A day in the life…of a Volunteer Officer.
Yesterday, Monday 18th May, was a very busy day in the life of yours truly. This was the day that an ad for Volunteers appeared in the Metro so I was fielding calls and emails from interested applicants. We regularly advertise for Volunteers in the Metro and the Evening Standard as this is a free service that the papers offer to charities seeking to recruit volunteers. It’s brought us a great many volunteers, the only downside is that they are unable to inform you when the ad will be placed as they rely on ‘available space’. This means that I’m dealing with responses to the ad whilst juggling other balls.
In the morning I had scheduled an Induction training session with a new Reception Volunteer. The induction consists of numerous aspects – a detailed account of what ScotsCare and Borderline actually do, health and safety issues, confidentiality issues, a practical breakdown of how reception operates (phone system, franking, faxing, photo-copying, emailing) and showing the Volunteer around the building and introducing them to staff members and other Volunteers. So the morning reception shift which runs from 9am – 1pm was full-on to say the least.
As well as sending off application packs to potential Volunteers, Monday afternoon was taken up with a varied array of tasks. I’m in the process of co-ordinating a boat trip on the Thames for all our Volunteers for Friday 31st July. We held a boat trip last year which proved most successful and everyone wanted a repeat performance. But getting everything in place – negotiating the boat hire, the catering and informing Volunteers, staff and Trustees is another full-on task. You’ve also got a niggling worry that no-one will be able to make that date and be left with egg on your face (I had to rearrange the boat trip last year as the majority of our Volunteers were on holiday).
So if there are any Volunteers, Staff or Trustees reading this please put the 31st July in your diaries.
Cheers
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