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Organisation Questionnaire - Volunteer Centre Manchester

Closing date for completion of the survey is Thursday 22nd March 2012.

Volunteer Centre Manchester is managed by Macc and is working towards Volunteering England’s quality standards providing the services areas as shown below:

1 A brokerage service that will match and refer members of the public to suitable opportunities
2 Marketing around volunteering in general as well as specific volunteering opportunities
3 Support for good practice development
4 Support for the development of new volunteering opportunities

The aim of this questionnaire is to collect your views to help shape the services of the new Volunteer Centre Manchester. We want you to tell us about the needs of your organisation regarding volunteering.

Please be honest with your answers which will be treated in the strictest confidence. A * beside a question means that you must give an answer in the box provided.

Thank you for taking the time to complete this questionniare.

Mark & Jen
Volunteer Centre Manchester
Follow us on twitter @VolunteeringMcr
0161 834 9823

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON VOLUNTEER CENTRE MANCHESTER:
To advertise your volunteer opportunites or for more information on Volunteer Centre Manchester, please visit our interim site at http://www.manchestercommunitycentral.org/volunteering, call 0161 831 9823 or e-mail jen@macc.org.uk

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON MANCHESTER COMMUNITY CENTRAL:
Manchester Community Central provides information and support to build the capacity and sustainability of voluntary and community sector groups in Manchester. To find out about our services and how to contact us please visit http://www.manchestercommunitycentral.org/

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* 1. Does your organisation face any barriers when trying to involve volunteers?
If YES, what are they?

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* 2. How could Volunteer Centre Manchester help you overcome your barriers to involving volunteers?

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* 3. What support would you like to help market your opportunities and recruit volunteers?

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* 4. What support would you like to help develop your organisation's good practice in volunteering?

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* 5. What training does your organisation need for dealing with Volunteers?
(e.g. Volunteer Management etc).

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* 6. What support would you like to either introduce volunteers to your organisation or help capacity build and develop new volunteering opportunities?

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* 7. Are there any external factors which are affecting your organisation?
(e.g. Local/National Policy directives, Big Society, Funding, Approaches from corporations to deliver Employer Supported Volunteering etc).

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* 8. Volunteer Centre Manchester is providing an opportunity for Volunteer Development Workers / Managers to attend a forum where you can receive peer support and raise important volunteering issues. Would you be interested in attending?

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* 9. Volunteer Centre Manchester will have a website for any organisation or individual that is interested in volunteering. What sections or information would you like to see on this website?

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* 10. Would you be interested in taking part in testing the website before it goes live?

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* 11. What would be the best opening hours for Volunteer Centre Manchester?

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* 12. Volunteer Centre Manchester is located in Manchester City Centre. Would you be willing to/can you offer space (free of charge) in which it could deliver an outreach service?
(e.g. one off, once a month, a few hours, or half a day surgery session to interact with your service users and the local community)?

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* 13. If Volunteer Centre staff are based in local Manchester wards, which venues do you think they should be based in? Please give specific locations / examples.

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* 14. Would you like to receive a copy of the Volunteer Consultation Report?
This will be available from 27th March 2012.

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* 15. Do you have any further comments about Volunteer Centre Manchester?

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Manchester Community Central provides information and support to build the capacity and sustainability of voluntary and community sector groups in Manchester.

For more information about our services and how to contact us please visit http://www.manchestercommunitycentral.org/

We hope you find our website useful and informative and find everything you are looking for, but if you still need more information or support give the team a call on 0333 321 3021.

Manchester Community Central provides information and support to build the capacity and sustainability of voluntary and community sector groups in Manchester.<br><br>For more information about our services and how to contact us please visit http://www.manchestercommunitycentral.org/<br><br>We hope you find our website useful and informative and find everything you are looking for, but if you still need more information or support give the team a call on 0333 321 3021.

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