Volunteer Downloads
Click on the links to download articles and booklets that are relevant to volunteers. Step by Step Guide to VolunteeringA guide for
Downloads & Resources
Click on the links below to download our resources (All the following are Adobe PDF files except where noted). You can download
Expectations
Organisations rights To look for certain qualities and skills in volunteers To select only volunteers who are suitable for the work To
A Volunteers First Day
The following are a list of useful checks to ensure that your volunteer has a welcoming, informative and rewarding first day at
Managing Volunteers
Be Prepared !Just like another well-known volunteer organisation with that slogan, your organisation needs to be prepared. It needs to know why
How to fire a volunteer and live to tell about it
One of the recurrent nightmares of any volunteer manager is encountering a situation in which they may have to consider \'firing\' a
Ever thought of disability and volunteering?
A Practical Checklist for organisations involving people with disabilities as volunteers. Actively encourage people with disabilities to volunteer through targeted promotion, and
Ever Thought of Older People and Volunteering?
A Practical Checklist for organisations involving older people as volunteers Have fully operational equal opportunities policies which encourage older people to volunteer
Volunteering while unemployed
People who are in receipt of payments such as Jobseeker Support Social can volunteer for as long and as frequently as they
Finding Daytime Volunteers
One of the myths of the volunteer world is that daytime volunteers are an endangered species. In the past, organisations grew complacent