Volunteer Co-ordinators Network meeting

Inclusive volunteering: a project? Or an approach?  

For this year’s Volunteers’ Week, we’ll be meeting at the Mencap building in Northallerton to celebrate the work of Hambleton Community Action (HCA). 

Meet Becca Briggs and Hetty Nanor from Hambleton Community Action’s Volunteering Team. They lead volunteer recruitment, onboarding, and ongoing support, and they’re excited to share how HCA has reshaped its approach to volunteering.

With nearly a decade of supported‑volunteering projects behind them - including a recent partnership with Rural Arts, Carers Plus, and Stokesley Community Care Association - they’ll offer a real look at what makes HCA’s model special.

Becca and Hetty will also explore how we can work together to build a volunteering culture where people feel empowered, listened to, and valued as equal partners in creating change.

This is a network meeting for volunteer co-ordinators from across North Yorkshire, offering an opportunity to come together and share information, advice, tips and thoughts on all aspects of volunteer management. 

Vicki Sharp is a Development Officer with Community First Yorkshire’s VCSE Support team. She brings wide‑ranging experience in volunteer recruitment and support, including her time as Volunteer and Operations Manager with a museum trust.

A former secondary design teacher, Vicki has also worked as a SEND Advisor, Youth Worker and Youth Development Worker, supporting and training volunteer youth workers and “buddies.” She continues to volunteer herself, currently with Artizan International’s SEND Youth Group and North Yorkshire Council’s Major Incident Response Team, and previously as a Director at The Ritz Cinema in Thirsk.