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| TRUSTEES REPORT |
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| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2007 |
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| ACHIEVEMENTS AND
PERFORMANCE (continued) |
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| C. Encourage good practice in volunteer management |
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| In order to promote good practice to other organisations,
Volunteer Centre staff are appropriately trained. During the year training
has included topics such as employee volunteering, leadership in the
Voluntary Sector and V-Base (the database used by Centres throughout the
country). |
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| Training by Centre staff for other organisations has included
sessions on volunteer management for Dacorum based Community Centres and for
organisations in Three Rivers.
Providing training outside the district provided earned income during
the year. |
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| Individual advice and guidance was offered to anyone in the
Borough responsible for recruiting and managing volunteers. Many were
volunteers themselves. |
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| Lees Award for excellence in volunteer
management. DSGi plc again supported the Lees
Award for excellence in volunteer management, which this year was presented
to the Riding and Driving for Disabled Group at Gaddesden Place. |
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| D.
Work with partners to improve services and increase sustainability |
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| Strategic development of volunteering |
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| Volunteering England’s “Building on Success”
Strategy and ChangeUp from the Home Office were key documents which continued
to influence this work in 2006/7 |
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| Hertfordshire Infrastructure Consortium - ChangeUp |
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| A consortium of 23 Hertfordshire based infrastructure bodies
(CVS’s, BME groups, Rural Community Councils, Volunteer Centres etc)
continued to develop projects based on the ChangeUp Infrastructure Investment
Plan for the county. |
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| Volunteer Centres
Hertfordshire (Volunteering Herts) |
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| This network
continued to develop partnership initiatives in thisreport year. |
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| The ChangeUp work was significant for Volunteer Centre Dacorum,
in terms of funding for extra activities, commitment of staff time and in
assessing the potential of collaborative working in the future. A separate report covers the
Volunteering Herts ChangeUp work. |
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| Dacorum Management
Services Organisation (D-MSO). |
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| Eight local organisations that receive core funding from Dacorum
Borough Council’s Community Partnerships Directorate continued their
research into how they might benefit by working more closely with each other.
Work started on this ambitious project in 2004 and continued in the current
report year with input from the Trustees and Manager. |
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| Dacorum Community
Plan |
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| One of the themes of the Community Plan is Community
Involvement. A Community Involvement Forum, chaired by the Centre Manager,
has been established. Members include both voluntary and statutory
representatives from a wide range of agencies with activities relevant to
community involvement. A steering group meets quarterly and there are 2 Open
meetings each year with speakers covering a variety of themes. The Forum's
Action Plan is being revised in 2007/8. |
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