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On Thursday 6th June, members of the Volunteer Managers Network and our Volunteer Centre will be outside The Barge in Grimsby, along with Hattie the Community Bus, to hold a Volunteer Celebration Event. We’re there from 10am-3pm. If you’re a volunteer, thinking of volunteering, need volunteers or already host them, we’d love to see you during the day. For more information contact Liz at VANEL (liz@vanel.org.uk, 01472 231123).

You can read the story about this event on our blog here.

Download this poster (as .pdf) here.

Members of the Volunteer Development Service (VDS) along with VANEL staff getting ready for Volunteers Week 2019.

The Volunteer Managers Network has been getting ready for Volunteers Week too.  Look forward to seeing you in Grimsby on the 6th June.

on Saturday 8th June join us for a World Oceans Day event at Cleethorpes Discovery Centre from 10am-3pm for litter picks, photographic competition, plastic sculpture workshops, arts and crafts and more. Contact Victoria for more information and more details next week. (Victoria@vanel.org.uk, 01472 315437).

Download the poster here.

details tbc

NORTHERN LINCOLNSHIRE VOLUNTEER MANAGERS NETWORK

Wednesday 25th September 2019 – 9.30am – 12noon

The Val Waterhouse Centre, Kent Street, Grimsby, DN32 7DJ

A G E N D A To follow shortly.

PLEASE NOTE:  Booking essential – please reply to liz@vanel.org.uk

 by telephone or email by Thursday 19^th September 2019 to confirm attendance (for refreshment purposes).

PAYMENT INFORMATION:

• Organisations that annually subscribe to the Volunteer Development Service: this meeting is part of your subscription fee.
• Organisations that do not subscribe to the Volunteer Development Service: £10 per organization

 (up to 2 places per organisation).    On receipt of confirmation of attendance your organisation will be invoiced for this meeting.

The VANEL Annual General Meeting (AGM) for 2019 will take place at Grimsby Neighbourhood Centre on Thursday 10th October 2019 at 11.30am.

All details about the event are here.

AGM – VANEL Annual General Meeting 2019

The Annual General Meeting will take place at

Grimsby Neighbourhood Centre
289a Weelsby Street
Great Grimsby
N E Lincolnshire
DN32 7JW

“Cyber Security Training for Small Charities and Community Groups”

VANEL is running this free training created by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) specifically catering to small charities and community groups to help you understand cyber security and apply practical solutions that will keep you safe online.

Full details are here:

Cyber Security Training for Small Charities and Community Groups returns

or download the flyer here.

Contact Karl Elliott to discuss or to book – karl@vanel.org.uk / 01472 361043

“Cyber Security Training for Small Charities and Community Groups” – special session for Neighbourhood Watch Groups

VANEL is running this free training created by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) specifically catering to small charities and community groups to help you understand cyber security and apply practical solutions that will keep you safe online.

This session has been arranged specifically for the needs of Neighbourhood Watch groups and their Coordinators.  Talk to Karl Elliott or Glyn Atkinson for more details.

Background information is here:

or download the flyer here.

Contact Karl Elliott to discuss or to book – karl@vanel.org.uk / 01472 361043

NORTHERN LINCOLNSHIRE VOLUNTEER MANAGERS NETWORK

Wednesday 27th November 2019 – 9.30am – 12noon

The Grimsby Central Hall, Duncombe Street, Grimsby DN32 7EG

A G E N D A

The Volunteer Development Service & the Managers Network are all here to help you.

So please bring along your ideas and challenges for discussion!

1. Welcome and Introductions
2. Update:  On new Safeguarding Resources shared by NCVO and others
3. Update:  NCVO have shared lessons learned from Volunteers’ Week and are planning 2020

Our Plans for Volunteer Week 2020

4. Volunteer Handbooks: Good Practice Discussion. We’ve all got Volunteer Handbooks (Hopefully)

There are some national good practice versions. We’ll look at these and compare them to our own.

What can we learn, or what can we change. Ideally bring a copy of your own along to share.

5. 2020 Meetings: What topics/ideas/issues does everyone want to discuss at meetings in 2020?

Networking break

6. Open Forum – Your opportunity to share news

7. AOB

8. Future meeting dates 

“Cyber Security Training for Small Charities and Community Groups”

VANEL is running this free training created by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) specifically catering to small charities and community groups to help you understand cyber security and apply practical solutions that will keep you safe online.

The venue for this session is tbc – probably central Grimsby.

Background details are here:

or download the flyer here.

Contact Karl Elliott to discuss or to book – karl@vanel.org.uk / 01472 361043

“Cyber Security Training for Small Charities and Community Groups”

VANEL is running this free training created by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) specifically catering to small charities and community groups to help you understand cyber security and apply practical solutions that will keep you safe online.

This session will be held in the Big Local North Cleethorpes Offices at 82 Grimsby Road, Cleethorpes.

Background details are here:

or download the flyer here.

Contact Karl Elliott to discuss or to book – karl@vanel.org.uk / 01472 361043

“Cyber Security Training for Small Charities and Community Groups”

VANEL is running this free training created by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) specifically catering to small charities and community groups to help you understand cyber security and apply practical solutions that will keep you safe online.

This session will be held at VANEL offices, Bargate Grimsby from 1pm – 4.30pm.

Background details are here:

or download the flyer here.

Contact Karl Elliott to discuss or to book – karl@vanel.org.uk / 01472 361043

“Cyber Security Training for Small Charities and Community Groups”

VANEL is running this free training created by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) specifically catering to small charities and community groups to help you understand cyber security and apply practical solutions that will keep you safe online.

This session is specifically for Neighbourhood Watch Group Coordinators. It’s a shortened version of our full training session and is aimed at the more limited technical requirements of Neighbourhood Watch Network Coordinators. Other non-profit groups are encouraged to attend our full session on 20th January instead.  Any questions, contact Karl or Glyn Atkinson.

This session will be held at VANEL offices, Bargate Grimsby from 4.30pm-6pm.

Background details are here:

or download the flyer here.

Contact Karl Elliott to discuss or to book – karl@vanel.org.uk / 01472 361043