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 …

Under 3mins Pitch: Why being a Trustee is the best Volunteer role

In the video below, I outline in under 3 minutes why being a Trustee is the very best volunteer role there is. If you cannot bear looking at my face for that long, and I do not blame you, then you can read my blog article explaining similar arguments.

Stop Calling it the ‘Third’ Sector

It is increasingly bothering me, to the point of driving me crazy, that people refer to the sector I work in as the ‘Third’ sector. It just seems wrong and symptomatic of a sector that is under-appreciated and undervalued. But we accept it, as that is what our sector does, we do not make a …

Trustee – Probably the best volunteer role there is

More people should be trustees. They really should. It is often forgotten as a volunteer role, but it is absolutely one of the best ways to volunteer your skills and experience and make a real significant contribution to a charity. This truly fantastic volunteer role suffers, in my view, due its name. The word ‘trustee’ …