Is Flexibility the Answer? Rethinking Volunteering in a Changing Context
About this event
Please note: This event has been designed to be accessible to all. Tickets are available to purchase, and we’re also offering free places for volunteer practitioners who support and coordinate volunteers in an unpaid role. Use code FREE when booking.
Audience: Volunteer engagement and management professionals
Purpose: To explore emerging trends in volunteering, share practical learning on flexibility and role design, and strengthen peer connections.
Description: This interactive, in‑person event brings together volunteer engagement professionals to explore current trends in volunteering, share learning on flexible approaches, and rethink how volunteer roles are designed. Through expert input, discussion, and peer‑to‑peer exchange, participants will gain practical insights and leave with ideas they can apply in their own organisations.
Ideal for anyone involved in supporting, managing or developing volunteer opportunities.
Agenda:
10:00 – 10:30 | Arrival with coffee
10.30- 10.45 | Welcome and Introductions (including housekeeping)
10:45 – 11:30 | Setting the Scene: The Changing Nature of Volunteering
11:30 – 12:30 | Flexibility in Practice: What Works, What Doesn’t
12:30 – 1:00 | Lunch
1:00 – 2:30 | Designing Volunteer Roles for Today and Tomorrow
2:30 – 2:45 | Break
2:45 – 3:45 | Open Q&A and Peer Discussion
3:45 – 4:00 | Reflection and Close
This is a Volunteer Scotland Trusted Partner led event.
Event Host / Speakers
Speaker(s):
Rob Jackson
Rob Jackson FRSA is Director of Rob Jackson Consulting Ltd, a consultancy and training company that helps engage and inspire people to bring about change. Rob has over 30 years experience working in the volunteering movement, having held a variety of strategic development and senior management roles that have focused on leading and engaging volunteers. Rob has run his company since 2011 working with a wide range of clients in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, the USA and Canada. Rob is co-author of The Complete Volunteer Management Handbook (DSC, 2012 and 2019) and From The Top Down - UK Edition (Energize Inc., 2015). Rob is currently an elected Town Councillor for the Arnoldfield Ward in Grantham, UK.
Please note: This event has been designed to be accessible to all. Tickets are available to purchase, and we’re also offering free places for volunteer practitioners who support and coordinate volunteers in an unpaid role. Use code FREE when booking.
Audience: Volunteer engagement and management professionals
Purpose: To explore emerging trends in volunteering, share practical learning on flexibility and role design, and strengthen peer connections.
Description: This interactive, in‑person event brings together volunteer engagement professionals to explore current trends in volunteering, share learning on flexible approaches, and rethink how volunteer roles are designed. Through expert input, discussion, and peer‑to‑peer exchange, participants will gain practical insights and leave with ideas they can apply in their own organisations.
Ideal for anyone involved in supporting, managing or developing volunteer opportunities.
Agenda:
10:00 – 10:30 | Arrival with coffee
10.30- 10.45 | Welcome and Introductions (including housekeeping)
10:45 – 11:30 | Setting the Scene: The Changing Nature of Volunteering
11:30 – 12:30 | Flexibility in Practice: What Works, What Doesn’t
12:30 – 1:00 | Lunch
1:00 – 2:30 | Designing Volunteer Roles for Today and Tomorrow
2:30 – 2:45 | Break
2:45 – 3:45 | Open Q&A and Peer Discussion
3:45 – 4:00 | Reflection and Close
This is a Volunteer Scotland Trusted Partner led event.