Loading ...Managers of volunteers have challenging roles; often carried out with few resources and their jobs stretching over a much wider role. They are often the person responsible for the organisation’s success in recruiting and retaining the volunteers.
As a Volunteer Coordinator, Manager, Leader or a similar role there are some common functions that you will be expected to deliver.
We can provide the following support:
- Networking and Information – the Volunteer Coordinators’ Group
- Guidance – Best Practice for Volunteering
- Training – Volunteer Management Training Programme
If you need any further information please contact:
The Volunteer Development Team
Tel 02380 216002 or email: Volunteer@southamptonvs.org.uk
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Volunteer Coordinators’ Group
The Volunteer Coordinators’ Group is a forum that offers support for anyone involved with volunteers and volunteering. Whether you’re a Volunteer Manager, managing a large team of volunteers or a volunteer yourself supporting other volunteers, this forum is for you.
Typical topics addressed include good practice, funding, recruiting, retaining, training, valuing and monitoring volunteers. This useful information exchange offers a chance to share expertise, experience and is a source of good peer support. Guest speakers regularly attend and offer training on topics essential for good management.
The Volunteer Coordinators’ Group meets quarterly at the Voluntary Action Centre.
For forthcoming dates please consult the Southampton Voluntary Services events calendar.
Volunteer Coordinators Group E-News letters
This newsletter is a great resource for volunteer coordinators, providing updates regarding volunteering.
E-Newsletter Issue 7 October 2010
E-Newsletter Issue 8 November 2010
E-Newsletter Issue 9 March 2011
E-Newsletter Issue 10 September 2011
E-Newsletter Issue 11 December 2011
If you would like to become a member please contact
Tel: 02380 216002 or email: volunteer@southamptonvs.org.uk.
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Best Practice for Volunteering
Southampton Voluntary Services is committed to maintaining the highest standards in volunteering.
We offer support, advice and information on any aspect of best practice including the development of policies or procedures.
We have worked with Volunteer Coordinators and volunteers to set out Volunteering Charter 2011
For information on volunteers and best practice please see below:
Involving Volunteers leaflet
Recruiting Volunteers
You can find some more Helpful Links listed in the information panel to the left.
Volunteer Management Training Programme
Southampton Voluntary Services offers a range of training courses, which can be taken together as the Volunteer Management Training Programme, or individually to update skills that you particularly need. Some of our courses are listed below.
- Developing a Volunteer Policy
- Recruiting Volunteers
- Retaining Volunteers
- Respecting Volunteers
- Support and Supervison
- Volunteers and the law
- Health & Safety
- Criminal Records Bureau Service Registration / Training for Evidence Checkers
We do not currently have any courses scheduled but we will be adding dates in the new year.
If you would like to express an interest for any of the courses please contact The Volunteering Development Team on tel: 02380 216 002 or email: volunteer@southamptonvs.org.uk.
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International Year of the Volunteer +10
The tenth anniversary of the UN International Year of Volunteers and the European Year of the Volunteer in 2011 provides us with the opportunity to recognize and celebrate the will, positive energy and innovation of millions of people for human development and human rights through a multitude of volunteering initiatives from locally initiated activities to structured full-time engagement.
IYV+10 will celebrate volunteering as an expression of our common humanity and as a means to:
- Build respect, understanding, trust, solidarity and reciprocity
- Benefit both society at large and the individual volunteer contribute to human development and human rights
- Engage the will, positive energy and innovation of millions of people towards realizing the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
- Create an enabling environment for citizen engagement through the development of volunteering policies, supportive legislation and other infrastructure.
There are many ways you can get involved to prepare for and mark IYV+10. Visit World Volunteer Web – the space where you can find news, background information and useful tools for IYV+10.
