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
Volunteering and Participation Team Manager, Leicestershire County Council
Email: amanda.hanton@leics.gov.uk
London Heritage Volunteering Group
Central London
Rhiannon Green
Volunteer Manager, Zoological Society of London
Email: Rhiannon.Green@zsl.org
Twitter: @London_HVG
HVG North East
North East of England: Northumberland, County Durham, Tyneside, Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, Sunderland, Hartlepool, Stockton-on-Tees, Darlington
Simon Walsh
Duty Officer - Volunteers, Locomotion
Email: simon.walsh@locomotion.org.uk
Twitter: @StonewallWalsh
HVG North West
Lancashire, Cumbria, Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Mersey
Kate Glynn and Esther Lisk-Carew
Volunteer Coordinator, Manchester Museum and Volunteer Coordinator, Manchester International Festival
Email: hvgnorthwest@gmail.com
Twitter: @shegeekbham
HVG Wales
Wales
Ffion Davies
Senior Volunteer Coordinator, National Museum Wales
Email: volunteering@museumwales.ac.uk
Twitter: @AmgueddfaVols
HVG West Midlands
Shropshire, Worcestershire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Herefordshire, Black Country, Birmingham, Telford and Wrekin
Rebecca Benson
Volunteering Officer, Shropshire Council
Email: Becky.Benson@shropshire.gov.uk
Twitter: @beckysbenson
HVG Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Emma Fargher-Smith
Volunteer Manager, National Railway Museum
Email: Emma.Faragher-Smith@railwaymuseum.org.uk
Twitter: @EmmaFSmythe
BOB Vol & Friends
Bucks, Oxfordshire and Berkshire; Hampshire, Solent, Surrey, Sussex and Kent
Sheila Fisher
Volunteer Coordinator, Museum of English Rural Life
Email: sheila.fisher@reading.ac.uk
Northamptonshire Heritage Leaders of Volunteer Engagement (NH-LOVE)
Northamptonshire
Laura Malpas
Email: lauramalpas@hotmail.co.uk
Twitter: @LauraMalpas1
SHARE Museums East - Volunteer Co-ordinators Forum
Cambridgeshire, Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
Niki Hughes
Opening Doors Project Coordinator, University of Cambridge Museums sharemuseumseast.org.uk/
Email: nh455@cam.ac.uk
Twitter: @SHAREmuseums
South West Museum Development Programme
Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire.
Eleanor Moore
Eleanor Moore
Email: eleanor.moore@bristol.gov.uk
Twitter: @swmuseums
Volunteer Organisers Network (VON)
Scotland
Erin Burke
Communications & Events Officer, Scottish Civic Trust
Email: network@makeyourmark.scot
Twitter: @VolOrganisers
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