I am going to make some inroads into learning more about supporting, training and funding of prospective volunteers for Dyslexia Pathways and for my new project. The main stumbling block is finding funding to pay for volunteer costs such as expenses.
I feel I also require training myself to enable me to support prospective volunteers who will be giving their time to Dyslexia Pathways. So I am looking around for and free or low cost training to enable me to do this more effectively.
In a small organisation like Dyslexia Pathways there is never enough hours in the day to do everything that needs to be done. For example I have a vast amout of training materials and company documnets that need to be redone, rewritten into a universal format. Everything is all over the place. Thinking about company image, making sure everything is in an accessible format etc.
The other issue many small organisations like mine is training and finding funding for training. I have started a european union course looking at provision of training for staff which has been usefull for the delivery of training to ditectors and volunteers. I have also been accepted on a free training course on resiliance and vulnerable adults with the Scottish Mentoring Network which looks interesting to.
Then there is getting out their and raising aweareness. I recieve a lot of invitations to take part in scottish parliamentery groups. I already do some work with the Goodison Group and Futures Forum where I endevour to raise a more positive profile of dyslexia at every opportunity.. I have invites to get involved with groups within the NHS, the police etc. However, I cannot get involved because if I do we miss out on income because I would have to cancel students and not do any work on the days I would do this raising awareness.
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