Overview
While life in rural communities in England shares many of the characteristics of life in urban areas, it's important to recognise a number of differences and how these can affect volunteers.
Volunteer co-ordinators working in rural areas may need to consider issues such as lower access to public transport and local information services and varying levels of poverty, isolation or affluence. Some of the articles listed below offer a detailed analysis of the issues facing rural communities.
A relatively new concept of "rural proofing" has been coined to help organisations consider the needs of rural communities in their planning processes. Some of the resources listed below have been designed to help voluntary organisation begin to 'rural proof'.
While this 'rural volunteering' section of the Good Practice Bank contains articles, examples and links to help anyone working in a rural setting, many of the core themes and other specialist themes in the Good Practice Bank will also contain helpful resources on working with volunteers.
Articles
Examples
If you have any example policies or documents to contribute please let us know!
Links
Publications
Free publications
Priced publications
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.
