Everything I've learned about RDA volunteers in 2023
I always find myself thinking, at the end of the year, about the themes which have run through my experiences of the last twelve months. This year has been a huge year for understanding volunteers, on multiple levels: what better than to share... Some festive fun with one of my Saturday co coaches, Sue 1. Volunteers want to learn I think this one is obvious if you stop to think about it. Volunteers rarely want to volunteer without developing some kind of skill. It's nice to give back, and it's nice to use existing skills to do this: it's even nicer to keep developing yourself, and I think this is one of our biggest pieces of ammo in retaining our volunteers. As a volunteer in a leadership role, I can't help but feel regret that there just aren't enough hours in my own RDA days to put into teaching volunteers new skills - or, indeed, to spend time honing the interesting but not pressing things I would love to learn myself. I've been snatching opportunities here