Managing Volunteers

Do you manage Volunteers? There's a lot we can help with.
  

 

If you engage the services of volunteers it’s very important to manage that process. Managing it effectively means that both parties get the greatest benefit from the volunteering arrangement. There is also a far greater likelihood the organisation will use volunteers again - and that the volunteer will volunteer again!

At Volunteer Development Scotland we support organisations with advice on how to manage volunteers. Below are some links to the services we offer. If you would like to discuss your learning requirements, gain a national recognised qualification or find out how we might design a volunteer management strategy tailor made to suit your needs please e-mail: vds@vds.org.uk

• Want to develop your own skills? - Here's our learning opportunities  
• Improve your practice and your organisation's ways of working with volunteers
• Building quality into volunteering
  
• Find your local volunteer centre and local learning opportunities

The links above will let you access information to help you build and develop skills and qualifications in the management of volunteers and volunteering. It can also help you to measure the impact of your volunteers and to assess your practices against Investing In Volunteers - the UK's quality standard for the management of volunteers.

Volunteer Development Scotland is offering a range of learning opportunities in Volunteer Management for environmental organisations across Scotland commencing from September 2010. These learning opportunities are both accredited and non accredited and are funded by the Scottish Government through the Forum for Environmental Volunteering Activity (FEVA). Places on each course are limited and participants may be required to provide evidence of prior learning and confirm attendance with line managers.

Please indicate your interest by Monday 16th August 2010

For more information please click here

How to book

• If you would like to book a place on accredited learning click here
• If you would like to book a place on non-accredited learning click here