presentation to give at 2011 West London Volunteering Forum Conference on Engaging and Developing Volunteers with Disabilities

1. Developing & Engaging People with Disabilities Lizzie Saunders Manager Chris Berriman Volunteering Adviser

2. Housekeeping Reminder

4. Is independently chosen and freely given

5. Is enabling and flexible wherever possible

6. Has a community or social benefit

8. Why? Volunteering is a valuable pathway to social life, paid employment , education or training People with disabilities have a right to access good and services People with disabilities have time, talent and technical skills to offer Changes in entitlement to incapacity benefits Links with stakeholders

9. When Internal organisational arrangements are in place Training of paid staff, volunteers, trustees Support and supervision arrangements in place for staff and volunteers Placements are risk assessed Monitoring and evaluation mechanisms are agreed

10. How? Working with your local Volunteer Centre Access to GLV Experts in Volunteering Team at VC Hounslow Specialist disability organisations in your borough Training providers – hosting volunteering placements to provide work experience

11. Who? Funders Senior management – vital to have support and resources to run an effective programme Volunteer Programme Manager Volunteers and trustees Service users Donors

12. Recipes for Success Progressive programme of learning and development Defined duration Measured agreed outcomes for volunteer Recognition of volunteers contribution throughout the organisation Efficient and cost effective programme Dynamic learning for staff managing volunteers

13. Further Learning Association of Volunteer Managers http://www.volunteermanagers.org.uk/ Experts in Volunteering http://www.expertsinvolunteering.org.uk/index.php Volunteering England http://www.volunteering.org.uk/ Open College Network http://www.nocn.org.uk/Homepage

14. Further Learning LANTRA – for accredited learning for volunteers http://www.lantra.co.uk/Standards-and-Qualifications.aspx Ealing Hammersmith and West London College http://www.wlc.ac.uk/ Thames Valley University http://www.tvu.ac.uk/index.jsp Open University http://www8.open.ac.uk/about/wideningparticipation/working-with-us/third-sector-organisations

15. Questions?