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It’s AGM time! |
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Monday, 06 September 2010 11:35 |
Volunteer Centre Moray’s Annual General Meeting, 23 September 2010
VCM’s AGM will be taking place on Thursday 23 September 2010 at Elgin Museum Hall from 2pm – 3.30pm. Light refreshments will be available.
If you would like to attend, please contact us on 01343 544104 or by simply emailing
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Please contact us if you are unable to attend, and would like a copy of our annual report sent to you after the event. |
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End of an era, goodbye and good luck to Mairi McCallum |
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Thursday, 02 September 2010 08:49 |
Goodbyes were said to Mairi McCallum, former Office Supervisor for VCM on Tues 31 Aug
Mairi has brought a lot to VCM over the past 3 years, including colourful and detailed annual reports; this fantastic website; provided support to many volunteers and organisations throughout Moray and so much more. She will be incredibly missed. |
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Minister visits VCM |
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Monday, 09 August 2010 13:21 |
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Minister for Skills and Lifelong Learning, Keith Brown, visited Volunteer Centre Moray on Wednesday 14 July to hear about the successful volunteering that young people are participating in throughout Moray.
He was greeted by a budding young artist who is currently raising the cash for youths to paint their futures bright at Moray Art Centre. Alongside her he met an inspiring young lady who’s volunteering all over Buckie, helping other young people jam away sharing their musical talents within their local community.
He also had the pleasure of meeting four young ladies from Elgin Museum who are hoping to dig up the past, get their hands dirty and begin their further education journeys in Archaeology.
To finish this great afternoon off we had the pleasure of following this up by having a tour of Elgin Museum seeing the work that has been undertaken through the local digs seeing all the treasure found locally and nationally.
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Volunteer awards |
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Tuesday, 20 July 2010 15:41 |
Over the past few weeks, Volunteer Centre Moray has been busy handing out awards across Moray in recognition of some of the outstanding work being undertaken in the local voluntary sector.
Member groups were contacted and asked to nominate volunteers who they felt went that extra mile and Volunteer Centre Moray selected two finalists and one winner for each category; categories included Volunteer of the Year and Young Volunteer of the Year.
The finalists for Volunteer of the Year were James Black who volunteers regularly at Moray Art Centre despite health issues, and May Taylor who has been the driving force behind Moray Hydrotherapy Pool’s success at securing enough funds to begin building. The winner was Eddie Turnidge who was instrumental in setting up Reboot and volunteered there on a regular basis for over 10 years before finally retiring earlier this year.
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VCM research project completed |
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Wednesday, 07 July 2010 12:52 |
For the past three years, Volunteer Centre Moray has been undertaking research into the voluntary sector in Moray. This has mainly focussed on the benefits of volunteering to both the volunteering and the voluntary organisation.
Over all it was found that adult volunteers gained greatly personally through volunteering. Most found that their personal development had increased including a rise in self esteem, confidence and self management. Many found volunteering to be “enjoyable”, “rewarding” and gave a “sense of satisfaction”. For others “volunteering adds a new dimension to life”, “increased confidence, gave a sense of purpose and widened horizons”.
Another benefit felt through volunteering was social gain. Almost two-thirds of those questioned felt that their access to new contacts and networks had increased and their sense in trust in others had grown.
Younger volunteers looked for volunteering to be more flexible and a third of those who responded felt it would be more accessible as part of their school or college timetable. Most younger volunteers could see that volunteering benefited them when job seeking either by offering valuable work experience or by looking good on a CV. This influenced their decision to volunteer. Most volunteers, no matter their age, would recommend volunteering to others.
Voluntary organisations rely heavily on the contribution of volunteers and the majority acknowledged that volunteers increase the sustainability of the organisation. Most felt that volunteers were good value for money and enabled organisations to undertake work they could not otherwise afford to do.
When asked what the biggest threat to the organisation was funding topped the list (47%), followed by the lack of volunteers (25%), rising costs (15%) and changes in legislation (3%). No organisation felt that competition from within the sector was a threat despite organisations often competing for the same grants and service level agreements.
A report is now available to download and contains all the findings, an organisational Social Return on Investment analysis and several case studies. |
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