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Does your charity need the support of a professional? We have specialists in a wide range of sectors from HR, and employment law to marketing, all waiting to help you - for free.
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Empowering a Community of Changemakers
Our Specialist Volunteer Network – connecting over 500 professional volunteers with Scotland’s charities to build capacity and strengthen the sector – is a key part of the Inspiring Scotland model. This support allows charities to focus on core business functions and streamline, scale and innovate to transform the lives of the most disadvantaged people and communities in Scotland.
Inspiring Scotland recruits and manages this community of changemakers, providing an opportunity for skilled volunteering that also results in increased wellbeing, upskilling and employability support for the volunteers themselves. Inspiring Scotland acts as “matchmaker” linking each charity support request with a volunteer or team with the skills they need.
In 2020, our professional volunteers donated ÂŁ760,100 of non-financial support to nearly 300 charities, helping them towards sustainability and increasing their impact.
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10.11.2021
Fixed-fee risk management support for charities
In conversation with charities, our Specialist Volunteer team has uncovered that risk management is a key area that charities request support with. Often times an organisation’s risk register doesn’t solely focus on risk – also incorporating impacts (outcomes) and issues. It’s important to take a step back and really identify what risks your organisation potentially
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28.10.2021
Training to keep your board on track
Part of Inspiring Scotland’s work as a partner to third sector is supporting charities to develop strong governance, improving their resilience and better positioning the charities to drive impact. Our Specialist Volunteers team is on hand to coordinate free training sessions for charity Boards. We spoke with Elaine who heads the team to get the
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25.10.2021
Charities and Volunteers join forces to improve youth employability
The third sector forms the backbone of our communities and spends the majority of its money and time delivering essential services. While this is critically important, it means organisations are often left with precious little resources to dedicate to the core business functions that enable them to streamline, scale and innovate. Skills-based volunteering offers charities
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