See how we have celebrated Volunteers' Week in previous years!
In 2023:
Read volunteer stories as well as details of how else we celebrated #VolunteersWeek in 2023.
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A message from the Lord Mayor of Manchester, Councillor Yasmine Dar, for everyone who volunteers in the city of Manchester.
In 2022:
Similarly to the previous year, we held all of our activities online. As well as two virtual volunteering fairs, we held a 'Volunteers' Week' themed VCF for organisations during the week.
Volunteer Recognition Certificate Scheme
An incredible 887 certificates were sent out to recognise, celebrate and appreciate volunteers in Manchester. Photos were shared by organisations on Twitter showing their volunteers receiving these: Archives+, No. 93 Wellbeing Centre and Revive.
Volunteer Stories
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In 2021:
2021 was our second year celebrating Volunteers' Week online. As well as our usual activities, we held two online virtual volunteering fairs over Zoom.
Volunteer Recognition Certificate Scheme
An amazing 887 certificates were requested to recognise, celebrate and appreciate volunteers in Manchester.
Volunteer Stories
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In 2020:
We cancelled our planned training sessions and workshops due to Covid-19. Celebrations looked very different to usual and we focused much of our effort on sharing the stories of some of the incredible volunteers who had a critical role during the pandemic.
Volunteer Recognition Certificate Scheme
An incredible 718 certificates were requested to recognise, celebrate and appreciate volunteers in Manchester.
Volunteer Stories
We collated and shared volunteers' stories throughout the week on social media:
- Breakthrough - Katrina, Jimmy, Michael, Ru Yi
- Digital Champions North Manchester
- Women's Equality Party Manchester - Sam
- Friends of the Fallowfield Loop - David
- Revive - Caroline
- Street Treats - Daryl
- Beverley Dargen
In 2019:
#5VolunteerRoles Twitter Party
We wanted to highlight the diverse nature of volunteer opportunties and how they shape peoples' lives so led a conversation over on Twitter, where we encouraged people to share 5 volunteers roles they've had using #5VolunteerRoles
Resources
Our Volunteers' Week project planning booklet gives you all you need to know to plan and deliver a brilliant and impactful Volunteers' Week event or campaign.
Workshops and training
To help organisations get ready to celebrate Volunteers' week in style, we delivered a series of workshops including Events and Project Planning for Volunteers' Week, Storytelling Training for Volunteers' Week and Social Media for Beginners.
Volunteer Stories
We loved reading stories of volunteers from across Manchester - from different backgrounds, bringing different perspectives and life experiences to volunteering, all with different volunteer roles in different organisations and who got involved for a myriad of different reasons.
Volunteer Recognition Certificate Scheme
An incredible 900 volunteer certificates were signed by the Lord Mayor of Manchester to reward and recognise the contribution that volunteers made to some of the voluntary organisations in Manchester.
In 2018:
Manchester TV came along to our Volunteers' Week fair at Manchester Central Library.