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Managing volunteers

General information on volunteer management

Find out how other people manage their volunteers…

In the good practice bank pages you’ll find

• articles

• information sheets

• links and

• other helpful guidance on a range of volunteering issues.

Each section also includes example and template documents to help you develop your own.

Other information from Volunteering England

• Visit the new Online information sheets (opens in a new window) all about Volunteer Management.
• Find good practice tips on How to write a volunteer policy (opens in a new window)
• Find out how Volunteering England's Information Team can help you (opens in a new window)

Find local support for your sport club on volunteering

Volunteer Centres (opens in a new window) (often know as volunteer development agencies or volunteer bureaux) provide support at a local level for individual volunteers and volunteer involving organisations.

Training near you… for volunteer co-ordinators or managers

Volunteer Management training near you (opens in a new window)

EVM is designed to enable managers of volunteers to take charge of their own learning. It provides multiple options and ‘blended learning’ to suit specific learning needs and preferences – all of which are accessible on the EVM website.

EVM provides managers of volunteers with the opportunity to:

• gain a recognised qualification
• choose from a wealth of learning resources
• join a network of like-minded managers of volunteers.

runningsports

runningsports is dedicated to providing skills and support for volunteers and volunteer co-ordinators working in all sports. From quick online tips and tools including volunteer management, to fun and informative workshops.

runningsports workshops are practical, accessible, and recommended by more than 94% of volunteers who attend them. They are the ideal way to get to grips with all of the key issues facing you as a volunteer working in sport; and they also provide the perfect opportunity to swap ideas and learn from other people’s experiences.

For more information visit the runningsports website – www.runningsports.org (opens in a new window)

Ensure your sport club is at the cutting edge of volunteering

Investing in Volunteers is the UK quality standard for all organisations which involve volunteers in their work. The standard enables organisations to comprehensively review their volunteer management, and also publicly demonstrates their commitment to volunteering.

http://iiv.investinginvolunteers.org.uk/ (opens in a new window)

Investing in Volunteers (IiV) can be used in two stages:

• By using the standard as a framework for volunteer management (see the IiV Standard under “key documents”). You can use the standard for free, to inform your volunteer policy, planning or strategy.

• By signing up to achieve the standard. This will mean working towards the full price standard over a number of months.

If you have clubmark you already should be able to demonstrate that your club meets seven out of the 10 IiV indicators. The three remaining indicators are specifically on volunteer management, as clubmark does not currently contain any good practice on volunteer management within clubs. For further information see the mapping guide http://mapping.investinginvolunteers.org.uk/ (opens in a new window) .

Look online for volunteering opportunities all over the country

Visit do-it.org.uk and find volunteers for your organisation or search through over 800,000 opportunities to volunteer. This is the only national database of volunteer opportunities. Most of the volunteering opportunities are uploaded by Volunteer Centres across England – some other organisations also can arrange access to upload opportunities directly. Either way, work in conjunction with your local Volunteer Centre for best effect.

http://www.do-it.org.uk/ (opens in a new window)

Keep up to date with volunteer management, policy and news

Sign up to be a member of Volunteering England… our membership package is being renewed so there should be plenty of attractions for sport organisations who involve volunteers.

http://www.volunteering.org.uk/managingvolunteers/joinus/ (opens in a new window)