Volunteer Recruitment - the fun way! Organisations and potential volunteers find out about each other in a speedy chat with no commitment.

Speed dating has taken the UK by storm, so we created “Volunteer Speed Matching” with all the characteristics of speed dating including score sheets, a stop watch, and "daters" moving from table to table on 4 minute whistle sounds.

Our first event (in 2005) gained considerable publicity and the toolkit we produced as a result is now being used by Volunteer Centres worldwide.

How was it for you? Local organisations & volunteers give Volunteer Speed Matching the thumbs up, with the earth moving for some of them! It invariably turns out that everybody loves somebody, and the event itself is great fun.

Second dates? Volunteer Centre staff match "Yes" & "Maybe" scores after Speed Matching events and set up second "dates". We then cross our fingers and hope they'll all be very happy together.