Anne Marie Pickup, London Councils
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www.londoncouncils.gov.uk Greater London Volunteering 2012 Volunteering Legacy Get Set Go! 9 March 2009 Anne-marie Pickup [email protected]
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GLV 2012 Volunteering Legacy, Get set, GO! event at City Hall on 9th March 2009
Transcript of Anne Marie Pickup, London Councils
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Greater London Volunteering 2012 Volunteering Legacy Get Set Go!
9 March 2009 Anne-marie Pickup
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Legacy Promise
Promise 3• “To inspire a new generation of young
people of young people to take part in local volunteering, cultural and physical activities”
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Volunteering and the Place Survey
• The level of volunteering in a local authority will now be monitored by the Place Survey
• Volunteering also effects how people feel about their community and will effect how they a respond to other questions in the Place Survey
• Community Leadership – Local authorities, Volunteering and the Community and Voluntary Sector
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How are the inspiration and values of the Olympics and Paralympics being used to increase volunteering and to sustain participation post-2012
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• London Councils are determined to use the catalytic effect of the Games to increase volunteering capacity and opportunity within boroughs and through borough partnerships with Volunteer Centres.
• We are particularly keen to ensure that Volunteering is a major Legacy of the 2012 Games - particularly for hard to reach groups.
2012 and increasing Local volunteering opportunities
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Regionally Volunteering in London Group
Theme 1: Personal Best – ensure there is an appropriately designed and funded pre-volunteer programme, targeted at the unemployed and economically inactive
Theme 2: Improve the knowledge and information management to develop better understanding of volunteering and impact in London
Theme 3: Extend the volunteer base with particular reference to increasing accessibility for people and communities who do not normally volunteer or who volunteer through more informal channels
Theme 4: Raise awareness amongst employers of the benefits of volunteering for employees in order that employers facilitate Games time volunteering, and increase their commitment to employee volunteering as a whole
Theme 5 – Improve volunteer infrastructure in London in order to make it fit for 2012 and beyond
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Planning for a Legacy
• Getting volunteers and volunteering infrastructure ready for Games-time
• Volunteering Leads and Champions within authorities
• Local Volunteering Strategies
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Creating demand and opportunities
•Using the Cultural Olympiad – engaging volunteers
•Employee Volunteering
•Open up – using volunteers within councils services
•Local authority volunteer forces
•Personal Best Programme - relating this to existing local volunteering schemes and engaging with graduates
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• Barking and Dagenham’s Gateway to the Games Scheme
• Newham’s Volunteers
• Westminster City Council’s City Guide Scheme
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• How do we turn one-off volunteering experience into long-term volunteering interest?
• Challenge of sustaining volunteering post 2012
