Recruitment

Overview

• The Recruitment Guide - VE article
  

Articles

Tips on finding and advertising for volunteers

• Finding Volunteers - VE Information Sheet

Assessing suitability of volunteers for particular roles

• Screening Volunteers - VE Information Sheet

Rules and laws affecting volunteer recruitment

• Accepting Volunteers from Overseas - VE Information Sheet
• Volunteering and State Benefits - VE Information Sheet
• Who Is Allowed to Volunteer? - VE Information Sheet

Criminal Record Bureau Disclosures and the Independent Safeguarding Authority

• An Introduction to CRB Disclosures - VE Information Sheet
• When To Get A CRB Disclosure - VE Information Sheet
• Independent Safeguarding Authority - VE Information Briefing

Other articles about recruitment

• Creating a Fair and Welcoming Application Process Part 1: Initial enquiries and application forms - VE article
• Creating a Fair and Welcoming Application and Interview Process Part 2: Informal interviews/ chats - VE article
• Writing an Advert for Volunteers - VE article
• Volunteer Inductions - VE article
• Accepting Referees for Volunteers - VE article
• Board To Tears? - Volunteering magazine
• An Image Problem - Volunteering magazine
• Doing It Via the Web - Volunteering magazine
• Looking Beyond the Homeless Label - Volunteering magazine
• Method In Madness - Volunteering magazine
• Follow The Guides - Volunteering magazine
• Open All Hours - Scouting magazine online
• Volunteer Recruitment, Management and Support in Poole - IVR report

Samples, Examples and Templates

Generic sample documents

• Sample Volunteer registration form (MS Word)

Generic sample statements on recruiting ex-offenders

• Sample Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-offenders - Criminal Records Bureau (external link)
• Sample Statement to give to volunteer enquirers/applicants - Nacro and VE (PDF, refer to page 16 of booklet)

Real life examples

• Example Volunteer Application Form - George House Trust (PDF)
• Example Volunteer Recruitment Leaflet - York CAB(PDF)
• Example Monitoring Form - Cambridge CAB (PDF)
• Example Initial Letter to Volunteers - Terrence Higgins Trust (PDF)
• Example Recruitment Process Flowchart - Warrington Borough Council(PDF)
• Example Interviewing Guide - Warrington Borough Council (PDF)

Please note that Volunteering England has not produced the 'real life example' documents listed directly above and is therefore unable to take responsibility for the content. Volunteering England and the organisations that contribute example documents to the Good Practice Bank can accept no responsibility for how they are used. They are presented as examples of good practice, but it is every volunteer-involving organisation's responsibility to ensure that their volunteers are safe, and that policies and procedures meet current legal requirements. For further information about the resources listed in the Good Practice Bank, please visit our 'top tips' page.

Links

• Find contact details for local volunteer centres:
  www.volunteering.org.uk/finder
• Do-it, the online database of volunteer opportunities
  www.do-it.org.uk
• Timebank - online portal for would be volunteers to pledge time.
  www.timebank.org.uk
• The Running Sport website, created by Sport England, offers downloadable resources for volunteer managers and volunteers, including a 'quick guide' to recruiting and retaining volunteers.
  http://www.runningsports.org/

Publications

Free publications

• Visit the equal opportunities and diversity themes of the Good Practice Bank to find guides on recruiting volunteers from specific backgrounds or communities

Priced Publications

• Mini Guides: Selecting Volunteers - Volunteering England
• Route To Opportunity guides - Volunteering England
• Recruiting Volunteers: Attracting the people you need - Directory of Social Change
• The Volunteer Recruitment Book - Energize Inc

Share your experiences!

The Good Practice Bank is growing steadily as more information is added to it. An important feature of the Bank is allowing users to share their documents with other volunteering organisations. We are particularly interested in receiving example policies or documents that you are happy to share with others. If we use your contribution, you could win a book on volunteering from our regular prize draw.

• If your organisation has an example to contribute, please use our simple form to submit it.
• Or, please send us an email or telephone 0800 028 3304 (Monday-Friday, 10.30am-12.30pm and 2.00pm-4.00pm)
• We welcome calls through Typetalk/TextDirect. Please dial 18001 followed by 0800 028 3304 (opening hours as above).