Reward, recognition and retention

Overview

• Retaining Volunteers

Articles

• Accreditation of Volunteering - VE Information Sheet (PDF)
• Getting Volunteers More Involved In Your Organisation - VE article
• Briefing on Volunteer Retention - Voluntary Arts Network
• "Building Staff Capacity" - from 'Turn Your Organisation Into A Volunteer Magnet'
• "Making Friends With Volunteers" - from 'Turn Your Organisation Into A Volunteer Magnet'
• Award Versus Reward ? - What is the difference
  between award and reward ? (A Community Answers Information Sheet)

Examples, Samples and Templates

Real life examples

• Supervisor form for Six Monthly review – CSV North Nottinghamshire Mental Health Volunteering Project
• Volunteer form for Six Monthly review – CSV North Nottinghamshire Mental Health Volunteering Project

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

• Volunteers' Week website
  Volunteers' Week is celebrated each year on 1-7 June, and 2009 will be the 25th anniversary. Organisations across the UK use the week as an opportunity celebrate the contribution of their volunteers. The special website offers a range of resources and tips to help organisations plan and publicise a Volunteers Week event, as well as downloadable certificates and posters and a range of merchandise for events and celebrations.
  http://www.volunteersweek.org.uk
• Student Volunteering Week
  Student Volunteering Week was started in 2001 originally to coincide with International Year of Volunteers. It has now become an annual fixture in the student and wider volunteering movement as a chance to raise the national profile of student volunteers . National Student Volunteering Week 2009 will be held from February 23rd to March 1st.
  Visit the Student Volunteering Week webpage

Awards

• Read about a range of volunteering awards listed on our handy list of links.
  

Publications

• The Volunteering Impact Assessment Toolkit
  This toolkit produced by the Institute for Volunteering Research (IVR) enables organisations to assess the impact of volunteering on all key stakeholders - the volunteers, the organisation, the beneficiaries, and the broader community. Organisations can able to use it to assess a wide range of impacts, from the skills development of volunteers to the economic value of volunteering organisations.
• VIVA - The volunteer investment and value audit: a self help guide (PDF)
  This IVR research bulletin offers a guide for organisations on how to use "VIVA" to assess their volunteering programme