This week the National Ambulance Volunteer Responder Leadership Group (NAVRLG) spent two days at the RNLI College in Poole. This provided a valuable opportunity for volunteer leaders from both the ambulance and lifeboat services to share learning and forge closer links that could form the basis for greater collaboration in the future.
The gathering was facilitated by Donna McCreath, Head of Volunteering and Inclusion at RNLI, and Joe Crook, National Ambulance Volunteer Lead at the Association of Ambulance Chief Executives (AACE).
Volunteer leads discussed a wide variety of topics including reward and recognition for volunteers, training and onboarding, and demographic changes to the volunteering population.
Ambulance volunteer leads also went on a tour of the fabulous training facilities at RNLI, including spending time in a training simulation.
The ambulance volunteer leads would like to thank the team at RNLI for their generous hospitality and warm welcome.
