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Mini guides

A series of concise booklets providing key information on an essential area of good practice, at an easily affordable price.

Deciding whether to involve volunteers
Deciding Whether to Involve Volunteers
The first booklet you should read if your organisation is thinking of involving volunteers! Volunteering can bring huge benefits to your organisation, your clients and the volunteers themselves. But the experience can go badly wrong if organisations use volunteers to avoid having to pay staff, or lack the resources to support and train them properly. This booklet looks at the questions you need to ask before deciding to involve volunteers.
Author: Kate Bowgett
Published: 2003
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Selecting Volunteers
Selecting volunteers should be about more than just adapting the systems you use for selecting employees. This guide shows you how to develop an application process that is suitable for your organisation and select volunteers that are right for the role without creating barriers. Includes task descriptions, application forms, interviews and references.
Author: Kate Bowgett
Published: 2003
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Risk Management
A quick, easy-to-use guide to the essentials of risk management, for organisations that involve volunteers. Covers the three main stages of the risk management process: assessment, analysis and management.
Author: Kathryn Dickie
Published: 2003
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Making Your Organisation Accessible
For organisations that are interested in becoming more accessible to disabled volunteers. It provides a starting point for some of the changes your organisation may need to implement to increase accessibility and comply with the Disability Discrimination Act.
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Safe Involvement of Volunteers with Vulnerable Clients
What every organisation involving volunteers with vulnerable clients needs to know. Includes risk assessment, recruitment and selection, screening (including criminal record checks) and general good practice in this area.
Author: Mark Restall
Published: 2003
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