Volunteer Week

1 - 7 June 2011

For further information on this year's event, certificates and resources  visit:-http://www.volunteersweek.org.uk/

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Ideas for Celebrating Volunteer Week

~ Give Your Volunteers a break – take your volunteers out for a day of pampering 

~ Get together with like-minded organisations and set-up an information booth in your local shopping centre

~ Run a photo competition of your fantastic volunteers and display the entries in your local library 

~ Organise taster sessions for potential volunteers to find out how rewarding this work can be 

~ Run a training session – teach all your volunteers a new skill 

~ Display Volunteers’ Week posters in a place where many people will see it

~ Run a volunteer speed-dating night

~ Take part in the VIP challenge and ask a local celebrity to make a guest appearance an a charity auction in your shop 

~ Write to your local paper and tell them about your wonderful volunteers 

~ Arrange a Changing Rooms style makeover of the area where your volunteers carry out their work

~ Challenge a local business to have an action day and get in involved in a local conservation project 

~ Host a clothes-swapping party and donate a selection of clothes to charity 

~ Inform your colleagues by inviting them to a learning lunch and tell them about the volunteering that you do in your spare time

~ Boost team spirit amongst your volunteers and organise a sports day or a barbecue on the beach

~ Break a world record

~ Undertake a volunteer audit and release any interesting results to local media

~ Get together with local community groups and put on a fete with face paints, fire-eaters and musicians to raise awareness of your organisation

~ Challenge your volunteers to get out their needle and thread and organise a fashion show, maybe join up with a local college art department for tips

~ Or keep it fun and simple – have a 'thank you' party and decorate the room with balloons and streamers