Welcome to your VAST membership! As a VAST member, you gain access to a wide variety of benefits, including but not limited to: VASTs free member-only training sessions, covering topics from funding and bid writing to social media Networking sessions, including our Finance Forum, our Share Network and our Volunteer Managers Network Our volunteer brokerage service One-to-one support from our projects team Opportunity to apply for the VAST Bursary Our regular voluntary sector newsletters, keeping you updated on sector news, funding opportunities, events and more. These member mixer sessions will provide the opportunity for you to meet members of the VAST team, learn about the services youre able to access, and network with other VAST members to build partnerships within our local VCSE sector. It will also give you the chance to visit the Dudson Centre and learn about the organisations and projects based here. We look forward to meeting you and learning more about your work! For the comfort and privacy of all participants, we will not allow the use of AI notetakers in our meetings, networks and forums, and training sessions. We are conscious however, that there are some who use AI notetakers for accessibility purposes. If this is how you use AI notetakers, pleasecall 01782 683030 or email [email protected] to discuss your accessibility requirements. We will always exhaust all other options before allowing AI to transcribe our meetings, networks, or training. Learn more about our stance on AI here. [https://vast.org.uk/ainotes/]