Regional Networks

We believe regional networks are vital to supporting volunteer managers within our sector. Our networking forum provides an opportunity for groups to share ideas and inform the work we do, ensuring we’re responding to your needs.

If you’re looking for peer support we would encourage you to get in touch with your local network. If there isn’t one in your area have a look at our guide to Building a Sustainable Volunteer Management Network then get in touch.

HVG East Midlands

Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Rutland, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Leicestershire

Amanda Hanton and Pippa Vidal Davies

Cultural Participation Manager, Leicestershire County Council ..... Pippa Vidal Davies, Volunteering Manager

Email: amanda.hanton@leics.gov.uk

HVG East & South East

Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, Norfolk, Oxfordshire, Suffolk, Surrey, East Sussex and West Sussex

Sheila Fisher and Niki Hughes

Sheila Fisher, Volunteering Lead, Museums Partnership Reading......... Niki Hughes, Opportunities Advisor, University of Cambridge Museums Email: nh455@cam.ac.uk

Email: sheila.fisher@reading.ac.uk

London Heritage Volunteering Group

Central London

Rhiannon Green and Vanessa Theed

Volunteer Manager, Zoological Society of London. Vanessa Theed, Vice-Chair of Heritage Volunteering Group

Email: londonhvg@gmail.com

Twitter: @London_HVG

HVG North East

North East of England: Northumberland, County Durham, Tyneside, Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, Sunderland, Hartlepool, Stockton-on-Tees, Darlington

Michele Armstrong

The Auckland Project

Email: michele.armstrong@aucklandproject.org

HVG North West

Lancashire, Cumbria, Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Mersey

Kate Glynn and Alex McLeman

Kate Glynn - Volunteer Coordinator, Manchester Museum, .... Alex McLeman - Service Development Officer - Training and Volunteer Management, Bolton Library & Museum Services, Email: alex.mcleman@bolton.gov.uk

Email: kate.glynn@manchester.ac.uk

HVG West Midlands

Shropshire, Worcestershire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Herefordshire, Black Country, Birmingham, Telford and Wrekin

Becky Benson

Volunteering and Engagement Manager, Shropshire Museums and Archives

Email: Becky.Benson@shropshire.gov.uk

HVG Yorkshire

Yorkshire

Ruth Bean and Helen Harris

Ruth Bean, Volunteering Manager, Sheffield Museums Trust Ruth.Bean@sheffieldmuseums.org.uk ..... Helen Harris - Volunteer Manager, York Archaeological Trust

Email: hharris@yorkat.co.uk

Museum Development South West

Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Hampshire

Eleanor Moore

Email: eleanor.moore@bristol.gov.uk

Volunteer Organisers Network (VON)

Scotland

Erin Burke

Communications & Events Officer, Scottish Civic Trust

Email: network@makeyourmark.scot

Twitter: @VolOrganisers