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About Volunteer Centre South Derbyshire

We are the Volunteer Centre serving South Derbyshire, supporting volunteers, volunteer managers and volunteering organsiations

SDCVS blog

Please do sign up for the South Derbyshire CVS blog at http://sdcvs.wordpress.com/ – if you want to receive regular email bulletin and updates please email me at kerrief@sdcvs.org.uk Best wishes Kerrie Fletcher, Community Development Worker  

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Goodbye

After a great deal of thought and a lot of inactivity on this blog, we have decided to combine the information from the Volunteer Centre and South Derbyshire CVS into a single online source. Please will you follow, subscribe and … Continue reading

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Volunteer Managers’ Forum – Training Needs Analysis

At today’s Volunteer Managers’ Forum, we discussed the training needs of volunteer managers in South Derbyshire. From this it is clear that we could do with a session that is a general introduction to volunteer management. We will set this … Continue reading

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Voluntary Sector Forum / Volunteer Managers Forum

Yes, the title says it all. The South Derbyshire Voluntary Sector forum which now incorporates the Volunteer Manager’s Form is tomorrow, Wednesday 8th June 2011. Voluntary Sector Forum Wednesday 8th June 2011 Emmanuel Church Hall Church Street Swadlincote DE11 8LF … Continue reading

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Bearing A Torch for the Olympics

June 29th is the deadline for nominations for volunteers to be an Olympic torch-bearer in Derby/ Derbyshire next year. The press release is as follows: Time Ticking To Nominate Torch Bearers There is less than a month left in a … Continue reading

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Style On A Shoestring – The Cheque Presentation

Back in March 2011, we organised Style on A Shoestring in partnership with the British Heart Foundation. This week, we presented the cheque for £428 to the BHF for their share of the proceeds. Left to Right: Sophie Jardine, Fundraising Manager … Continue reading

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City & Guilds 7300 – Introduction to Trainer Skills

This 2 day accredited course is based on the training cycle, and covers: planning (including session planning) delivery (participants will deliver a 10 or 15 minute ‘session’ that they have planned) evaluation (self, peer group and course evaluation) The course … Continue reading

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Derbyshire VCI Passport Training Dates Set

Almost exactly a month ago, we announced that we would be running a series of free accredited training session for volunteers who work with children or young people. This accreditation is known as the VCI Passport. We are delighted to announce … Continue reading

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New Events Page Added

A while ago, we had an events page here on the blog, but we were not able to keep it up to date due to pressures of time and resources. However, it is now possible to include a Google Docs … Continue reading

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Newlands House Fete 2011

Saturday 11th June Leonard Cheshire Disability will be holding the Annual Fete at Newlands House, Main St Netherseal Swadlincote Derbyshire DE12 8DA on Saturday 11th June 2011 The day will feature: RAF Lancaster Bomber Flypast from the Battle of Britain Memorial … Continue reading

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