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SUMMARY:Trustee Speed Matching Event - ORGANISATIONS ONLY
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  "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"><html><body><p lang="e
 n-gb" xml:lang="en-gb">We are holding our annual T
 rustee Speed Matching event in person (location to
  be confirmed closer to the event)  on Thursday 5t
 h November from 6pm - 9pm as part of Trustees' Wee
 k 2026 (9th - 13th November). We recommend that or
 ganisations <u><strong>arrive from 5:30pm</strong>
 </u> to set up before the event starts.  </p>\n \n
  <p lang="en-gb" xml:lang="en-gb"><strong>PURPOSE:
 </strong></p>\n \n <p lang="en-gb" xml:lang="en-gb
 ">Come and speak to potential new trustee's face t
 o face to let them know what you do and why they s
 hould come and be a trustee for you. So\, if you n
 eed new members on your board\, this is the event 
 to come along to! </p>\n \n <p lang="en-gb" xml:la
 ng="en-gb">You will be given around 5 minutes per 
 volunteer (depending on numbers of volunteers). Ea
 ch volunteer will rotate around the tables\, so yo
 u will have an opportunity to speak to all of the 
 volunteers and see if they could be a good fit for
  your organisation. This has previously been a ver
 y well attended event and many organisations have 
 had great success recruiting new board members. Fo
 llowing the speed matching there will be an opport
 unity for further networking with potential truste
 es to explore conversations further.</p>\n \n <p l
 ang="en-gb" xml:lang="en-gb"><strong>AGENDA:</stro
 ng></p>\n \n <ul>\n 	<li>Organisation arrival and 
 setup: 5.30pm - 6.00pm</li>\n 	<li>Arrival & Welco
 me (Tea and Coffee): 6.00pm - 6.30pm</li>\n 	<li>S
 peed Matching: 6.30pm - 8.00pm</li>\n 	<li>Network
 ing & Refreshments: 8.00pm - 9.00pm</li>\n </ul>\n
  \n <p lang="en-gb" xml:lang="en-gb"><strong>PLEAS
 E NOTE:</strong></p>\n \n <ul>\n 	<li lang="en-gb"
  xml:lang="en-gb">Due to space limitations we will
  only be able to hold <strong>up to 15 organisatio
 ns</strong>. We will therefore have a waiting list
 \, if there are more requests to attend than place
 s. We will notify you if you have been given a spa
 ce. </li>\n 	<li lang="en-gb" xml:lang="en-gb">We 
 recommend each organisation bring 2 representative
 s to aid conversation and note taking.</li>\n 	<li
  lang="en-gb" xml:lang="en-gb">Please can you ensu
 re that your roles are up on our website in advanc
 e of the event - <a href="https://volunteering.bvs
 c.co.uk/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank
 ">Volunteer Centre Bexley.</a> If you need assista
 nce with this\, please do let us know. It would be
  great if you could prepare as much as possible in
  advance of the event. </li>\n 	<li lang="en-gb" x
 ml:lang="en-gb">We will be offering light refreshm
 ents during the evening. </li>\n 	<li lang="en-gb"
  xml:lang="en-gb">If you have any questions please
  do get in touch. We look forward to seeing you th
 ere! </li>\n </ul>\n \n <p lang="en-gb" xml:lang="
 en-gb"> </p></body></html>
DESCRIPTION:We are holding our annual Trustee Speed Matching e
 vent in person (location to be confirmed closer to
  the event)  on Thursday 5th November from 6pm - 9
 pm as part of Trustees' Week 2026 (9th - 13th Nove
 mber). We recommend that organisations arrive from
  5:30pm to set up before the event starts.  \n \n 
 \n \n PURPOSE:\n \n \n \n Come and speak to potent
 ial new trustee's face to face to let them know wh
 at you do and why they should come and be a truste
 e for you. So\, if you need new members on your bo
 ard\, this is the event to come along to! \n \n \n
  \n You will be given around 5 minutes per volunte
 er (depending on numbers of volunteers). Each volu
 nteer will rotate around the tables\, so you will 
 have an opportunity to speak to all of the volunte
 ers and see if they could be a good fit for your o
 rganisation. This has previously been a very well 
 attended event and many organisations have had gre
 at success recruiting new board members. Following
  the speed matching there will be an opportunity f
 or further networking with potential trustees to e
 xplore conversations further.\n \n \n \n AGENDA:\n
  \n \n \n \n 	Organisation arrival and setup: 5.30
 pm - 6.00pm\n 	Arrival & Welcome (Tea and Coffee):
  6.00pm - 6.30pm\n 	Speed Matching: 6.30pm - 8.00p
 m\n 	Networking & Refreshments: 8.00pm - 9.00pm\n 
 \n \n PLEASE NOTE:\n \n \n \n \n 	Due to space lim
 itations we will only be able to hold up to 15 org
 anisations. We will therefore have a waiting list\
 , if there are more requests to attend than places
 . We will notify you if you have been given a spac
 e. \n 	We recommend each organisation bring 2 repr
 esentatives to aid conversation and note taking.\n
  	Please can you ensure that your roles are up on 
 our website in advance of the event - Volunteer Ce
 ntre Bexley. (https://volunteering.bvsc.co.uk/) If
  you need assistance with this\, please do let us 
 know. It would be great if you could prepare as mu
 ch as possible in advance of the event. \n 	We wil
 l be offering light refreshments during the evenin
 g. \n 	If you have any questions please do get in 
 touch. We look forward to seeing you there! \n \n 
 \n  \n \n 
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