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Volunteering
“Making an impact in Manchester”
Alex Fairweather
Greater Manchester Youth Network
About GMYN
• A not-for-profit organisation working to enable young people
and organisations to participate, develop and achieve.
• Delivers a variety of projects and services
• Involved with various volunteering delivery projects
- vinvolved in Manchester, Bolton, Bury and Oldham
- Millennium Volunteers
- PAYP
- European Voluntary Service
- National Citizens Service
- VCN/Manchester Volunteering Task Group
• Supported over 5000 people to volunteer and
created over 9000 volunteering opportunities.
What is volunteering?
Although definitions can vary, we think of
volunteering as when someone gives up their time
for the benefit of other people, the community or
the environment, in a way that doesn’t directly
replace the work of paid staff or result in
an organisation making a profit.
Why are we passionate about volunteering?
•Volunteering has the power…
•Wider community impact & positive change
•Creates opportunities for individuals and
organisations
“I am capable of changing the way
something is through volunteering”
Young Volunteer (2010)
Economic impacts of volunteering
•Employability – Tackling unemployment and
progression across the City
•Skills and personal development
•Proactive approach towards helping young
people who are not in education, employment or
training (NEET)
•Value of volunteering in the city equated to
£232,380 (based on minimum wage CLES 2010)
•Support for organisations and social enterprise
through volunteers
Social impacts of volunteering
Volunteering improved a lot of things in
me....confidence and speaking, sharing
my ideas with other people
•Increases confidence and working as a
team
•Support for people during a period of
transition
•Socialising – meeting new people,
tackling feelings of isolation
•Volunteering and enhanced wellbeing,
including raising levels of self esteem and
physical health
Wider community impact
•Supporting organisations and social
enterprise in Manchester
•Encouraging cross sector relationships and
discussions between the voluntary sector
and the public sector in Manchester
•Wider economic benefits of this work in
terms of building capacity, strengthening
the labour market and building a sense of
civic responsibility
•Improving community relations
How can I get involved?
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Experience volunteering yourself
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See what's available.
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Taster sessions – Full time volunteering
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Pick something suitable
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Don’t worry!
How can I get involved?
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Support volunteers within your organisation
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Utilise people’s talents, skills & enthusiasm to make a positive change to
Your organisation
Your community
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Challenge the mis-conceptions surrounding
volunteering
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Promote your successes
What support can I get?
Free volunteering
toolkits available from
GMYN’s website
Various online resources
Local organisations
The Future!
The Bad
Changes since the spending review
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No national youth volunteering programme
Cuts in local authority funding
Changes in priorities
Losing the experience and expertise in the area
The Future!
The Good
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National Citizens Service
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Volunteering now part of MCC
framework for infrastructural support
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A time of transition, a chance to change/develop services
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Big Society?
Contact us…
Alex Fairweather- Managing Director
Greater Manchester Youth Network
27 Ardwick Green North
Manchester
M12 6FZ
0161 274 3377
[email protected]
www.gmyn.co.uk