Networking event set to celebrate boost to volunteering in Harborough
A networking event is set to be held to celebrate a successful year-long project, designed to give volunteering across the Harborough district a boost.
The project was led by Emma Pickering and funded by Harborough District Council through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
Over the past 12 months it has supported volunteer-involving organisations across the Harborough area with recruitment, development and retention, while also working alongside local businesses to explore employer-supported volunteering.
It was delivered by Home-Start South Leicestershire, a Market Harborough based voluntary organisation that supports families with at least one child under five years of age.
In the run-up to the end of the project on March 31, a volunteering network event is taking place on March 24 at Newcombe House, the head office of Market Harborough Building Society.
‘Business and Community: United in Purpose’ runs from 9.30am to 12.30pm, and gives local organisations and businesses the chance to come together to connect, share ideas and explore opportunities for collaboration.
Emma said: “The aim of the event is to invite all the organisations and companies I have worked with - and many more besides - to talk about what organisations need, what companies can offer, and to give everyone the opportunity to mingle.”
Guest speakers will include Debs McCahon from the Leicestershire and Rutland Community Foundation discussing funding opportunities and how businesses can get involved, Dave Cliffe from Voluntary Action Leicestershire speaking about employer-supported volunteering and Emma talking about what has been learned through the volunteering development project.