Make Your Mark Volunteer Managers Conference: Volunteer-centred support
Event information
Date: 27th Febraury 2025
Time: 9am – 4:30pm
Organiser: Make Your Mark
Venue: The Engine Shed, Forthside Way, Stirling, FK8 1QZ
Cost: Free
Make Your Mark is a campaign to increase the number and diversity of heritage volunteers in Scotland. By heritage, they mean built, natural, cultural and intangible heritage. Make Your Mark is made possible with The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
This conference will focus on how to support a range of volunteers with varying abilities and needs.
There will be a combination of informative talks, interactive workshops and panel discussions that cover:
- The importance of inclusive leadership in supporting volunteer programmes
- Trends in culture and heritage volunteering in Scotland: the data picture
- How to fund inclusive volunteer programmes
- Supporting older volunteers who have to stop volunteering due to age-related reasons
- Inclusive group volunteering for people with support needs
- Lived experiences of people from a diverse range of communities who have tried out heritage volunteering
There is a dedicated section of the programme, our Volunteering Newsroom, where attendees can share projects, initiatives, achievements or even just your views.
In the main atrium area where attendees will gather for refreshments and networking in between sessions, there will be a display of digital posters highlighting Make Your Mark members’ achievements in inclusive volunteering, as well as celebrating some of their volunteers’ stories. Learn more about how to submit a digital poster for display.
Please note that to book an in-person ticket for a heritage organisation, you must be a member of Make Your Mark. Joining Make Your Mark is free, and gives you access to inclusive volunteering resources and support, a volunteer advertising service and a peer-to-peer heritage Volunteer Organisers Network.
To ensure that there is equitable representation between smaller and larger organisations, if you are part of a larger organisation such as Historic Environment Scotland (HES), NatureScot, National Trust for Scotland (NTS) or Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Scotland (RSPB), please book an online ticket. If there is space left in the weeks before the conference, we will offer you the chance to attend in-person.
Accessibility
This event takes place at The Engine Shed, a fully accessible events venue that is designed to be inclusive.
The Engine Shed entrance and its interior are on the level. The lecture theatre has steps, but there are seats in the front row that do not require stepped access, as well as a dedicated wheelchair space.
There is a fully accessible gender neutral toilet near to the reception area.
There is an induction loop in the reception area and theatre where the conference will be held.
Assistance dogs are welcome in the venue.
Online
This event takes place on Teams, an online video call link. If you would like advice on engaging with this virtual platform, please email hello@makeyourmark.scot.
If you need any information or help at any stage, please get in touch at hello@makeyourmark.scot and let them know.