Having Difficult Conversations with Volunteers

DATE: March 28, 2023 for 9 - 10:30 a.m. PST

COST: Free

Location: Virtual (teams) - link will be sent out shortly after registration

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When difficulties arise with a volunteer or in a volunteer program, it is important to address these in a proactive and timely way. Sometimes, with support and coaching, the problem can be minimized or solved, but other times more action will be needed. This workshop will explore why problems may develop and effective steps to take to solve the issues.

Mary Catherine Williams has worked with United Way British Columbia since January 2022 in the Central and North Vancouver Island Region as a Community Impact and Investment Coordinator. Her current role is to help support community agencies to receive the support and funding they need to do important work of caring for vulnerable people in communities.

Prior to joining UWBC, Mary Catherine was the Executive Director of Volunteer Campbell River and collaborated with Volunteer BC and Volunteer Canada on a number of current issues in the volunteer sector including diversity and reconciliation. She brings over 30 years of experience working with children, families, and communities to promote well-being, safety and success.

She has collaborated in community development initiatives with a focus on mental health and addictions prevention and supports, reconciliation and community resilience. MC has many years of experience in volunteer management, as well as being a lifelong volunteer. Mary Catherine is a settler of English, Irish and German descent and her husband is Interior Salish and Metis/Cree. She respectfully acknowledges that she is a guest and so thankful to live, work, play and volunteer in the unceded, traditional territory of the Laichwiltach People.