues at Community CVS.
The Story behind the Game-changing report on the Monetary Value of Trustees
So… I’ve written a report. But I didn’t mean to. What I set myself as a 15 minutes task ended up being a 58 page report (don’t worry, there are lots of images) and I have not dared to calculate how much of my spare time this took. I run two volunteer centre charities and …
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Just a few days left – WIN £200 for a charity or community group of your choice
There are only a few days left to win £200 for a charity or community group of your choice. As promoted by Smiley News, all you need to do is complete the very quick and easy anonymous survey about employee volunteering from not-for-profit social enterprise Works4U: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/5R8ZBC3 Works4U is an employee volunteering specialist and the …
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Lead Volunteering Organisation (LVO) Quality Standard is Live!
I am proud and pleased to say the brand new Quality Standard called Lead Volunteering Organisation (LVO) is now live! Designed by a volunteer infrastructure organisation for volunteer infrastructure organisations. To explain in other words, I have selfishly created a Quality Standard that I want for my volunteer infrastructure organisations and so it will probably …
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Initial Response to Kruger ‘Levelling up Communities’ Report
Last week the government published the ‘Levelling up our communities: proposals for a new social covenant’, report by Danny Kruger MP which has recommendations and suggestions for developing civil society based on the amazing response by the voluntary and community sector to the Covid-19 pandemic. In late June Danny was asked [note: I am not …
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Dominic Pinkney's World of Volunteering 