VolunteerWiki article regarding expenses can be read here: https://volunteerwiki.org.uk/wiki/Volunteer_Expenses Why cover volunteer expenses Volunteers are giving their time to you for free so it’s helpful if they don’t have to cover other costs too. Also, for someone thinking about volunteering, any extra costs might put them off if they feel like they’ll not be able to […]
VolunteerWiki on Insurance can be read here: Insurance for volunteers (PDF) Why is volunteer insurance needed? Even with the best will in the world and great policies and procedures, accidents do happen. There could be loss of property as a result of a fire, or a volunteer is injured whilst doing their work. If that injury
Why are positive volunteer and staff relations important? Often, volunteers will be involved alongside paid staff. Most of the time this works well and staff value the extra support volunteers bring. Ensuring staff support volunteers and make them feel welcome is important to ensuring volunteers have a positive experience. Here are some suggestions how you
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VolunteerWiki article on how to develop a Volunteer Policy can be read here: How to develop a volunteer policy (PDF) What is a volunteer policy? It is the main foundation that all the other building blocks for volunteering sit on. Your policy will outline clearly to all staff, volunteers and users of the service, why volunteers
VolunteerWiki article on developing a Volunteer Policy can be read here: Developing a volunteer policy for your organisation (PDF) Congratulations! You have decided to recruit volunteers for your organisation. There is no doubt that you are about to benefit from a cost-effective human resource, but your organisation is also going to benefit in other ways too:
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The key starting point to setting up a new volunteer programme is to remind yourself why your organisation wants to involve volunteers in the first place and to identify what exactly you want to achieve by involving volunteers. A clear vision and understanding as to how volunteers can contribute to your organisation will help determine
Be Prepared! Just like another well-known volunteer organisation with that slogan, your organisation needs to be prepared. It needs to know why it wants to involve volunteers in its work, how volunteer positions fit and be ready to receive willing volunteers when contacted. The benefits of being organised and ready for volunteers are plentiful: It
Guidelines for organisations Volunteers should be recruited to enhance a service not to replace paid staff. Before recruiting, be clear why a volunteer is wanted or needed Organisations should provide clear written task outlines for their volunteers which are skills based – meaningful tasks with opportunities for personal development Provide the volunteer with an induction
Reason no. 10 The reality of their experience was not what they expected when they signed on. Reason no. 9 Employees treated them as an interruption, not as welcome (and anticipated) help. Reason no. 8 Veteran long-term volunteers wouldn’t let them into their “insider” group. Reason no. 7 They did not see the connection between
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