Volunteer Management Community

The place for all those who oversee and train up volunteers. 👯🏾 Pool your expertise and share bright ideas on what works for you.

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I am supporting a long-standing volunteer, in Belfast, who has made a significant contribution to charity and community work over many years. He has extensive experience in volunteering, fundraising,...
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Hi there, Is anyone using  or has used Rosterfy? I have a meeting with them re managing Volunteers. Many thanks Zoe
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HI we are looking to introduce volunteering for 16+ people to join us. What do we need to in preparation to get them on board. We have suitable insurance in place.  Would we need to obtain written co...
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Hello,  I have been working in the charity sector for over 10 years and I am looking for training to enrol to advance my career and learn more about volunteer management.  Would love to hear training...
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Hello! We have a really strong and fully booked corporate volunteer scheme at our charity, but I am having a harder time converting their support into financial support. I am mainly focusing on retur...
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HI all,  We are looking for organisations/companies who can do in-house first aid training for our volunteers. Do you have any recommendation please? We are based in Buckinghamshire.
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Hi all, If a volunteer role requires a DBS check, and the applicant declares they have lived outside of the UK for 6 months or more within the last 5 years, we also request an overseas background che...
Rebecca Dolphin
Hi all, I have recently joined a smallish regional charity whom have been reluctant to use volunteer fundraisers before, although this is because they have never had a dedicated fundraiser and have v...
Sam Brooks
HI all,  I am looking for recommendation for a CRM system for volunteers. We have gone to Volunteero which we liked a lot but its not accessible for blind readers using their reader devices.  Anyone...
Milena Dixon
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We are seeing an increasing number of clients who use wheelchairs, and our volunteers often provide support to them. We want to ensure that volunteers are able to offer appropriate and practical assi...
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Could someone share the requirements for data to be collected and processed when recruiting volunteers? What are the GDPR stipulation and the safe recruitment best practice please? I need more info r...
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Hi, if someone is working for our charity for free, can we give them a token of appreciation (ie a mug with our logo or T-shirt)? Thanks!!!
Henry Roehl
Hi All, Happy New Year! Our charity will be 50 years old this year!! I'm organising a volunteers celebration and just wanted some ideas of what people do to make each celebration event different.  Al...
Ranjit Gallagher
Seeking recommendations! Does anyone have suggestions for online training providers offering affordable or free induction courses for charity staff and volunteers?  Looking for modules covering Healt...
Jill Norris
Hi It's great to be connected  My first day here, and not sure what's going on with sideways profile photo but Was looking to see on what platforms or sites you submit your adverts to when looking fo...
Charlene Warwick
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Hi all,    I am recruiting volunteers for divisions who look after the volunteers. Divisions are part of the whole charity but they provide sessions for clients in different ways depending on the ar...
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How to advertise for ad-hoc volunteers? Hello there, We are looking to recruit some ad-hoc volunteers and were wondering how other charities go about framing the question for time commitments in job...
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Good morning Does anyone know of any particularly good examples of volunteer handbooks? This would be for a small charity - it's a community garden which has some volunteer co-ordinators and some eve...
Claire Ryan-Cater
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Hi everyone, Apologies if this has already been discussed, but I still do not understand how you are attracting Directors for a Community Interest Company (CIC)? I mean, this was easier for me to reg...
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[Hi everyone I posted two volunteer roles on Reach Volunteering 3 weeks ago and barely an acknowledgement. One is for fundraiser and the other for Corporate engagement and impact consultant. We opera...
Helmut De Nardi
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HI all, I have been working for a charity for 9 years as a Volunteer Coordinator and recently been made redundant. I have been looking for work on indeed, charity job linked in and seems to have no s...
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Hi, I'm manager of a charity shop, and I'm looking for some advice on one of my volunteers. He's been a volunteer for a while, longer than I've been with the company. He's a very hard worker, but has...
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My employer has asked me to write a new handbook for staff AND volunteers at our animal rescue centre which will replace two previously separate ones. I feel we could be on potentially dodgy ground h...
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Hi, has anyone created a form / agreement for their volunteer drivers with regards to the new eye sight test requirements which came in on 1 April?
Angela Haylock
We are beginning the discovery phase of creating a Case for Change for a new Volunteer Management Solution. With 1,400 amazing volunteers working remotely across the British Isles, we want to make su...
Sally Gardner
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Hey all, One of the things I am finding is slowing down our onboarding process is the right to work check our organisation carries out. Is this common practice in other organisations with volunteers?...
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Hello, The org I work for has a small team of brilliant volunteers who participate in our repair workshops in a range of roles. The team managing the workshops would like them to become as wholly vol...
Rosie Clarke
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The trustees want one of our trustees to remain on the board of trustees but not have voting rights due to his ill health. He also wishes to down grade his status. He has been with the trust for 40 y...
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Hello community, I need some help converting our company to a CIO. I have previously had a conversation with someone who said they could support me with making that application. We have attempted to...
Paul-Nicholas Kazibwe
If you could design the ideal volunteer management system, what would it include? I’d love to know: Your top 5 essential features Some nice-to-have features What system or tools you use at the...
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