Transcript Volunteering Stepping Stones April 2014

Stepping Stones Programme
A Career Development Programme for Grade 2/3 Staff
Volunteering – enhancing
employability
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What we’ll cover
• Why consider volunteering?
• How volunteering can enhance employability
• What’s available and how to get involved
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Volunteering – What is it?
• The definition of volunteering used in the 1997 National Survey of
Volunteering is:
"any activity which involves spending time, unpaid, doing something which
aims to benefit someone (individuals or groups) other than or in addition to
close relatives, or to benefit the environment."
• The definition of volunteering used in the Home Office Citizenship Survey, 2001
is:
"Formal Volunteering - Giving unpaid help through groups, clubs or
organisations to benefit other people or the environment."
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How does Volunteering help the community?
• In 2003 42 per cent of people in England and Wales volunteered through a
group, club or organisation at least once, equivalent to approximately 17.9
million people.
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Each volunteer contributed an estimated 104 hours in a year and the total
contribution was 1.9 billion hours. This was equivalent of one million full-time
workers.
• At the national average wage their contribution was worth around £22.5
billion. This form of involvement takes place throughout the public, private and
third sectors.
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Why do people volunteer?
• 47% of people volunteer because they were asked! 1
• Reasons for volunteering are extremely personal and motivations
will vary from person to person.
• These could include….
– Personal and social reasons, doing something different,
employability skills, giving something back.
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Volunteering England – Building on Success document.
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So what did I do?
• Brace yourself…….
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Boost your Career Options
A survey carried out by TimeBank through Reed Executive showed that
among 200 of the UK’s leading businesses:
• 73% of employers would employ a candidate with volunteering
experience over one without
• 94% of employers believe that volunteering can add to skills
• 58% say that voluntary work experience can actually be more valuable
than experience gained in paid employment
• 94% of employees who volunteered to learn new skills had benefited
either by getting their first job, improving their salary, or being
promoted.
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Benefits of Volunteering
• Experience
• Qualifications/Training
• Insight into potential future career
• Contacts/networking
• Enhance skills that employers are looking for such as leadership,
teamwork and communication
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How can Volun-tees help?
• Co-ordinate volunteering at the University
• Identify, promote and develop opportunities
• Ensure volunteers receive training and support
• Help volunteers gain recognition and accreditation
• Enhance student and staff experience and skills
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Volun-tees website
www.voluntees.co.uk
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VIP Exercise
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Brief: To plan a fundraising activity for Victim Support who would
like to buy personal safety equipment for Victims of Crime.
Outcome: Plan a one day event to include
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Outline of event/activity
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Role for each member of the group
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Budget required for event
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Equipment required
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Publicity/marketing plan
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Thank you
• Contact: Jayne Villiers
• Email: [email protected]
• [email protected]
• Tel: ext 4280
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