Open to any staff or volunteers, this training offer is a key part of CWVA’s Volunteering in Sanctuary project, funded by Cheshire West and Chester Council.
The session will introduce key considerations for managing and supporting volunteers who are refugees, asylum seekers, or ‘vulnerable’ migrants. It will combine theoretical context with practical guidance, helping organisations to create inclusive and effective volunteer programmes.
The session will cover:
Attendees will leave with greater confidence and awareness of how to support refugee and asylum seeker volunteers effectively.
We all make judgments, and learn how this can impact how successful we are in carrying out our voluntary roles. Remember - your brain processes about 11 million pieces of information per second… yet you’re only consciously aware of about 40!
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The first line of engagement is visual; it happens within the first few seconds. This training is designed to show how a volunteer can make an immediate positive impact. People typically remember only about 10% of what they hear… but up to 65% of what they see.
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