robjconsulting.bsky.social
Independent consultant, trainer, speaker and author, specialising in strategic volunteer engagement.
Engaging and inspiring people to bring about change.
Labour Town Councillor for Arnoldfield, Grantham.
He / Him.
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If we don’t speak up when others make ill-considered decisions about the future of volunteering, then we are doomed to have to live with the consequences.
Please find your voice and make it heard.
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My question today is, why have so many people and organisations in the volunteering movement been silent on this?
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"The new site…will not do this, it will detract from local work, it will confuse the public, it will have a negative impact on local relationships…”
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"I am not totally against national projects, but they need to compliment and add value to the work happening locally, especially when related to an activity that is about local relationships."
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As Mark states:
”…volunteering is a local activity that needs local relationships. How will a national site develop these without stepping on the toes of local CVSs and volunteer centres?"
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The article is a clear and well-articulated rebuttal of the poorly thought-through initiative from RVS to develop a new national volunteering platform that will “supercharge volunteering in Britain”.
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Support Cambridgeshire CEO, Mark Freeman, recently published an excellent article on his organisation’s blog, “A missed chance to make a real difference to volunteering”.
You should read it here — bit.ly/4iP1wR5
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For most of the time I’ve been writing these Two-Hundred-Word-Tuesday posts, I have published them as LinkedIn articles, not feed posts. I think more of us should do this, and here’s why.
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“Charity signifies inequality and is more symbolism than accomplishment” — David Wagner, “What's Love Got to Do with It? A Critical Look at American Charity” (NewYork Press, 2000)
What do you think?
Discuss.
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This is a topic my much missed mentor and friend, Susan J Ellis, tackled in her 2001 Hot Topic, “Tackling Causes Not Symptoms: New/Old Roles for Volunteers”(bit.ly/3XTGFV7), from which the following concluding quote is taken...
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Or is cleaning up the fallout from these issues the priority, more so than devoting effort to systemic change?
There is an argument to made for both approaches, but have we got the balance right?
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Is it enabling and empowering people to change the world for the better, tackling the causes of inequality, poverty, hunger, ill-health, climate crisis and many other challenges that humanity faces?
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In our work as Volunteer Engagement Professionals and Volunteer Involving Organisations, what is our priority?
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“..:if you're not trying to identify and solve the root cause of the issue, then you are delivering services that enable the problem to persist. So you are in fact part of the problem, right?” — The Volunteer Nation Podcast episode 151, February 2025
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So, this volunteer recognition season, consider what your organisation can do to address both meanings of the word recognition.
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A thank you, whether in Volunteers’ Week or at another time of the year, feels pretty hollow if volunteers are treated as second class citizens all year round.
If volunteers are an afterthought, then they won’t stick around very long.
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The second, however, is to recognise volunteers as a valid and valuable part of the team. This one sometimes gets forgotten.
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It is also important to note that recognition has two meanings, especially when it comes to volunteering.
The first is to recognise achievements and behaviours. This is what we are all too familiar with in our work.