Supporting Organisations Who Work With Volunteers

Do you work for a charity or voluntary organisation across the borough of Sutton and are you looking for support with your volunteers?

At Volunteer Centre Sutton we help hundreds of organisations (charities, community groups etc) each year to recruit, manage and support their volunteers. There are loads of ways we can help, and we hope this gives you a flavour of the support that we offer.

Log into Simply Connect here for ORGANISATIONS only

Here are 5 simple steps to get started:

1. Set up an initial chat with Natasha

To welcome you, and to understand your needs, we invite all organisations to contact our Organisations & Youth Participation Officer, Natasha Blok. Natasha’s role is dedicated to supporting you and an initial (up to 30 minute) 1-2-1 induction is a great way to tailor the support that Volunteer Centre Sutton can offer you.

NatashaBlok@vcsutton.org.uk (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday in Sutton Centre & Friday pm working from home)

2. Join one of our monthly organisation induction sessions

Each month we arrange group induction sessions to give an overview of the various ways Volunteer Centre Sutton can help organisations to recruit and manage their volunteers. These sessions normally take place on video call and will cover an introduction on how we can help promote your volunteer roles, find out about promoting your volunteer roles, the Volunteer Story of the Month, Volunteer Advisors, Volunteer Management Toolkit and more!

Next date for virtual sessions is:

Thursday 13^th March, 12.30-1.30pm

3. Attend our next Volunteer Coordinators' Forums

To meet, share ideas and gain great advice from other Volunteer Coordinators and Managers, we’d love you to join us at one of regular fun and informal events. There is a varied programme across the year with a range of talks from guest speakers on different relevant topics, held in various locations in the borough. We also have regular socials including a pub meet-up ahead of each quarterly ‘Sutton Soup’.

Next dates:

Thursday 27th February 2025 9am - 12pm
Tuesday 18th March 2025 9am - 12pm
Thursday 24th April 2025 6-9.30pm

For more information click here.

4. Promote your roles on our volunteer recruitment database

Volunteer Centre Sutton offers a 24/7 way to promote your roles remotely through an online volunteer database called Simply Connect. This database allows local people to search for volunteer roles based on their interests, availability and age etc. For local organisations, posting roles is free and you start by registering your organisation/yourself via this link.

If you’re not on there you’re not visible to our 4000+ volunteers!

5. Monthly newsletters

Volunteer Centre Sutton send out two monthly newsletter which are relevant to organisations:

Volunteer Centre Sutton Monthly Round-Up newsletter: Each month we send out a newsletter update with news and updates from Volunteer Centre Sutton which includes dedicated information for organisations: Sign up here.
Volunteer Opportunities newsletter: Each month we send out a Volunteering Opportunities newsletter which is received by well over 4,000 local residents interested in volunteering. The newsletters are jam-packed with a great selection of the latest volunteer roles offered by organisations across Sutton. Sign up here to the monthly Volunteering Opportunities newsletter.

If you are an organisation working with volunteers in Sutton, we’d love to hear from you!

Please click on the links below to access a range of helpful documents to help you manage your volunteer projects including the Volunteer Toolkit.