Hi Sally,
A name check on GEM - you’ve made me so proud!
The research captured volunteer demographics and motivations as well as impacts for individual volunteers including skills development and measures relating to
wellbeing:
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the majority of volunteers on HLF projects were relatively older, white and high levels of education; volunteering opportunities play an important role for them,
often helping to bridge the transition from work to retirement;
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however, where projects did engage those beyond the ‘typical’ heritage volunteer, the individual impacts are all the more powerful (for example, despite
the dominance of older people within the HLF volunteer pool, it is younger volunteers that are most likely to make the greatest improvements in skills development);
·
for many existing volunteers, the heritage itself is a significant motivating factor, with other factors such as skills development coming much
lower down the list of motivations [for these older people]. This suggests
the sector may be missing out on many potentially mutually beneficial relationships with others who’s motivations, for example, include employability.
Here are a few museum/archive sector examples:
And two from the heritage sector outside museums:
Thanks to @MirandaStearn for pulling this info together.
Good luck with next steps and best wishes,
Jo
Jo Reilly
Head of Participation and Learning
Heritage Lottery Fund
7 Holbein Place, London SW1W 8NR
Direct line: 020 7591 6007 Mobile: 07989 344220
Miranda Stearn
Policy Advisor
Learning and Volunteering
Heritage Lottery Fund
7 Holbein Place, London SW1W 8NR
Direct line: 020 7591 6161
Hello I wonder if any of you can help.
Would any of you be kind enough to send me evaluations you have of volunteering projects and programmes?
These will of course be treated in confidence and will not be shared, it's to inform my own thinking about the kinds of outcomes for volunteers and organisations of such programmes, as well as any particular challenges and opportunities, in preparation for
a few related projects I have on the horizon.
I have a ton of resources about volunteering and some experience of my own, however I'd really like some specifically from our sector in terms of museums and other heritage organisations to check if I'm overlooking anything and ensure I'm conscious of any (unintentional)
assumptions of my own.
If it relates to any of the following, even better (but not essential)
- How volunteers you may have trained / worked with / mentored etc have gone on to have a wider volunteering or work force development / capacity
impact on other organisations or projects (ie a ripple effect)
- Volunteers in a LGBT heritage context
- Volunteers working with archives
- Volunteers involved in creating and advocating digital resources
- Volunteers developing heritage activity with non-heritage organisations (e.g. community groups, festivals etc)
- Good practice in training and retaining volunteers
- Longer term / longitudinal monitoring of outcomes and impacts of volunteering
Jo Reilly - also if there's any relevant reports / case studies you can signpost me to on your lovely HLF bank of excellent information, please
do, much appreciated!
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