Pledge #2 resources & support
How can my organisation ensure our opportunities are accessible to all sections of the community?
Learn from others:
- An opportunity for a wide range of young people to engage in police related activities; Police Scotland Young Volunteers has proved that ‘youth volunteering’ can bring remarkable benefits and outcomes. Read more and watch film
- Through embracing diversity in all its expression, Maryhill Integration Network has not only helped develop a more cohesive community, but has empowered many people to contribute hugely as individuals to that shared endeavour. Read more and watch film
- The Thrive Programme enables young people aged 14+ to develop their skills and confidence as activity leaders, delivering more PEEK play programmes for the benefit of more children across Glasgow. Read more and watch film
- Recognising the importance of language in maximising the visitor experience, Glasgow Museums’ pioneering approach to engaging volunteers with specific skills, has proved powerfully effective. Read more and watch film
- Effective engagement and the flexibility of roles have been crucial to the inclusive approach to volunteering at Glasgow Women’s Library.Read more and watch film
- Glasgow Life has tapped into the generosity of a diverse group of IT-savvy volunteers to maximise the possibilities for people to survive and thrive in the digital world with learning support in Glasgow Libraries. Read more and watch film
- Well aware of the fact that until recently the people volunteering at CHAS didn’t reflect the diversity of the population, the organisation has (a) developed new, more flexible volunteering activities for families, young people under 16, specialists, and (b) has involved an equalities specialist to volunteer to help revamp their systems to enable more inclusive and targeted donations of time, skills, expertise, fun, energy and hugs: more (and different) ways to volunteer at CHAS
- Winners of the Alistair Malloy Inspire Award for Inclusion and Diversity in 2015, Glasgow Life’s Host City Volunteer Programme at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games worked hard with partners, collaborating with people to co-design different elements and involving people from all over the city. You can click on this link to the Glasgow Life web site to access the Programme evaluation reports: Glasgow 2014 Host City Volunteer Programme evaluations
- Collaborating with partner organisations to successfully involve people from diverse backgrounds in their volunteering opportunities was a key element in the work of the Award’s other finalists. Click on these links through to their web sites:
Use this guidance:
- Download this PDF to ensure you can maximise the involvement of young people
- Download this PDF to read more on the benefits of involving people with a refugee background
- Gathering Equality Data: The basics, best practice and useful ideas…
- Check back here again soon to be able to download the Charter census form
- Use this template Charter action plan as a guide to your own and available to download in these formats:
- How to get the money you may need for increasing opportunities and supporting increased diversity.
Attend our Charter Workshops:
- Develop an action-plan for your Charter pledge(s)
- Adopt our dynamic model for best practice in volunteering management
- Individual places are available on the next scheduled programme
- Or we can provide a bespoke version for up to 7 people at a time from a single organisation
- More info including dates
Use and share:
- Films of the speeches and the presentations from the launch of the Charter to help your colleagues and others to understand the background to the Charter.
