Thursday, 22 February 2007

This morning, I spent lots of time with Helen - our Volunteer Centre co-ordinator. We talked through several projects Helen is engaged in, and how the VC services are organised.

In the afternoon, I met with Vanessa (our Development and Training Worker) to discuss several projects, including the possibility of her engaging in the Charity Evaluation Service's project to create Outcomes Super-Champions. The Charities Evaluation Service are an excellent body, but this is a classic example of the agenda being set by funding availability.

After talking through the options, Vanessa and I agreed that this is a project too far. The project requires that participants deliver fifteen two-day training events on "Outcomes". We might fill one or two events, but otherwise the demand for this training simply doesn't exist. We reluctantly turned down the invitation.