Does your organisation need volunteers?

If the answer is yes, then you might like to think about:

• What roles/tasks will volunteers undertake?

• What skills and qualities will these volunteers need?

• How will you recruit them? Where will you advertise? Who will interview them?

• How will you protect service users, e.g. taking references, CRB checks, supervision etc.?

• How will you protect and support your volunteers, e.g. health and safety, supervision, insurance, etc.

• Will your volunteers know what to do? Who will provide task descriptions, inductions, training, etc.

• Do you have policies for volunteering? Are volunteers included in your existing policies?

• How will you ensure volunteering is open to all, e.g. equal opportunities, paying out of pocket expenses, training, recruitment etc.

Contact us on 01691 656882 or click here for an organisation registration form.    The form includes space for all your volunteering opportunities.  We can put these on to the national website at www.do-it.org.uk which potential volunteers can search using their postcode.

Email Update
Voluntary and community organisations can register for the new e-mail update with information on events, funding opportunities, training and web news sent straight to your computer.  To register or find out more email qube@wnsc.ac.uk or telephone 01691 656882.

Good Practice Information Sheets
Working with volunteers?  Need further information?   We can supply:-

• Confidentiality

• Employer’s guide to employees volunteering

• Interviewing volunteers

• Health and safety of volunteers

• Safe involvement of volunteers with vulnerable clients

• Sample volunteer agreements

• Screening volunteers

• Supporting volunteers

• Volunteer drivers

• Volunteer drivers and tax

• Volunteer expenses and tax

• Volunteers induction

• Volunteers and welfare benefits, expenses and tax

• Volunteers working with children: a guide to the law

You can get this and other information from the Volunteering England website at www.volunteering.org.uk.

Reference material

We have reference books available at Qube (not for borrowing, sorry) covering subjects from how to run a committee to volunteer management.