So, you have your policies and procedures in place, all of your staff are on board and you have been out and proactively recruited volunteers with additional support needs.
So what next?
This may be where you need to get creative.
Keep it moving: Ongoing support So, you have your policies and procedures in place, all of your staff are on board and you have been out and proactively recruited volunteers with additional support needs.
So what next?
This may be where you need to get creative.
Could YOU volunteer for Chances4Volunteering? Here at Chances4Volunteering we are recruiting for volunteers.
Could you help contribute to the website?
Could you update our Twitter feed?
Could you moderate the Forum?
Get involved in the Forum The forum has been up and running for a number of months now and we would really like people to get involved.
If you haven’t already, go on over and take a look. It doesn’t take long to register and start getting involved.
We need to know what YOU want on this site. We would like to provide the resources, advice and information that you want, but we do need feedback to make that happen.
Let us know what you would like to see on this site and we will do our best to make that happen.
What is supported volunteering? Supported Volunteering refers to schemes where volunteers receive additional support in order to carry out their volunteer roles.
A volunteer may require extra support for a variety of reasons. For instance, they could:
- be lacking in confidence after a long period of unemployment
- have physical disabilities or health conditions
- have learning disabilities
- have mental health issues
- be homeless
- be striving to break patterns of negative behaviour, such as gambling or drug misuse
- be a non-English speaker
Get involved in World Mental Health Day – 10th October 2010 The 10th October 2010 (10/10/10) is World Mental Health Day.
This is a day, celebrated around the world, to talk openly about mental health, raise public awareness and try to challenge some of the stigma and misinformation around mental health conditions.
In the U.K, a number of organizations are organizing events to celebrate.
Keep it moving: Ongoing support So, you have your policies and procedures in place, all of your staff are on board and you have been out and proactively recruited volunteers with additional support needs.
So what next?
This may be where you need to get creative.
What is supported volunteering? Supported Volunteering refers to schemes where volunteers receive additional support in order to carry out their volunteer roles.
A volunteer may require extra support for a variety of reasons. For instance, they could:
- be lacking in confidence after a long period of unemployment
- have physical disabilities or health conditions
- have learning disabilities
- have mental health issues
- be homeless
- be striving to break patterns of negative behaviour, such as gambling or drug misuse
- be a non-English speaker
Get involved in World Mental Health Day – 10th October 2010 The 10th October 2010 (10/10/10) is World Mental Health Day.
This is a day, celebrated around the world, to talk openly about mental health, raise public awareness and try to challenge some of the stigma and misinformation around mental health conditions.
In the U.K, a number of organizations are organizing events to celebrate.
Beginning the journey: Proactive Recruitment In order to widen the diversity of your volunteer pool and attract volunteers with additional support needs, your recruitment will need to be proactive.
How are these new volunteers going to know about your supportive practices? How are they going to know about the opportunities available to them? This is where proactive recruitment will be needed. A good volunteer involving organisation will reach out to those volunteers who would not normally be engaging with your organization.
Thoughts into actions: Policies and procedures So, you have thought about Awareness and you have thought about accessible formats for your policies and procedures. So what comes next?
Before you begin your recruitment, you will need to know how to structure that process and what policies and procedures you will need in place.
Could YOU volunteer for Chances4Volunteering? Here at Chances4Volunteering we are recruiting for volunteers.
Could you help contribute to the website?
Could you update our Twitter feed?
Could you moderate the Forum?
Get involved in the Forum The forum has been up and running for a number of months now and we would really like people to get involved.
If you haven’t already, go on over and take a look. It doesn’t take long to register and start getting involved.
We need to know what YOU want on this site. We would like to provide the resources, advice and information that you want, but we do need feedback to make that happen.
Let us know what you would like to see on this site and we will do our best to make that happen.
The Forum is now Open! The Chances4Volunteering Forum is now open! We hope that you will find it a useful tool in your work. Please visit the following forum post which gives instructions on how to register: Joining Instructions Image Credit Wili_Hybrid
Toolkit Update You may or may not have noticed a slight change to the menu options above. The Toolkit has started to take shape! The Toolkit pages are intended to be of use to volunteer managers and organisations wishing to set up a supported volunteering project. The toolkit will be split into [...]
SO… What is this website all about then? After the Barriers to Volunteering event on the 6th May, we thought it would be a good idea to explain the purpose of this website and what we hope it will offer. Toolkit The toolkit will be accessed from the top of this page in the menu. There will be [...]
