We recently launched a new series of volunteering workshops which are taking place throughout February and March. The first of these will explore how you can support volunteers remotely to provide them with the support they need to engage them within their role. In our other workshops, we’ll also take a look at how you can ensure you recruit the right volunteer for your organisation, qualities of a good digital volunteer and what important information to include in a volunteer handbook. 

If your organisation currently supports volunteers or if this is something you are hoping to do this year, make sure you book onto our workshops soon! We are expecting these to reach capacity soon. 

Supporting volunteers remotely, Wednesday 10 February, 10-11.15am
Recruiting the right volunteer for you, Thursday 25 February, 10-11.15am
What makes a good digital volunteer, Wednesday 10 March, 10-11.15am
What a volunteer handbook should include, Thursday 18 March, 10-11.15am

NHS Digital strives to make services that work for everyone. User research is a key part of this. At times, especially with the current restrictions on face to face meetings, their research team struggle to reach a truly reflective sample of the UK population. 

They would very much like the input of you, our community partners, to help represent voices that may not be heard in developing digital products from the NHS (e.g. the NHS website). If you think you can help with this, NHS Digital are looking for partners to help find research participants who can share their views and experiences. All participants will be compensated for their time and expertise. If this is something you would be interested in finding out more about then please contact Nancy Willacy at nancy.willacy@nhs.net.