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Volunteer strategy days

Join us for practical and collaborative days designed to help you create a clear and focused strategy for your charity’s retail volunteering programme.

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Two strategic dates for you this autumn!

Volunteer strategy days are coming to Leeds and Bristol in October

Venue: AUPC, St Gemma’s Hospice, 329 Harrogate Road, Leeds, LS17 6QD

Time: 9.30am registration for a 9.45am start - 4.30pm finish

Peer support webinar taking place on Wednesday 5 November, 1.30 – 2.30pm

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Foot Anstey, 2 Glass Wharf Bristol BS2 0EL

Time: 9.30am registration for a 9.45am start - 4.30pm finish

Peer support webinar taking place on Wednesday 19 November,1.30 – 2.30pm

Book your place

What you will gain

A draft volunteer strategy on a page

- tailored to your charity.

Clarity on your goals and aspirations

- as to what success looks like for your retail volunteering programme.

Practical tools, insights and frameworks

- to support your next steps in developing your strategy.

A deeper understanding of the volunteering landscape

- and how it affects your retail volunteering programme.

An engaging and collaborative day

- of learning with your peers from across the sector.

Who should attend?

If you work for a small/medium sized charity retailer and have responsibility for developing volunteering, this day is ideal. Whether you’re starting from scratch or refining an existing approach, you’ll leave with a clear plan of action.

Further support

To get the most out of the day we will send you some work in advance and invite you to a peer support webinar, where we’ll check in on your progress and share learning and reflections from across the group.

Feedback from the April 2025 volunteer strategy day for charity retail

The workshop was absolutely fantastic – incredibly engaging and packed with valuable, practical content that I can apply straight away. Dan and Charlotte were brilliant presenters, knowledgeable, inspiring, and so easy to connect with. They created a welcoming atmosphere that made learning fun and impactful. I left feeling motivated and excited to put the ideas into action. Highly recommend!

Having the opportunity to hear from others in similar roles who share the same frustrations, it gives you a bit of reassurance you're not alone. I also felt that we were trying to achieve something tangible by the end of the day. Both Dan and Charlotte were engaging and helpful facilitators! Thank you.

Dan and Charlotte are very knowledgeable and experienced in all things volunteering, they created a safe space on the day for reflection and discussion - great facilitators!

The workshop provided effective guidance into beginning to plan a solid strategy - the trainers both had a wealth of experience which was passed on in an interesting and engaging manner.

Trainer

Charlotte Witteridge, Consultant, Charlotte Witteridge Consultancy

Charlotte brings over 19 years experience of involving volunteers across the charity sector, having worked for organisations such as Sense, The Myton Hospices, and Macmillan Cancer Support in senior leadership roles. Charlotte is also vice chair of trustees for Bliss and a non-exec director for the Association of Volunteer Managers (AVM). Using her experience of developing and implementing volunteering strategy and building high-performing teams, she is a trainer, facilitator and consultant specialising in the development of those who manage and work with volunteers.

Trainer

Dan O’Driscoll, Founder, Engagement Consultancy

Dan brings over 19 years of experience in the charity, commercial, and higher education sectors. As a consultant, he has worked extensively with charities supporting them with strategic consultancy projects focusing on reviewing their volunteering programmes, policies, and practices. As a qualified executive coach, Dan has a deep passion in unlocking people’s potential, improving their performance and creating lasting outcomes. As an experienced facilitator Dan runs workshops and away days focusing on leadership development, high performance and inclusion & access. Prior to running his consultancy and executive coaching business Dan worked for Oxfam as Head of Volunteering and Engagement where he set the tone and strategic direction for how the organisation worked with and engaged with volunteers.