Training and Events

VCDD runs and/or promotes courses to help volunteers and voluntary organisations with volunteering issues and good practice. We are currently planning a training programme for 2009, watch this space for more details soon!

Feedback from previous training sessions:
"Useful and informative training – thank you."
"Clear & precise."
"Very good session – kept my interest."
"Addressed all the issues clearly & thoroughly – good overview, with more detail in pack."
"Very comprehensive, information delivered very clearly."

Volunteer Co-ordinators' Network

A chance to meet up with other Volunteer Co-ordinators/Managers in the area and swap ideas and information! Each session will look at a specific 'theme' and you will also have plenty of time to network. Venues will alternate between the Northern and Southern Derbyshire Dales area.

Feedback from previous networks:
"Very interesting, useful session."
"Great to have opportunity to discuss volunteers in isolation from other activities."
"Enjoyable, relaxed and very informative."
"The information packs were extremely useful."

The next network will be on Wednesday 14th January, 9.30-11.30am in Ashbourne. The theme will be 'Attracting and Motivating Volunteers' and our speaker will be Tim Polkinghorne. Tim is a very upbeat, positive person who in addition to running his own business, successfully re-launched the Derbyshire Dales Cyber Scouts and also set up a breakfast network for local business people. His talk promises to be fun, inspirational and full of good ideas on attracting and motivating volunteers. You will all have time to network with other volunteer co-ordinators/managers.
For more information, please contact Debbie Webster - debbie@vcdd.org.uk, 01335 218604, or Sam Tock - sam@vcdd.org.uk, 01629 810907.