Firstly, a great big thank you to all for this exciting session!

Hat off to SLaM for running such a varied, inclusive, and creative volunteering service.

I have a couple of questions:

• Isobel: how did you calculate the £600K per year economic capital of your volunteering workforce? Figures are persuasive arguments, so knowing how to calculate this would be of great help. Thank you!

• Isobel: would you kindly share the JD for the Volunteer Discharge Support post?

• Sinead: at present at SWLSTG we don't recruit volunteers who are under 18ys old. Would it be OK to signpost to your service any volunteering queries we receive from under 18s?

• Isobel / all: we receive lots of volunteering applications from Psych graduates (BSc, MSc, and PhD) all seeking to volunteer alongside psychology / psychotherapy staff. How do you support this class of volunteers when opportunities to work alongside Psychologists and Psychotherapists are limited due to the 1:1 nature of most of their work?

• Isobel / all: do you have volunteers working alongside Peer Support Workers? If so, what does this look like?

Many thanks again for a thoroughly enjoyable session.

I watched the recording again and noticed how serious / stern I look - it's my concentrating face! I was smiling inside.

Thank you,

Laura