Time For Impact Podcast

Time For Impact
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Time For Impact Podcast

Promoting and celebrating innovation and ground-breaking ideas and practice in the volunteering profession. Each episode we invite special guests to share their learning and creative ideas so we can all push the boundaries and drive the profession to new levels.

  1. 9 OCT

    Episode 13 - Corporate Volunteering - Kishma Smithurst - Volunteering Lead - Wellcome

    For those exploring corporate or employee volunteering this is a must-listen episode. Kishma is responsible for employee volunteering across Wellcome, one of the richest charities in the world, and a significant employer in the UK. Wellcome's ethos and culture means that they see employee volunteering as a key ingredient of staff wellbeing. Tune in to hear a perspective from an employer, about what we need to do to partner effectively with them to build successful partnership between our causes and their employees. In the episode Matt quotes some statistics about skills based volunteering. These comes from https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbesnonprofitcouncil/2024/03/06/volunteering-a-proven-way-to-improve-employee-well-being/ To read more about Wellcome go to https://wellcome.org/ Enjoy the episode.

    50 min

  2. 20 SEPT

    Episode 12 - Janet Thorne CEO of Reach Volunteering

    Janet Thorne CEO of Reach Volunteering joined Chris and Matt to discuss how Reach Volunteering has had enormous success recently in recruiting volunteers where others have struggled. We discuss their citizenship focussed approach to recruitment and involvement. We really encourage you to read Reach and Janet's writing on these subjects. Links provided below. #ChangeTheStory campaign https://reachvolunteering.org.uk/changethestory #ChangeTheStory bloghttps://reachvolunteering.org.uk/blog/let-s-change-story #VolunteerForClimatehttps://reachvolunteering.org.uk/volunteer-for-climate Please also do take a look at our own website and see the range of work we provide beyond this podcast. https://www.timeforimpact.co.uk/ We always welcome feedback on the podcast and are seeking ideas of guests that we should interview. Please get in touch via the website. Don't forget to follow to ensure you never miss an episode.

    49 min

  3. 5 SEPT

    Episode 11 - Maddy Mills, CEO , Family Volunteering Club

    Matt Cobble and Chris Wade speak with Maddy Mills from the Family Volunteering Club. https://www.familyvolunteeringclub.co.uk/about We discuss; Why there are so few family volunteering opportunities / the missed opportunity. How to make volunteering more child and family friendly The importance of building a habit of volunteering Volunteering building link with local communities. How to make volunteering safe but managing rather than avoiding risk. Demonstrating impact. Creating fabulous volunteering experiences and above all the joy of family volunteering On a completely different note....... Rob Jackson, Helen Timbrell and Chris Wade are planning a great event for HR professionals who are increasingly taking on responsibility for volunteering. Realising Potential: Collaboration and Integration in  HR and Volunteering A one day event for HR professionals working in People functions with integrated approaches to HR and volunteering. Are you new to working alongside or with volunteering professionals? Has your organisation merged HR and volunteering and you’re exploring how to make the most of this new structure? Is your organisation considering this as an option and you’re keen to learn from others? Are you simply volunteering curious? Do you want to learn from others working in the same context? Join us for an interactive, supportive and collaborative day to share experiences and best practices and build new connections. 9.30am - 4.30pm, Friday November 15 2024 National Trust, Swindon To express an interest email Helen@HelenTimbrell.com Please do pass the news to your HR colleagues and your CEO.

    58 min

  4. 29 AUG

    Episode 10 - David Coles, London School of Economics Part 2

    We hope you enjoyed part one of our student volunteering special with David Coles, from the LSE? Well, here is part 2. Enjoy! As always do get in touch with us via our website to suggest future guests and tell us what you thought of the episode. www.TimeForImpact.co.uk

    33 min

  5. 22 AUG

    Episode - David Coles from London School of Economics part 1

    Part one of a conversation with David Coles from the LSE. ideal for those involving students in their volunteer activity Please follow to receive future episodes and be sure to catch part two soon.

    36 min

  6. 8 AUG

    Episode 8 - Ashley Staines CEO of Volunteero and Doug Ayres of EBM.AI part two

    The second part of our insightful conversation with Ashley Staines and Doug Ayres. We discuss how digital solutions can be leading or enabling innovation on volunteering thinking. We explore the role of digital in helping us develop marketing and customer insight led solutions to the challenges volunteering professionals face. We examine the myths and stereotypes about generational divides in adoption of digital solutions and we look to the future for AI solutions to revolutionise volunteering in the future. Above all we discuss how entrepreneurial thinking and insights from outside the sector can help us reimagine what volunteering can do.

    35 min

  7. 3 AUG

    Episode 7 - Ashley Staines CEO of Volunteero and Doug Ayres MD of EBM Part One

    Part one of our conversation with two great thinkers in the charity and volunteering tech space with customers across the world. In part one we explore why they are focusing their digital entrepreneurship on volunteering, the drivers and barriers to volunteering organisations investing in the digital tools that can enhance our practice, the importance of data and customer insights in volunteering, and much more. Be sure to follow our podcast and don't miss out on an even better part two in a few days time. We did have a few issues with sound on this podcast but the content is so rich that we did not want you to miss out on the great conversation, i hope you agree it is well worth it. To read more about our speakers head to https://www.volunteero.org/ and https://ebm.ai/ To find out more about how Time For Impact volunteering consultancy can help you transform volunteering strategy and practice check out our website at www.TimeForImpact.co.uk , we'd love to hear from you. If you have suggestions for future guests, please also contact us via the website. Enjoy

    43 min

  8. 17 JUL

    Episode 6 - Rachel Gegeshidze, CEO from Tempo

    Matt and Chris speak with Rachel Gegeshidze, CEO of Tempo about her organisation's community engagement building successes in the UK, through their time credits programme. You can read more about Tempo's work here https://wearetempo.org/ Please do check out the Time for Impact Webpage here to see how we can help your volunteering activities thrive. www.TimeForImpact.co.uk We are always interested in new guests for the podcast. Do get in touch with suggestions and feedback via our website.

    39 min
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Promoting and celebrating innovation and ground-breaking ideas and practice in the volunteering profession. Each episode we invite special guests to share their learning and creative ideas so we can all push the boundaries and drive the profession to new levels.

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