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Team NapierEdinburgh ZooMay 11th 2015
Engage… students in unique ways to support them in becoming better global citizens and skilled graduates
Empower… students to seek out and leverage the opportunities that best suit them
Enrich… the personalised student experience
NSA Aims are to…
1. Engage with
Personal Potential Club Potential Local Impact
2. Empower Students to “Reach their Potential”
Overview
• What is Volunteering?• Benefits of Volunteering• Employers and Graduate Attributes• Get that Volunteering Role!• Track your Activity• Available Support
What is Volunteering?
Types of Volunteering
• Personal Interest• Academic Interest• Strategic Volunteering• Club and Society• Team Volunteering• Duke of Edinburgh
Benefits of Volunteering?
Personal Benefits of VolunteeringValues Recognition:
Make a difference Become a Global Citizen
Skills:Personal Skills Employability SkillsAcademic Skills Take on a challenge
Learn about community
Personal Benefits:Gain confidence Meet peopleBe part of a community Have fun!
Community Benefits of Volunteering• 32% of adults in Edinburgh Volunteer: around
132,000 people• 36% of women and 29th of men • Edinburgh Volunteers contributes approximately
15.9 MILLION HOURS to Edinburgh communities = £279 MILLION• Scottish Volunteers contribute almost 162
MILLION HOURS to Scottish communities = £2.6 BILLION
Employers and Volunteering
What do employers think about volunteering?*Volunteer Scotland Employer Survey 2014
Duke of Edinburgh and Employability
Employers Supporting
Duke of Edinburgh
Get That Volunteering Role!
What do I want to do?
• What are you interested in?
• Be ambitious!
• Be flexible!
• What Skills do you want to improve?
• Where do you want to volunteer?
Finding my Volunteering
VBase Charity Partners… just a selection
And More….
Team Napier Clubs… just a selection
Clubs and Society Activities
What skills am I using?
Track your Activity
Recording Volunteering - VBase
• Login• Create a Profile• Create your
volunteering role• GET VOLUNTEERING• Log your hours • Log your activities• Download your record• Apply for Reward
Recording Volunteering eDofE
• NSA Creates your Account• Build your DofE
Programme• GET VOLUNTEERING• Record Hours• Upload Evidence• Volunteering Verified• Award and Record
received
Coaching and SportsPathways
1. Committee Meeting
2. Club Finances
3. Staff Search
4. Contracts
5. Pathway
How we support Clubs…
1. Promote
2. Signpost
3. Train & Develop
4. Deploy
5. Reward/Recognition
6. Careers Support
How we support Students…
1. Your club has a mix of recreation and elite athletes… how do you cater for different abilities and levels?
2. Your coach/support staff member is threatening to leave for another organisation, how can you persuade them to stay?
3. Your club has just found out they are losing their coach/support staff member… what steps do you take?
4. You are a student and want to progress as an umpire/referee… how can you do this?
Scenario
What does this look like for a student?
Need more information on developing your club? Contact Mike or Daire
Do you want to volunteer, or have a volunteering or employability module next year? Contact VBase to find a placement to match your interests and academics
Interested in starting your Duke of Edinburgh award? Contact Andy
Anything else? NSA is open through the Summer…
NSA Support Available
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