This resource is for those managing volunteers and volunteering within organisations. It provides quick guides prepared by NCVA and our partners in the North of Tyne area as an introduction to key topics in volunteer involvement. Click to see or download the various documents:
- Planning for Volunteer Involvement
- Writing a Volunteer Role Description
- Recruitment of Volunteers
- Selecting and Screening Volunteers
- Induction of Volunteers
- Providing Training for your Volunteers
- Developing a Volunteer Handbook
- Developing a Volunteer Agreement
- Developing a Volunteer Code of Conduct
- Template Code of Conduct (download file)
- Keeping in Touch with Volunteers
- Recognising the Contribution of Volunteers
- Ending the Volunteering Relationship
Using digital to support your volunteers
These guides provide you a guide to using the digital tools available to support your volunteers:
- Digital Good Practice Guide
- GDPR, Data Protection and Volunteers
- GDPR and Data Protection Template (download)
- Using Social Media to keep in touch with volunteers & promote volunteering opportunities
- Using Messaging Apps to keep in touch with volunteers
- Template agreement on messaging etiquette (download)
Guide to informal volunteering
If you are a mutual aid or neighbourhood organisation, these information sheets will help you think about how to involve local residents in volunteering: