{"id":8356,"date":"2021-11-22T14:10:44","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T14:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teamkinetic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8356"},"modified":"2022-06-13T11:20:42","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T10:20:42","slug":"the-key-takeaways-from-cras-people-management-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teamkinetic.co.uk\/blog\/2021\/11\/the-key-takeaways-from-cras-people-management-group\/","title":{"rendered":"The Key Takeaways from CRA\u2019s People Management Group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On Thursday, we were lucky enough to be one of the speakers during the Charity Retail Associations People Management Group. We popped on a train, and arrived in London ready and eager to finally see other people in the flesh! We\u2019d like to thank the Charity Retail Association for inviting us to speak about how digital can help volunteer management. As a volunteer management system company, we felt we could really help attendees who may be thinking of heading to the digital side. <\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019ve collected four key takeaways from the day’s events\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One: Recruitment is one of the biggest challenges at present. <\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Recruitment became the focus for many throughout the day, every organisation has had trouble with recruiting both volunteers <\/span>and<\/span><\/i> paid staff. Many organisations are struggling to find van drivers for collections and drop offs. With the Christmas period around the corner, this demand is only going to increase. The question becomes, what changes can we make to attract more staff, more volunteers, more drivers?<\/span><\/p>\n

During the group discussion, we thought about the ‘fixes’ within staff recruitment that may be needed. These fixes included allowing staff to start straight away. With a focus on van drivers, getting them up and running as quickly as possible will help ease the pressure of collections and pick ups – can we speed this process up?<\/span><\/p>\n

We also spoke about raising the profile of organisations – get yourself out there! In the next few years, there\u2019s a very high chance that at least 60% of the high street will be charity shops. So why are they second choice employers? There is an understanding that a charity role is charity, when in reality it isn\u2019t. We should be looking at job roles, as jobs, it\u2019s something commercial and should be treated as such! <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two: Retail Trust’s<\/span> <\/i>Tackling Domestic Abuse Campaign.<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The first of two talks over the course of the day was Retail Trust’s Joe Ryan. Joe spoke about the \u2018Retail Industry Against Domestic Abuse\u2019 (RIADA) campaign running in partnership with Dunelm and the Domestic Abuse Alliance. The charity is supporting employees of retail both in the workplace and at home: and in recent weeks have had a focus on domestic abuse. <\/span><\/p>\n

Retail Trust’s aim is to work together with the charity retail sector to become a unified voice to offer support to victims. They have a management guide, and policy template, free to access on their website- <\/span>here.<\/i><\/b><\/a> The expectation is for all organisations to create and decide on a policy and start to implement this within the workplace. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three: Is Digital The Way Forward?<\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n

Our talk focused around what impact digital technologies have on volunteer management. We\u2019re aware we may have thrown quite a lot of information at attendees in such a small time, so here’s the most important information for you now\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

At TeamKinetic, we strive to make volunteering easier for everyone. We believe digital is the way forward. For those who may not have a volunteer management platform, we suggest using a Moscow format: <\/span><\/p>\n