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Volunteer Expenses

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 […]

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Promoting Positive Volunteer and Staff Relations

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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Developing a volunteer policy for your organisation

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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Key Principles in Involving Volunteers

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

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