Membership

Personal and Professional Development

• Access to a wide range of resources on our website Information Resource.
• 4 issues of Spectrum magazine per year.
• Weekly email communication.
• Discount on a wide variety of learning and skills development courses for people who manage volunteers.

Networking Opportunities

• Members' networking events throughout the year.
• Contibute to online discussion forums where you can share knowledge and discuss issues with members.
• Contribute views on consultations to enable us to influence government policy on volunteering.
• Member to Member Brokerage Service (M2M): Our Member to Member Brokerage Service allows members to get in touch with each other to discuss similar initiatives, to make possible collaborations or to benchmark volunteer management practices.

Discounts for Members

• Discount on each Volunteering Impact Assessment Toolkit purchased.
• Access to our online Image Bank. Download high quality photographs free and use for publicity materials.

Membership of Volunteer Development Scotland is available to a wide range of organisations and individuals. Our fees are set on a sliding scale according to organisation’s annual turnover to ensure that membership is accessible to everyone.



£25.00 (Annual turnover of less than £30K)
£80.00 (Annual turnover of more than £30K)

The following organisations are eligible to apply for full membership and will have access to all members’ benefits and will be able to nominate and vote in Board elections; All voluntary, public, private and social economy organisations, organisations which involve volunteers, organisations which fully support the aims of Volunteer Development Scotland.



£25.00

All individuals who have involvement with volunteers and/or fully support the aims of Volunteer Development Scotland are eligible to apply for individual membership and will have access to all member's benefits and be able to nominate and vote in Board elections.



£25.00

All voluntary, public, private and social economy organisations with more than one premises or branches may be interested in making the benefits of membership available to local branches by registering them as branch members.

        

As Scotland's Centre for Excellence in volunteer development, Volunteer Development Scotland provides a central point of contact for all volunteering matters, encouraging and supporting best practice. The Central Registered Body in Scotland provides the essential service of free Disclosures (police checks) to volunteers in the voluntary sector. With leading research, Volunteer Development Scotland contributes vital input which affects strategy and policy at the highest level. We also works in partnership with the Volunteer Centre Network in Scotland and with a wide range of organisations across all sectors.

To become a member, download and complete the application form available below. To find out more about what we do and how we can help with informing and connecting people with volunteering - call or e-mail us now.

Tel: (01786) 479593    l    Email: vds@vds.org.uk     l    Download our Membership Application Form