Katy Goldstraw "Successful Volunteer Project Planning"

Katy Goldstraw BA (Hons) Msc Community Coordinator coMMUni, MMU

Having achieved a BA Hons at Birmingham University, Katy volunteered overseas in both Rwanda and India. After a brief stint travelling the world she returned to Birmingham to study a Masters in development management and poverty reduction. On graduation Katy went on to work in volunteer management for Age Concern and Staffordshire University. Katy now works at coMMUni, a volunteer service at Manchester Metropolitan University. www.communi.org.uk

A keen runner & swimmer herself, Katy has a strong interest in Sports Volunteering. She was a volunteer event organiser for Sainsbury�s Sports Relief Mile in 2006. Whilst at Staffordshire University, she worked on an innovative Active England funded programme, called 'Closing the Gap'. This aims to support non-sports organisations to unlock sport & physical activity as a tool for meeting core organisational objectives. In her current role Katy is promoting sports volunteering opportunities such as the Manchester run and the Genesis Moon walk.

Session: �Successful VOLUNTEER Project Planning�

This session looks at setting yourself management & realistic project goals to help you succeed in volunteering. It also examines how to improve your time management skills and assertiveness to help you succeed with your volunteer project. By the end of the session you should come away with a set of goals, a plan of how to achieve them and a time frame in which these will be achieved. This session is appropriate to anyone who finds time management difficult or who is new to project planning.