MHNC Inclusive Volunteering Free Training – New Dates Added

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NEW DATES ADDED
MHNC are offering free Inclusive Volunteering Training, as part of the Volunteers for Health Northants project.
This training has been co-designed to:
  • Improve the practices of involving and supporting volunteers with mental ill-health, learning disabilities, and/or neurodivergence
  • Challenge unconscious biases about who can and can’t volunteer (spoiler alert: everyone can!)
  • Raise awareness of hidden barriers
  • Provide ideas, tools and resources that can be implemented to ensure volunteering opportunities are more accessible
Through this training, we hope to increase the diversity of people volunteering across Northamptonshire.
If you think this sounds great, book yourself on a session here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/mental-health-northants-collaboration-70371253553

Feedback from the course: 

So far, 82% of attendees have committed to making changes within their organisation to make volunteering more inclusive, and 100% of attendees have said that they would recommend the training to others.
Attendees have said:
“It was especially powerful that both presenters had ‘real life’ experience.”
“Examples given were a great way to understand & take in the information.”
“The training course was informative and fast paced.”

VCFSE Engagement Group West Northamptonshire

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Join VIN at our next VCFSE Engagement Group scheduled virtually for the 6th of May 2026 between 1.30PM and 2.30PM.

Anne Rackham from NHFT will be our guest speaker discussing Neighbourhood Health – What it is and What it means in practice.

The Kings Fund state:

The Government has put a ‘neighbourhood health service’ at the heart of its vision for the NHS, aiming to help people to live well in their local areas and reduce their need for care delivered in hospitals. This ambition echoes and is committed to shifting resources to community-based services and delivering care closer to home. It was also reinforced in the 10 Year Plan as a way to provide ‘convenient care, at a time and place that fits around people’s lives’.

Spaces will be limited to 25. Book your Place here

Volunteer Coordinator Network – 21st May 2026

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Date: Thursday, May 21, 2026

Time: 10-12

Location: Voluntary Impact – 15 St Giles Street, Northampton

This network is for anyone who manages, supports, and coordinates volunteers. It’s a place for learning, peer-to-peer support, sharing information, asking questions, and helping each other support the many people who have come forward to volunteer in West Northants. We all have knowledge and experience to share, and this network is the space to do so.

Outline for meeting 21st May:

  1. Two local  Coordinators will share about how they work with Volunteers:
  2. Discussion around solving volunteer problems
  3. Volunteering-related updates – training, resources and news
  4. Chance to Network and share

Book your place here