Volunteering strategy for Aberdeen to be launched

Aberdeen’s volunteers and the organisations which recruit them are to benefit from refreshed best practice guidelines when Community Planning Aberdeen launches its Volunteering Strategy this month.

Community Planning Aberdeen is made up of representatives from the public, private and third sectors, and ensures that the needs and views of the local community are heeded when decisions are made regarding public services.

The new Volunteering Strategy aims to highlight the positive impact which volunteers have within the local community, and to ensure that these volunteers are recruited, trained, supported and rewarded in the most appropriate manner.

The strategy will be launched at the annual Insight Aberdeen Third Sector and Volunteering Fayre at The Music Hall on Saturday 28 July. The fayre is run by ACVO (Aberdeen Council of Voluntary Organisations) and is an ideal opportunity for members of the public to find out more about the charities and not-for-profit groups working within their city.

The strategy will be launched on stage at 10am by Councillor Barney Crockett, Chair of Community Planning Aberdeen and Leader of Aberdeen City Council, along with ACVO Chief Executive, Ian Paterson, and Mike Melvin, Volunteer Co-ordinator at ACVO-Volunteer Centre.