Broomlee Society and DofE
Weekender
May 9th and 10th 2015
Overview
• What is Volunteering?
• Benefits of Volunteering
• Employers and Graduate Attributes
• Get that Volunteering Role!
• Track your Activity
• Available Support
What is
Volunteering?
Types of Volunteering
• Personal Interest
• Academic Interest
• Strategic Volunteering
• Team Volunteering
• Society and Club
• Duke of Edinburgh
Benefits of
Volunteering?
Personal Benefits of Volunteering
Values Recognition:
Make a difference
Become a Global Citizen
Skills:
Personal Skills
Academic Skills
Learn about community
Personal Benefits:
Gain confidence
Be part of a community
Employability Skills
Take on a challenge
Meet people
Have fun!
Community Benefits of Volunteering
• 32% of adults in Edinburgh Volunteer: around
132,000 people
• 36% of women and 29th of men
• Edinburgh Volunteers contributes approximately
15.9 MILLION HOURS to Edinburgh communities
= £279 MILLION
• Scottish Volunteers contribute almost 162
MILLION HOURS to Scottish communities = £2.6
BILLION
Employers and
Volunteering
Career Planning Journey
Employability
Skill
Examples
Employability
Skill
Examples
Your
Examples
Personal
Development
Work Experience
Time
Management
(punctuality,
meeting
deadlines), selfmanagement
and selfmotivation,
interpersonal
skills like
confidence,
emotional
intelligence etc.,
awareness of
lifelong learning and
planning for future
development
Paid ,voluntary , work
Placement, Realistic
Work Experience or
Live Projects etc.,
ability to transfer
learning, skills and
experience from the
classroom to work
and
back again; flexibility
and adaptability;
working
with peers,
colleagues, clients
and customers
Project Planning
& Evaluation
Innovation
Working to a brief
(e.g.
an assignment or
external
project/event etc.),
setting goals and
objectives,
scheduling
and managing tasks
and
putting plans into
practice; producing
risk
assessment, &
evaluation
strategy to assess
outcomes and
outputs
Creativity, originality
and innovation,
including enterprise
and
entrepreneurship;
generating new ideas
and applying creative
solutions in specific
contexts including
self-employment;
understanding
creative process
Subject Skills
Research Skills
Team Working
Career Development
IT, Internet, library
skills, information
literacy; identifying
appropriate resources
and knowing how to
use them, submitting
proposals, using
findings to
structure and
complete
coursework/projects,
using theories,
methods, ideas and
approaches in a
critical and scholarly
way
Understanding and
developing role in
team, effectiveness as
team member,
working with,
listening and
encouraging the
development of
others; depending
on team role this
may include
leadership skills,
generating group
ideas and resources
CV writing,
interview/audition
preparation and
technique, action
planning, knowledge
about graduate
employment options
and understanding of
the current
employment situation
and the changing
nature of professions
Communication Skills
Problem- solving
Business Skills
Sector Skills
Social & Cultural
Awareness
Oral, Written, Visual,
PowerPoint and
other forms of
delivery;
communicating
academically,
professionally and
intercultural;
choosing forms of
delivery, structure
and language
appropriate to
audience; leading
discussions and
responding to
feedback
Decision-making
skills, critical
thinking and
enquiry-based
learning; sustained
and applied
analytical skills,
negotiation skills,
managing change
and risk, testing
different strategies
and choosing
most appropriate
solution
Industry or sector
specific skills and
understanding. Insight
into the
distinctive
techniques, roles
and terminology of
specific industries /
sectors;
understanding how
to behave and
communicate
within the
industry/sector and
follow codes of
practice and
ethical
guidelines
Recognising and
valuing the variety of
ways that different
individuals, societies,
cultures and
communities behave;
treating people fairly,
responding to
diversity of needs
and making
appropriate and legal
adjustments to
ensure
that no
discrimination
takes place
Understanding the
key areas of
knowledge and skills
developed through
the study of own
subject
/discipline (e.g.
Subject
Benchmarks) as
well as the contexts
where such
knowledge
and skills might be
used;
recognising
differences
between subjects /
disciplines
Awareness of work
and organisational
culture(s), financial
and commercial
awareness of
business, numeracy
and budgeting skills,
networking skills,
submitting business
case/proposals and
report writing;
corporate social
responsibility and
sustainability
Reflection
Understanding
own learning
including
recognising
learning styles,
metacognition
(awareness of how
one develops) and
appropriate use of
learning logs,
critical incident
analysis, learning
journals etc.;
recognition that
people learn
differently and see
things from
diverse
perspectives
What do
employers
think about
volunteering?
*Volunteer Scotland Employer
Survey 2014
Duke of Edinburgh
and Employability
Employers
Supporting
Duke of
Edinburgh
Get That
Volunteering Role!
What do I want to do?
• What are you
interested in?
• Be ambitious!
• Be flexible!
• What Skills do you
want to improve?
• Where do you
want to volunteer?
Finding my Volunteering
And More….
What skills am I using?
Track your Activity
Recording Volunteering - VBase
• Login
• Create a Profile
• Create your
volunteering role
• GET VOLUNTEERING
• Log your hours
• Log your activities
• Download your record
• Apply for Reward
Recording Volunteering eDofE
• NSA Creates your
Account
• Build your DofE
Programme
• GET VOLUNTEERING
• Record Hours
• Upload Evidence
• Volunteering Verified
• Award and Record
received
Gold Award
Presentations
What does this look like for a student?
NSA Support Available
Do you want to volunteer, or have a volunteering or
employability module next year? Contact VBase to find a
placement to match your interests and academics
Interested in starting your Duke of Edinburgh award?
Contact Andy
Need more information on developing your society?
Contact Grieg
Anything else? NSA is open through the Summer…
Any Questions?
Thank You