With 8 local authorities we're helping think about involving citizens in the shaping up public parks.
https://www.heritagefund.org.uk/our-work/landscapes-parks-nature/future-parks
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% Strongly agree
Volunteering = fun + impact
7. Structures..
Model
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1. Specific paid,
permanent
Clear message / commitment to
volunteering
Support culture change
Build property capacity and capability
Volunteer Mgmt professional
Consistency for volunteers
Cost
Other staff abdicate responsibility
If just coordination / admin โ provides
consistency but no step change
2. Specific paid,
fixed term
Lead a specific project
Help design, develop strategy and
supporter others to implement small steps
Access to volunteer mgmt expertise
Can feel rushed
If groundwork not done before can take time to
understand need, role of others
Needs good succession plan to be sustainable
Cost
3. Specific, unpaid /
voluntary
Appreciate volunteer perspective
Positive message about volunteering โ
use of skills or career development
Build property capacity
Works well as a part of a team
Mgmt of change โ other volunteer expectations
re. paid staff
Performance issues often still left with paid staff
Needs good succession plan to be sustainable
4. Designated
responsibility,
part of wider role
Cost
Integration
Sustainable
Volunteering can still feel an add on
Impact on other objectives
Volunteer Mgmt expertise
Unlikely to support capability of others
5. Free for all Cost
Shared responsibility
Focus on relationships / equality
Confusing for volunteers
Performance issues
Not sustainable, does not support growth
strategy https://myvolunteering.nationaltrust.org.uk/volunteering-academy
8. Tone of Voice โ 5 words from your tables please
โHow do you want your volunteering to look & feel..?โ