{"id":10442,"date":"2015-11-09T10:13:51","date_gmt":"2015-11-09T10:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/?page_id=10442"},"modified":"2017-06-07T11:19:03","modified_gmt":"2017-06-07T10:19:03","slug":"lincolnshire-volunteer-card","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/volunteering-3\/lincolnshire-volunteer-card\/","title":{"rendered":"Lincolnshire Volunteer Card"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Lincolnshire Volunteer Card<\/strong><\/h6>

VANEL delivers the Lincolnshire Volunteer Card (LVC) training sessions to help individuals get to grips with the basics needed to volunteer well.\u00a0 LVC is aimed at those people who perhaps have never volunteered before or are just setting out on their volunteering experience or need a refresher!\u00a0 Through LVC you can learn what volunteering is, what to expect when you volunteer and what your rights and responsibilities are during your future volunteering roles.<\/strong><\/p>

This easy to follow and friendly course is run as a series of six \u2018modules\u2019 spread over a number of days.\u00a0 Complete all six modules to receive your LVC card and certificate.\u00a0 Put it on your CV or wave your LVC card at the next organisation that you volunteer with to show that you\u2019ve got LVC \u2013 it will tell them that you\u2019ve already covered the basic training for volunteering that they might need.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t

What does the course cover?<\/strong><\/div>

There are six two hour modules:<\/p>

Good Practice Standards<\/strong>
Health and Safety<\/strong>
Equality and Diversity<\/strong>
Safeguarding<\/strong>
Customer Care<\/strong>
Live Well<\/strong><\/p>

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Who can attend?<\/div> <\/strong><\/p>

Anyone aged 16+ can attend the LVC course if you have an interest in volunteering.<\/p>

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How much will it cost?<\/div> <\/strong><\/p>

If you are an unplaced volunteer (not already volunteering) then your place on the course is free<\/strong>.\u00a0 Courses are only offered by VANEL when the costs of the course have been met via funding or a sponsored organisation, so you don\u2019t have to pay for your place.<\/p>

If you are already in a volunteering role with an organisation then you won\u2019t need to pay yourself, but the costs of your place will need to be met by your host organisation or by a sponsoring organisation. Ask them to talk to VANEL about your placement on the course.<\/p>

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Where do the courses take place?<\/div> <\/strong><\/p>

Most of the courses we run take place in Grimsby at VANEL offices on Bargate.\u00a0 We\u2019re close to the town centre, the train station, on bus routes and we have free car parking.<\/p>

Sometimes we run courses elsewhere in Grimsby or Lincolnshire if a particular fund, organisation or sponsoring organisation has asked us to put a course on somewhere specific.<\/p>

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When are the next courses?<\/div> <\/strong><\/p>

Modules and Dates<\/strong><\/p>

15th June\u00a0 2017<\/span> \u2013 10 am-3 pm
Module 1 \u2013 Good Practice Standards
Module 2 \u2013 Health & Safety<\/p>

22nd June\u00a0 2017<\/span> \u2013 10 am \u2013 3 pm
Module 3\u00a0 \u2013 Equality & Diversity
Module 4\u00a0 \u2013\u00a0 Safeguarding<\/p>

29th\u00a0 June\u00a0 2017<\/span>\u00a0 \u2013 10 am \u2013 3 pm
Module 5 \u2013 Customer Care
Module 6 \u2013 Live Well<\/p>

Download a flyer for this June 2017 course here<\/a>.<\/p>

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What if I can\u2019t attend all the sessions?<\/div> <\/strong><\/p>

You will need<\/em> to attend all six modules to complete the course and to obtain your LVC.\u00a0 But, if we are running more than one course you may be able to join another course to attend the particular modules you have missed.\u00a0 In these cases please talk to us to see what we can organise.<\/p>

Whatever modules you attend will be useful and hopefully interesting, but you will need to do all six modules to complete LVC<\/p>

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How do the course sessions and modules work?<\/div> <\/strong><\/p>

Each module is approximately 2 hours long.\u00a0 Some courses have 1, 2 or 3 modules per day (see details of that course sessions).\u00a0 A small group of like-minded volunteers all get together with our tutors to discuss the topic with presentation and lots of discussion.\u00a0 You\u2019ll take away a work booklet from the module explaining everything you\u2019ve learned.<\/p>

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Have people already been through LVC?<\/div> <\/strong><\/p>

Yes. VANEL have run a range of LVC courses in Grimsby and North East Lincolnshire.\u00a0 Our lead LVC trainer Jacky has also run LVC courses across in Scunthorpe and as far afield as Nottinghamshire.\u00a0 Across Lincolnshire, the organisation that designed LVC \u2013 Children\u2019s Links<\/a> \u2013 has been delivering the course to large numbers of volunteers over the years.\u00a0 The course is based on all that experience.<\/p>

Courses to date have been funded by the Tribune Trust, the European Social Fund, Big Lottery Awards for All, the Lincolnshire High Sherriff, and a number of voluntary sector organisations.\u00a0 Each funded course has meant we have been able to offer the LVC modules to dozens of individual volunteers to improve their skills ready for volunteering.<\/p>

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Who delivers the course?<\/div> <\/strong><\/p>

VANEL has a lead LVC trainer \u2013 Jacky Birkett \u2013 and a couple of other staff who are also LVC trainers and deliver courses as needed.\u00a0 All LVC trainers have long experience working with volunteers and in particular working in Volunteer Centres and Volunteer Service organisations.<\/p>

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How do I book?<\/div> <\/strong><\/p>

Please complete this booking form<\/a> and either email it back to us, stick in the post or drop it into our office in Grimsby.<\/p>

Or you can phone Liz Dugard<\/strong> on 01472 231123 at VANEL or email her direct via liz@vanel.org.uk<\/a>.<\/p>

All our contact details are here<\/a>.<\/p>

Here\u2019s the booking form<\/a>.<\/p>

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I\u2019ve approached an organisation to volunteer with them and they\u2019ve not heard of LVC!<\/div> <\/strong><\/p>

Ask them to call VANEL to chat about LVC.\u00a0 We can explain to them what you\u2019ve been taught and it will help them to know that you\u2019ve already committed your time to learning about how to be a good volunteer.\u00a0 Point them to our website at www.vanel.org.uk\/lvc<\/a><\/p>

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We host volunteers and someone just showed me that they have an LVC card. So what does that mean?<\/div> <\/strong><\/p>

It means that the individual has committed to no less than twelve hours of training across the six modules that the LVC course contains.\u00a0 They\u2019ve covered the topics in the modules in depth alongside a trainer to answer their questions and a group of like minded peers.<\/p>

You can be assured that they understand the basic topics that you would potentially have to cover with them during your volunteer induction process, have shown commitment to following through an entire course and are ready to start their volunteering journey with your organisation.<\/p>

We host volunteers and would like to offer our volunteers LVC to ensure they have the right skills<\/p>

Great. Your volunteers could potentially join one of our scheduled courses, but you\u2019ll need to pay a fee per attendee (which will never be larger than \u00a390 per person but is normally subsidised down).<\/p>

Or you could fund a course yourself.\u00a0 A course normally aims for 10 attendees per course with a fixed fee for the course regardless of how many people complete the programme.<\/p>

In each of these cases we will need to have a discussion about costs, venues, who you want to be trained and so on.\u00a0 Please contact Jacky Birkett<\/strong> at VANEL directly to discuss. 01472 231123 or jacky@vanel.org.uk<\/a>.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t <\/div>\n\t \t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Next Courses:<\/strong><\/p>

15th, 22nd, 29th June.<\/strong>
6 modules over 3 days.
10am-3pm each day.
VANEL offices, Grimsby<\/p><\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Download a flyer for our next course in June 2017<\/a>.<\/p>

Download an application form<\/a>.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Read about the LVC presentations by the High Sheriff earlier in 2017 here<\/a>.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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