Article: Charities to seduce volunteers at speed-dating style event

It's a tried and tested means of quickly finding a suitable date.

Now charities in Derbyshire are going to use the speed-dating technique to find prospective volunteers.

Twenty local organisations will be given three minutes to convince people to sign up with them as volunteers at a quick-fire recruitment evening.

People attending the speed-volunteering event, at Spondon Village Hall, will work their way around the tables listening to the pitches.

During that time, they can ask questions about volunteering - deciding whether or not the organisation is the perfect match for them.

The event, at the Sitwell Street venue, on Wednesday, April 8, is targeting people aged 16 to 25.

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