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Managing volunteers effectively

Online resources and contacts for further help – there are plenty of excellent information sheets, guides, tool kits, sample policies and documents available to download to help you with managing volunteers; and we’ve listed contact details for other useful guides that can be ordered.

How volunteer friendly are you really? Use the process of signing up for the national Volunteer Friendly Award to review just how good you are; find out more about the gold standard Investing in Volunteers award; if you’re from a sports club, are you good enough for the Clubmark award?  And if you’re running a youth group/club you might want to try the ‘Raising your Game‘ tool kit.

Support, Networking and Training – managing/co-ordinating volunteers can often be a crucial but isolated role: we provide 1-2-1 assistance for people in Glasgow; you can subscribe and contribute to our regular email bulletins and blogs; we facilitate networking and action-planning events; and we provide programmed and bespoke training workshops.

Evaluation, Impact & Policy – what difference does volunteering make to your group, club or organisation?  And your members, the people and communities you serve?  How can you prove it, evidence it, and make a better case for resourcing it?

Latest news for volunteer managers:

  • Valuing Your Sport Volunteers Recruit more sport volunteers and motivate, retain, reward and manage them even more effectively.
  • Kinharvie Institute of Facilitation Info re their Community Facilitators' Network 2011/12.
  • Calling all voluntary organisations in West Glasgow Are you a member of the West and Central Voluntary Sector Network? Join and you will have access to free training, opportunities to meet and network with other organisations in the area, and the support of the network’s development officer for any issues your organisation might have.
  • VAF New Grant Programmes - apply now! The Voluntary Action Fund is now accepting applications for two more funding programmes: European Year of Volunteering 2011 - Small Grant Grants, typically of £500, to promote and celebrate the work of volunteers in Scotland through Increasin...