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Your latest volunteering news from Rob Jackson Consulting Ltd -

Your latest volunteering news from Rob Jackson Consulting Ltd -

Your latest volunteering news from Rob Jackson Consulting Ltd -

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Then we need to work hard to keep this promise.

If we want to recruit people as volunteers to support our cause, we first need to address this perception gap. We need to reassure people that we will be flexible in how we engage them, supporting them to fit volunteering around their lives.

People perceive volunteering will take up too much of their time, be too demanding, and feel too much like paid work (all borne out by TWS 2023). The reality for many doesn’t seem to match that perception.

People expect the volunteering they do to fit around the demands of their lives. They are unlikely to bend their lives to fit the needs of Volunteer Involving Organisations.

On their own, neither of these findings are surprising. Together, they highlight something important — there is a perception gap between what people think about the flexibility of volunteering, and the reality they experience when they volunteer.

Two findings really struck me in the 2023 Time Well Spent (TWS) report from NCVO. - 14% of people who do not volunteer said that a lack of flexibility is a barrier. - 82% of current volunteers said they were happy with the flexibility in their volunteering.

Here's a new #200WordTuesday thread all about the gap between what people think about volunteering and the reality we need to deliver for them. How are you addressing this gap?. #LOVols #VolMgmt #Volunteering #MindTheGap

I’m passionate about strategic volunteer engagement but not everyone know what it is. This image hopefully helps clarify things. Let me know if you need help with this in your organisation. I’d love to talk to see if I can assit. #LOVols #VolMgmt #Nonprofits #volunteering

The trilogy of guest articles on the Rob Jackson Consulting Ltd blog is complete as @Martinjcowling looks at the issue of toxicity in volunteering organisations. #VolMgmt #LOVols #Volunteering #Toxic #Toxicity.

RT @KinsmanEileen: Valuable insights from @RobJConsulting @PAVOtweets Conference

RT @help_force: @NeilMarsay at @YorksAmbulance: Understanding risk is key to expanding volunteer roles in healthcare. It's not about fear,….

Happy International Volunteer Managers Day everyone!. What's Our Future Normal?. #IVMDay24 #LOVols #VolMgmt

As #IVMDay24 approached next week, @struthyb shares her reflections ahead of the big day. #LOVols #VolMgmt.