Project Summary
Mapping clients and volunteers in order to develop a strategy for volunteer recruitment.
Project description
Home-Start Kirklees is a volunteer led family support charity helping families with young children. They want to develop a strategy for recruiting volunteers. They wish to examine the location and specific demographics (such as language and cultural needs) of clients with the aim of recruiting volunteers to match.
It is anticipated that the volunteer (or volunteers)
will:
· Have a start-up meeting
with the Senior Management team to discuss project requirements and data
availability;
· Specify data requirements
and obtain anonymised data;
· Analyse the information
held by Home-Start Kirklees on the families they support, and the volunteers
they currently have;
· Examine possible
free-to-use mapping tools and select an appropriate tool;
· Map the information on
clients and current volunteers;
· Possibly compare the
information from Home-Start with the demographics of Kirklees;
· Produce a report
summarising findings which can be used in development of a recruitment strategy;
· If feasible, provide
Home-Start Kirklees with a mapping tool containing up-to-date information on
current clients and volunteers together with a user-guide on how to update this.
This project would suit one or a team of junior
analysts wanting to develop their wider OR skills.
Location: Although the project is based in Kirklees and an initial face-to-face meeting would be preferable, all work could be carried out remotely.
Commitment: 5 days worth of work over a few months.
Home-Start Kirklees works across communities to provide support for families with young children who are experiencing difficulties. They recruit and train volunteers to offer practical and emotional support in the homes of families who are struggling to cope for a variety of different reasons.
