Faith-related volunteering

You may also like to browse the general resources in the Good Practice Bank's Core Themes. They cover topics such as 'Equal Opportunities and Diversity', 'Health and Safety' and 'Creating Volunteer Roles'. Visit the Good Practice Bank index to find a full list of themes.

Articles

• 'Equal opportunities and diversity' glossary - Volunteering England
• Faith and Voluntary Action: communities, values and resources - Institute for Volunteering Research (IVR) bulletin

Example, Sample and Template Documents

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Links

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Links to support and guidance from the volunteering sector

• The Churches’ Child Protection Advisory Service (CCPAS)
  An independent Christian charity providing professional advice, support, training and resources in all areas of safeguarding children and for those affected by abuse.
  http://www.ccpas.co.uk/
• Jewish Volunteering Network (JVN)
  A source of information for charities and volunteers, working to promote volunteering in the Jewish community.
  http://www.jvn.org.uk/
• FaithAction
  A national network which supports faith and community organisations involved in delivering public services.
  http://faithaction.net/
• Cult Information Centre (CIC)
  An educational charity providing advice and information on cultism for cult members/ex-members, their families and friends, researchers and the media.
  http://www.cultinformation.org.uk/
• Goldstar Exemplar Programme
  A national programme aiming to highlight good practice in working with volunteers from socially excluded groups. The website contains profiles of exemplar volunteering projects and case studies about good practice.
  http://www.goldstar.org.uk/

Links to Government bodies covering faith, religion and belief

• Equality and Human Rights Commission
  This national Commission aims to reduce inequality, eliminate discrimination, strengthen good relations between people and protect human rights in the UK. It covers all the equalities strands; gender, race, age, faith/religion, disability and sexual orientation.
  http://www.equalityhumanrights.com

Toolkits and Publications

• Faithfully Volunteering - Church & Society and partners (external link)
  A free good practice guide for all faith-based projects involved in volunteering, as well as Volunteer Centres and Councils for Voluntary Service who work with faith-based projects.

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).