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Improving access to
volunteering from
underrepresented groups
the challenges and solutionsElaine Goddard – Sheffield City Council
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Volunteering – what do we
mean?
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Title
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Unavoidable Tensions?Volunteer
priority
Client
priority
Ad hoc
hours
Adding
value
Displacing
jobs
Reliable
service
Priority of the organisation
Vol commitment vs Org Need
Damaging or enhancing?
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Volunteering improves health
and wellbeing
but
the people who would benefit
most are less likely to
volunteer
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Introduction to Community
Development and Health
• Running since 1997
• Engages people at their pace
• Builds on existing skills and interests
So,
• Have a go….!!!!!
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Currently in Sheffield…
• Multi sector Volunteering Strategy
• Building on a culture where helping others for free is “just what we do”
• Personal motivation and benefits to volunteering
• Strategic buy in – helping the City achieve its goals