Volunteers
Volunteering Briefing Sheet (ladder4learning) Jan 2010
i-volunteer
This is ‘a new social network for people who love anything and everything to do with volunteering’. It has been set up by The Red Foundation as ‘an independent source of news and comment about all things volunteering’
Support during the recession
Volunteering Brokerage Scheme
The Government recognises that the current economic climate is making it more challenging for some people to find work and is providing a range of extra support to help Jobseeker’s Allowance customers move into employment.
Our shared resources (2009)
OurSharedResources.org is a free service where those who work in the field of volunteer management will be able to add useful resources and others in the field will be able to access them.
Volunteering and Employability - A Gateway to Work (2009, Capacity Builders)
Risk Toolkit: How to Take Care of Risk in Volunteering: A Guide for Organisations
Draws on the results of research carried out by the Institute for Volunteering Research for the Volunteering Hub, with funding from the Home Office
Association of Volunteer Managers (August 2008)
The Association of Volunteer Managers (AVM) has been set up with the aim to address the needs of those who manage volunteers in England regardless of field, discipline or sector. A key part of this is to help facilitate and support effective peer-to-peer networking of those involved in volunteer management locally, regionally and nationally.
Managing volunteers checklist (NCVO - January 2008)
Eight points listed, with supporting material.
Volunteer Policies (Volunteering England - January 2008)
Volunteering - core themes (Volunteering England)
Volunteering England's Good Practice Bank. Extensive range of information, including Overviews, Articles, Examples, Model Docuements, Case Studies and Publications. Organised under headings of Core Themes: Volunteer Policies, Recruitment, Creating Volunteer Roles, Expenses and State Benefit, Induction and Training, Support and Supervision, Retention, Health & Safety, Problem Solving, Protection of Vulnerable Clients, Equal Opportunities and Diversity, Legal issues and volunteering, Resources for volunteer managers and co-ordinators.
Volunteering Information Sheets (Volunteering England)
Volunteering England's Information Sheets on a range of issues around volunteering and how to recruit and support volunteers.
Volunteers and State Benefits (Volunteering England)
There is a lot of confusion over whether volunteering affects an individual’s benefits. The rules are quite simple, and it’s well worth knowing them so that you can advise volunteers if they have any queries.
Employer Supported Volunteering (Volunteering England)
What is it all about? Who is it for? How do you get involved?
Involving volunteers (Voluntary Action Sheffield)
Involving Volunteers (translations available)
Recruitment, Selection & Retention Workbook (CLP)
Recruitment, Selection & Retention Workbook (CLP)
Staff & Volunteers Workbook (CLP)
Staff & Volunteers Workbook (CLP)
Volunteers & the Law (May 2009)
Do you need to know more about Volunteers & the Law? Would you like off-the-shelf material to run your own training courses for management committee members; volunteer managers; community development workers; indeed anyone who works with volunteers?
Volunteer Support Packs
Volunteer Solutions is unique in that we do not deliver the training for you and they are not help manuals, our packs provide YOU with the resources so that YOU can deliver the training when and where it suits YOU.
Qualifications
Community Volunteering Qualification (CVQ) (June 2009)
CCV is intended for both young people (14+) and adult volunteers. It benefits volunteers by providing formal recognition for what they do in contributing to the community, a structure for improving their skills and knowledge, and reflecting on what they do, opportunities to learn from and share experiences with other volunteers and a progression route to further education, training and employment.
Volunteering in the Criminal Justice System
Clinks' Volunteering Guides :
Setting up a project - an introduction to setting up a mentoring or befriending programme (CLINKS)
The purpose of this guide is to help support organisations who are setting up a mentoring or befriending project to work with offenders and ex-offenders. The guide goes through the different elements that need to be considered when planning for a new service and gives interesting case studies of organisations working with offenders and ex-offenders.
Managing Volunteers (CLINKS)
The purpose of this guide is to help ensure that organisations working with offenders and ex-offenders use volunteers well. There is a lot of good practice in the Criminal Justice System of involving volunteers. However, there is also inconsistency in the way that volunteers are recruited, managed and reimbursed.
Demonstrating Effectiveness (CLINKS)
The purpose of this guide is to help support organisations working with offenders and ex-offenders to demonstrate their effectiveness. The guide goes through the different steps that need to be considered when planning to demonstrate effectiveness with a particular focus on when volunteers are contributing to the delivery of a service.
Quality Standards (CLINKS)
The purpose of this guide is to help support organisations working with offenders and exoffenders to gain an external quality standard for their work with offenders, ex-offenders, or their families. This guide explains what external quality standards are, why you would consider getting one, and then goes through the quality standards that are currently available and allows the reader to select which one is best for their organisation.
