Newcastle Volunteer Coordinators' and Managers' Network Meeting

This meeting is for those who manage volunteers as part of their role. This could be a volunteer coordinator, or anybody who oversees and supports the work of volunteers. 

The next quarterly Newcastle Volunteer Coordinators' and Managers' network will take place on Tuesday 6th May and will be themed around planning for National Volunteers' Week. This week is a national celebration of volunteers and their impact that normally takes place during the first week of June. This year it is taking place from 2nd-8th of June 2025. We are calling this meeting so that as a network we can put our heads together to come up with ideas for events and activities and, where appropriate, work together to collaboratives host some of them.

This is an in-person event for anyone with a responsibility for supporting volunteers, whether you are a paid member of staff or lead volunteer yourself in your organisation.

Spaces are limited so please sign up fast

When spaces are full please email our Volunteering Voice and Engagement Manager, Nimerta Virdee, at nimerta.virdee@connectedvoice.org.uk to get a place on the waiting list.

Venue: Multifunction Room 2A, Ground Floor, One Strawberry Lane, NE1 4BX 

To reduce the carbon footprint of our events, we would like to politely request that all attendees make the best effort, where viable, to travel to our events in the most environmentally friendly way possible.

The venue has secure bike storage and free to use shower facilities
The venue is within 60 seconds from St James Metro Station
The venue is less than a 15 minute walk from Central Station
The venue is close to 22, 351, 354, 40 and X1 bus links
Many city centre bus links are within 10 minutes from the venue

Our training and events are funded from a variety of sources, allowing us to offer them for free to eligible organisations. Please check the eligibility requirements for each session before signing up, as this varies from course to course. If your organisation is not eligible for a free session you may be interested in one of our tailored training packages.

You can keep up to date with the latest training and events from Connected Voice by subscribing to our fortnightly email bulletin.

Attendance and value Our team have dedicated significant time and resource to create and deliver our excellent range of training and events. Connected Voice is funded for this work, allowing us to offer these events free of charge. However, we expect people who have registered to prioritise attendance and let us know as soon as possible if there is a barrier to attending. We may follow up with you if you are absent without letting us know.

Delivery method This session is designed as an in-person event, held at One Strawberry Lane, NE1 4BX (an accessible building). For more information on how to find us, please see our Contact Us page.

Accessibility Please let us know in advance if you have any accessibility requirements that would help you get the most out of this session. We will do everything we can to accommodate them. We can provide a BSL interpreter for training and events on request, but ask you to give us enough advance notice to enable this to be organised. To maximise resources, we are unable to provide BSL interpreters for all sessions unless we know this is essential.

Evaluation This event is free to attend but all participants will be required to complete a short evaluation on completion. This feedback enables us to continue delivering a free programme of training and events.

For security and practical reasons: You can only book one place for yourself. If a colleague wants to attend, they will need to book separately themselves. You must give us all the essential information requested so that we know your registration is genuine.

If circumstances change, you must advise us as soon as possible so that the place isn’t wasted as we have limited spaces for each event. You must also advise us if a substitute person from your organisation is attending in your place. We will be monitoring non-attendance, and may not accept future bookings from regular non-attenders.