Changing Face of Volunteering

Tacking Inequality of Opportunity

Building Social Cohesion

Psychological Contract

• Definition

'…the perceptions of the two parties, employee and employer, of what their mutual obligations are towards each other'1 – informal and imprecise– may be inferred – based on mutual

understanding of fairness and trust

Motivations

Altruistic • Belief based • Externally focussed• Enduring • Dynamic

Instrumental • Verifiable • Measurable• Transitory• Achievable

‘The Values Balance’

AmbitionSuccessMoneyPrestigeStressReward

External Values

Self awareness Self esteem

Being the real meCaring for

Self ImprovementEducation

Internal Self Values

Influential Changes

• The nature of employment

• Changes in the resources on offer

• Changes in client /funders expectations

• Increased importance of human capital

• Fluid organisational structures

• Distance from decision makers

What does it all add up to?

• Practices do not stand still

• Legislative changes • Increase costs of

checking and vetting• Valued volunteering

programmes • Budgeted volunteering

programmes

Diary Dates

Tuesday 23rd September V involved Volunteer Co-ordinators Forum

Thursday 25th SeptemberEaling CVS AGM – St. John’s Mattock Lane

Thursday 20th NovemberWest London Volunteering Conference GSK

Thursday 27th November Volunteer Co-ordinators Pain Clinic