Helping you find and manage volunteers
If your club, community group, organisation, event or charity needs volunteers – or needs help inspiring, managing or retaining them – then this is the place to be. Volunteer Glasgow and our partners have a range of services to offer and there are many ways in which we can help.
Over the past year we have developed workshops, resources and events to provide them online so they are accessible to you. Click here for the full list of services for Volunteer Managers with workshop/training dates
Download our Get the Most from Volunteer Glasgow PDF document, which outlines our full range of volunteering services for volunteer involving organisations, referral organisations and individuals that wish to volunteer.
Advertise for free and find the volunteers you need
It’s now even easier to give us volunteer role/opportunity details so that we can advertise them free of charge . With approx 100,000 online opportunity searches every year, plus 1,000s of people phoning, emailing or dropping in to find out where they can do some voluntary work, you can’t afford not to use the FREE registration/advertising service.
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?
Time Credits: galvanise, organise and deliver
We’ve published a research and consultation report with recommendations on how the mechanism of ‘timebanking’ can reshape how Glasgow cares for our older people. It reviews the health benefits, the economic case, and has recommended how further Change Fund investment can provide a mechanism for addressing one of the most pressing issues facing Glasgow.
View or download a copy of the report (PDF format 227kb)
Latest News for volunteer involving groups/clubs/organisations:
- Organisation Support Ebulletin – March 2023Welcome to our Monthly E-bulletin for February – keeping you informed with the latest news, updates and information from Volunteer Glasgow’s Organisation Support team! If you have something relevant to Volunteer Managers that you want us to include in the next e-bulletin please let us know. Smarter Volunteer Manager – Book Now for April/May session! ur popular ...
- Volunteer Team Offer – Progressive PartnershipA team of 19 employees from Progressive Partnership’s Glasgow office are looking for one-off volunteer opportunities throughout the year starting from April / May. They’re flexible and open to helping out wherever help is needed! Could your charity or organisation do with some help? Please get in touch with Rachel by completing the form at the bottom ...
- Learn how to Tie Dye with Muhammed! Special Offer VolunteerMuhammed Fofana is a Tie Dye and Batik artist with ten years professional experience in the industry. He now wants to use the art of Tie Dye to inspire and spread joy among local communities in Glasgow! Muhammed began his journey as a child, learning the art of Tie Dye from his family who were running ...
- The Smarter Volunteer Manager (SVM) Programme; April – May, 2023Learn to engage smarter with potential & current volunteers.
- Volunteer Team Offer – Student Loan CompanySeven employees from the Student Loan Company are looking for a volunteering opportunity in Glasgow! The team can offer one full office day (seven hours) of volunteering and are flexible with when they can do it, provided they are given adequate notice to plan and prepare (preferably four weeks). They are tech experts who would be ...
- Organisation Support Ebulletin – February 2023Welcome to our Monthly E-bulletin for February – keeping you informed with the latest news, updates and information from Volunteer Glasgow’s Organisation Support team! If you have something relevant to Volunteer Managers that you want us to include in the next e-bulletin please let us know. Upcoming Events We will be running workshops and events for volunteer ...
- Volunteer Team Offer – BTEmployees from BT are looking for a volunteering opportunity in Glasgow to get stuck into! The team of up to 15 employees are flexible and can offer 2 days of service between 22/02/23 and 31/03/23. They are open to all opportunities, but would prefer to volunteer in central Glasgow. This bunch are great with people and are used ...
- Organisation Support Ebulletin – January 2023Welcome to our Monthly E-bulletin for January – keeping you informed with the latest news, updates and information from Volunteer Glasgow’s Organisation Support team! If you have something relevant to Volunteer Managers that you want us to include in the next e-bulletin please let us know. Upcoming Workshops We will be hosting our online Advertising Workshop ...
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