Volunteer Now

Volunteer Now

The Skainos Centre
239 Newtownards Road
BELFAST
BT4 1AF
United Kingdom

Volunteer Now works to promote, enhance and support volunteering across Northern Ireland. Volunteer Now is about connecting with individuals and organisations to build healthy communities and create positive change.

 

 

Volunteer Now enhances recognition for the contribution volunteers make, provides access to opportunities and encourages people to volunteer.  We provide training, information, guidance and support to volunteer-involving organisations on issues of good practice and policy regarding volunteering, volunteer management, child protection, safeguarding vulnerable adults and governance.

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Training/Advice

Volunteer Now

This is a half day basic awareness course for those working with children and young people.
Dates:
08 March 2023
online
Event

Volunteer Now

The Adult Safeguarding Champion role combines responsibility for strategy, operations and oversight for an organisation in relation to adults at risk of harm under “Adult Safeguarding: Prevention and Protection in Partnership” (2015) and the “Adult Safeguarding Operational Procedures” (2016).  Some organisations will also have Appointed Persons, with delegated responsibility for day to day adult safeguarding operations.
Dates:
01 March 2023
online
Event
Training/Advice

Volunteer Now

The Adult Safeguarding Champion role combines responsibility for strategy, operations and oversight for an organisation in relation to adults at risk of harm under “Adult Safeguarding: Prevention and Protection in Partnership” (2015) and the “Adult Safeguarding Operational Procedures” (2016).  Some organisations will also have Appointed Persons, with delegated responsibility for day to day adult safeguarding operations.
Dates:
25 January 2023
online
Event
Training/Advice

Volunteer Now

This is a basic awareness course for those working with children, young people and adults at risk.
Dates:
01 February 2024
BELFAST
Event
Training/Advice

Volunteer Now

This 2 hour training delivered by Denise Wright of South Belfast Roundtable aims to give:
Dates:
30 March 2022
Belfast
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Informal Meetup Training/Advice

Volunteer Now

Small Worlds workshops are café-style events hosted by members of Belfast Friendship Club. www.belfastfriendshipclub.org Table hosts share their purely personal perspectives about how they’ve coped with their lives as migrant workers, asylum seekers, refugees etc. In this way, participants can have a meaningful encounter with others whose lives and life experience is probably very different from their own.
Dates:
30 March 2022
Belfast
Introduction to Asylum Seeker & Refugee Issues
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Volunteer Now

This 2 hour training, delivered by Denise Wright of South Belfast Roundtable, aims to give:
Event
Training/Advice

Volunteer Now

This one day certificated training is suitable for Designated and Deputy Designated Officers.
Dates:
16 November 2022
online
Event
Training/Advice

Volunteer Now

This certificated training course is suitable for staff and volunteers who have regular and/or direct contact with children and young people (e.g. supervisor, leader, officer in charge).  It will assist staff and volunteers with meeting good practice standards in safeguarding children and young people.
Dates:
14 October 2022
online
Small Worlds Workshops
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Volunteer Now

Small Worlds workshops are café-style events, hosted by members of Belfast Friendship Club. Table hosts share their purely personal perspectives about how they’ve coped with their lives as migrant workers, asylum seeks, refugees, etc.

More Information

Type of Organisation

VCSE

Team

  • Julie-Ann Ashe
  • Kathy Corbett