Supported Volunteering
This Specialist Theme of the Good Practice Bank provides good practice information and case studies to help anyone running a specialised 'supported volunteering scheme' where volunteers receive additional support in order to carry out their volunteer roles.
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', 'Protection and Safeguarding of Vulnerable Clients' and 'Creating Volunteer Roles'. Visit the Good Practice Bank index to find a full list of themes.
Overview
Articles
Examples
If you have any example policies or documents to contribute please let us know!
Case Studies
Links
- Supported Volunteering London (SVL) website
An initiative of Greater London Volunteering (GLV) designed to help supported volunteering programmes in the London area. The website lists resources for anyone working with volunteers with a range of additional support needs, and helps workers to give and receive peer support through forums and discussions.
http://www.supportedvolunteering.org - Scope's Inclusive Volunteering Programme
Scope is creating an "Inclusive Volunteering" training course for anyone working with volunteers. It will help to make volunteer-involving organisations more aware of the needs of disabled volunteers and the benefits of working with them.
http://www.scope.org.uk/support/volunteer/ - Mencap
http://www.mencap.org.uk/
- National Development Team
http://www.ndt.org.uk/
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.
