Deedmob’s Post

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So now you're ready. You've looked at your support, you've looked at your old descriptions, your policies are all in now on. So again, most people we spoke to said that they find out about their volunteering opportunities via word of mouth. Or online, mostly through social media. So like Levi said, word of mouth is very powerful. But also, if you're going to use word of mouth and you're going to use social media, involve young people in the production of that content. They know what they like, the other young people are going to like similar things and it's just going to be a a much more engaging process. It's also can be a new role if you're considering. Engaging young people. That you could have a content creator role. And a young person would be really interested in supporting your organization with that. That's another thing to to consider. So. Word of mouth, social media, but don't neglect your other avenues. It's still worth using radio because a lot of children I spoke to. A event for younger children, they said that they listened to the radio when they're being driven to school or being driven to like football practice. So do you still use radio advertising if and where it's accessible to you? It's also going to be great for parents to hear it and they can pass it on to their children or their young people. So that is really really good one to explore. Whatever platform you use, whether it's deep, more powered and hopefully it is, but if it's not, then share all of the roles to social media but also create some engaging content with it. That will stop people scrolling and get people looking at your content. And even if they see something that they like that they don't want to commit themselves, they may well tell one of their friends, these guys have got a great video, watch this and they're going to show them. So it's definitely worth trying. Share it regularly to social media. Include news stories and links on how to apply for your roles, but try to include a volunteer story if you've got a volunteer story from a young volunteer already. Then that's ideal. That's gonna work really well, but it's a lot more effective than just adding a role. We're recruiting for this, We're recruiting for that. If you're sharing a story, ohh. By the way, we've done this great event today. Young people were involved and if you are interested, you can apply here. That's going to be more effective than just sort of sharing random content at the time. Also, I think Levi mentioned earlier is not use your networks but involve young people. If you're not an environment work wise where you're exposed to sort of young people a lot, then it could be that you've got cousins, nieces, nephews. That you can ask to get involved and even just asking their opinion, give them a role description. Does this seem exciting to you? Would you apply for it? Would you tell your friends about it? They're a great source of information and inspiration, so do ask some questions. I do at every event I go to. If I'm doing a presentation to young people I also then speak to them afterwards and ask them what motivates them, what are they interested in, what they like to see. We've had young people feedback on our Get Involved Norfolk platform and tell us what content they'd like to see on it. It great to get young people involved and try and get into the habit of doing it regularly. It's really exciting and inspiring to speak to them as well, so don't miss out on the opportunity if you can. Keep it varied and fun and share the benefits, especially when you're doing content for things like TikTok or Instagram or wherever you're doing your social media. It's just someone talking to camera in a very sort of. This is what I do. This is this is not going to get them engaged. Do some action shots, get some videos of what's actually going on and what's being done rather than just talking to the camera. That's not what people volunteer and do. So really sort of try and create content that actually shows young people what they're going to be involved in. We also had a really inspiring story recently from a local high school that developed a sixth form program that encourages young people to volunteer. So I would definitely. Get in touch with your local schools and colleges. Ask if you can chat to the students about opportunities. Not necessarily to do a presentation or attend a careers event or even a school fate, but send them some leaflets, ask for their feedback and just ask for a drop in. Can I speak to some young people about how they would? Go about this and get some ideas direct, direct from young people and it would be great to for them to be involved as well. They really do. We've had queues of young people. One is give feedback. So it's always, it's always great. So yeah, local schools and colleges are a great source of not just information and inspiration, but going straight to the young people themselves. And community centres, youth clubs, schools, youth advisory boards. Normally the local councils have a list of the youth. Advisory boards and their contact details so you can go directly to them. There's also on the Duke of Edinburgh Awards and there is a opportunities page. So if you can get your opportunities on there, you're gonna be going directly to the young people as well. So again, like the schools I mentioned, the year 12 students at this particular school are expected to give one hour a week. To a worthy cause or endeavour. The school provides some placements which the students apply for through an interview process, but they are also allowed to. Source their own. Opportunities. They've had really, really good feedback from not just students but employers. Umm. When students go to apply for university or college places in, especially in things like healthcare assistance, I think there's a training midwife as well. A nursing, because they've done their volunteering in a residential home and one of the young people had also done some Community Hospital volunteering. So that really did help sort of bolster their application for further education, which is good to see.