FROM INSIGHT TO IMPACT: Using Data, Learning, and Collaboration to Strengthen Volunteer Involvement
As part of Volunteers’ Week 2026, Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway invites organisations involving volunteers to come together for the Volunteering Network Forum. This session will explore how insights drawn from data, evidence, and collaborative working can support stronger, more effective volunteering.
We will share the Open Working opportunity from Third Sector Lab alongside key insights from the TSDG Volunteering Platform, and create space to reflect on how this learning can inform your current or future volunteering programmes.
Join us to explore:
– The value of insights in shaping volunteering strategies
– Introduction to the Open Working Programme and how sharing progress can support collaboration and improvement
– Insights from local volunteering data
– Using data to develop and adapt your volunteering programmes
We invite organisations to come together to learn, reflect, and share experiences in building evidence-led approaches to volunteering.
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Agenda:
10:00 Welcome/Introductions
10:20 Ross McCulloch – Third Sector Lab, Founder – “Open Working – transforming the way your organisation and staff communicate.”
10:40 Kateryna Stoian – TSDG, Volunteering Development Coordinator – From Profiles to Practice: What Our Volunteering Data Tells Us
11:05 Breakout rooms
11:25 Group reflection
11:35 Networking
11:55 TSDG’s updates
12:00 Wrap up
- Capacity building through knowledge, experiences, and practice exchange
- Networking development for volunteer-involving organisations
- Identifying key issues and challenges in volunteering
- Working collaboratively on solutions to help volunteering thrive
Volunteer-involving organisations