A Warm Welcome
First day in a brand-new role is always daunting and filled with a wide range of emotions — uncertainty (what have I done!); excitement (new opportunities, new people, new ideas); fear (will everyone like me?); anxiety (sweats, heart racing, stomach churning)…
Wow, what a busy, challenging and rewarding week…again!
On a Monday evening I always feel that I’m never going to get to the end of the week with any sense…
What’s good, what’s bad, what’s keeping me up nights.
The Regional Funders Conference; Monday 25th September
It feels like an age ago that I went to that conference. It was only on Monday but feels like a month. It was great going to an event in Newcastle, close to home, and even better that it was…
Somehow we’re nearly at the end of the month, with my household fully in the midst of dealing with millions of school messages, the transition to winter coats and developing colds. Most people we work with have finished their leave for the time being, and…
My second week with Durham Community Action and I have been lucky enough to get out and about with other members of the team.
I have attended a Community Growing and Food Network session at Blackhill Park, a Share and Learn meeting in Hunwick and a link…
The Good
Monday saw the arrival of a new member of the DCA team, increasing our capacity to meet the multiple asks we are receiving around health and wellbeing work. Having spent some time thinking through the complex and ever-changing…
The impact of Volunteering on the Heritage Sector Event
Preparing for the Event
I was asked to deliver a 20-minute presentation on DCA’ volunteer centre services.I developed and reviewed the content of the presentation and tried to make sure that it was clear, concise, and engaging. Writing the…
Volunteer Passport accreditation journey
What was it all about
This week we have had an external quality assurance (EQA) visit for the NOCN (National Open College Network) accreditation for the volunteer passport. The visit was thorough and enabled us to reflect not only on the latest course we have…
