voluntary organisations, social enterprises and volunteering
voluntary organisations, social enterprises and volunteering
Volunteer Management Course 2, Effective Volunteer Recruitment
Created: 18/04/2018, Updated: 25/05/2018Previous participants, who attended these sessions earlier in the year, made these comments about what they liked most in the training:
Course Content
Despite the constant interest in new and better techniques to recruit volunteers, the true challenge in the volunteer field is first having meaningful activities for volunteers to do. Without preparation you run the risk of attracting people who do not really meet your needs and therefore are the wrong volunteers for you; and having the wrong volunteers may be worse than having no volunteers at all.
Included in the course:
• Motivations for volunteering;
• Developing opportunities;
• Methods of recruitment;
• Recruitment messages;
• Recruitment strategies.
Who should attend
Anyone who has, or is expecting to have, responsibility for recruiting/managing volunteers in their organisation.
In order to offer places to as many organisations as possible, we are only able to offer two places on each date to members of the same organisation. If your organisation would like to send more than 2 people, please get in touch with us to discuss options.
Cancellation Policy
We ask that you give us a minimum of 48 hours’ notice of cancellation. If you do not attend and either do not cancel or give less than 48 hours’ notice, then your organisation will be charged £25.00.
Accreditation Award
All participants will receive a certificate of attendance. Notes from the training will be sent to all participants who complete a post-training evaluation, which will be emailed to you.
Progress/further study
Course 3 of the FVA Volunteer Management Training Programme on 'Supporting Your Volunteers'; Course 4 of the same Programme 'Fair and Equal Volunteering'; Course 5 of the same Programme 'Avoiding Legal Issues and Managing Risk in Your Volunteer Programme'; Course 1 'Volunteer Involvement, Getting Started'.