Student Volunteering Network conference 2022
The Student Volunteering Network conference 2022 will be taking place online Monday 27 – Wednesday 29 June. We have an amazing programme of sessions from our network members - please use the links below to register in advance.
Monday 27 June
1pm-2pm: SVN network update (register now) - Ben Robinson
What is the Student Volunteering Network? Ben Robinson (SVN National Committee Chair) will be opening the conference with a brief overview of the network, the national committee and how you can get involved next academic year!
2.30pm-3.30pm: Career Development Ideas for Volunteer Managers (register now) - Nia Crouch, Volunteer Team Leader, UWE Bristol
We will work together to consider ways in which we can develop and improve our skills. Key themes will be:
• Finding and utilising trusteeships for your own personal development
• Identifying areas for development
• Utilising resources
• Training ideas
Tuesday 28 June
10am-11am: Supporting Students with Wellbeing, Resilience and Personal Development (register now) - Fiona Walsh, Partnerships and Development Director at StudentHubs
Student Hubs takes an embedded approach to wellbeing support through our volunteering, placement and extracurricular activities, with 84% of students in 2020-21 agreeing that our activities enhanced their wellbeing. This session is an opportunity for us to model our practice for you to consider for your own student activities, for session participants to share their reflections
and thoughts on their own practice in wellbeing support for students, and to review the content for yourself and your own personal development in what has been a challenging year for the
sector.
1pm-2pm: Community Engaged Learning - who carries the load? (register now) - Andy Coppins
An overview of Community Engaged Learning (a proven, high impact way of learning that enables students, in collaboration with local organisations, to directly address identified real life issues related to their course subject) will be given, with some examples of how this has been implemented at NTU, and the national context for the development of this work. The wider context within which CEL is becoming increasingly popular will also be considered and will be followed by a discussion for attendees to explore what implications this has for Student Volunteering professionals, how volunteering is affected by the increase in CEL and the impact on their relationships with community partners and the possible load they bear in relation to CEL.
2.30pm-3.30pm: Brokerage Services – Learnings from our First Year (register now) - John Rowbotham
Back in October, we launched our new brokerage system after months of research, planning and preparation. In this session, we’d like to share why we chose to implement a brokerage system, the challenges and benefits we’ve found, and some of the things we learned along the way.
Wednesday 29 June
10am-11am: The student-led, staff assisted volunteer model (register now) - Georgia Donihue, Volunteering Team Leader Durham University
The session aims to delve into volunteering at Durham University sharing a history that has led us to our current ‘student-led, staff assisted’ volunteer model. We will talk about logistics, discuss the scope of the model and be candid about the advantages and disadvantages before opening the floor for a question-and-answer session.
12pm-1pm: Student Volunteering Ambassadors: what, why, when and how? (register now) - David Coles, LSE Volunteer Centre Manager and Beth Wilson, UEL Volunteering Coordinator
What are Student Volunteering Ambassadors? And how can they champion the work you do? In this session we will explore the benefits of using students to champion the volunteer experience and your service, along with some of our top tips for best practice.
2pm-3pm: SVN social (register now)
As the final session in the conference, we wanted to provide some space for the network to meet/reconnect with each other and talk all things volunteering (or not). There will be break out rooms and we encourage you to bring your drink of choice 🥤☕🥛🍵
