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Nottingham Skillsbank
Caroline Berrill &
Stacey Foster
16.10.13
• Online tool for Nottingham voluntary sector to find skilled volunteers
• Primarily for short-term tasks and one-off projects
• Aimed at volunteers with ‘professional’ skills
• Hoping to attract more workers into volunteering
Nottingham Skillsbank What is it?
Skillsbank Homepage
Register your group/organisation
Add task/help needed
Creating a Skillsbank task
Describe your task and tag an area it fits under
Add multiple tasks
Are you registered with NCVS?
Checked and processed
Volunteers search for tasks
Groups search for skills
Matching
Skillsbank Case Study
• Graphic Design graduate
• Had spare time inbetween job hunting
• Created branding for Skillsbank
What do skills do you need?
• In pairs please discuss how your organisation could use Skillsbank volunteers.
• Please create a task for each different timescale.
Using Skillsbank
• Volunteers must go through your procedures and vetting processes
• Agree with the volunteer the project and timescale in advance
• Considerations for IP, confidentiality etc
• Template agreements will be available
What can you use Skillsbank for?
• Be creative! Could a volunteer provide entertainment for an event?
• Do you need someone to run a workshop on how to use email effectively?
• Do you need a new logo for a project?
• Do your books need looking at?
• Skills can be corporate to artistic