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Investing in Volunteers

Are you interested in best practice in employer supported volunteering?

Investing in Volunteers for Employers is the UK award recognising commitment to best practice in employer supported volunteering. It is designed for any size of company that supports its employees to volunteer and is flexible enough to recognise the full range of volunteering that may be offered by an employer.

Investing in Volunteers for Employers will provide your business with the confidence that employees are volunteering within a well managed programme that best supports your community.

Through a structured step by step process, Investing in Volunteers for Employers supports you to evaluate your current practice and benchmark your work against a nationally recognised standard.

The Standard is managed locally by the lead volunteer development agency of each individual country of the UK.

The Standard comprises of 10 Indicators of volunteer management best practice, supported by a range of practices

Investing in Volunteers is being managed by the four development agencies of the UK Volunteering Forum: Volunteering England, Volunteer Development Scotland, Volunteer Development Agency in Northern Ireland, and Wales Council for Voluntary Action.

To help you achieve the Standard, the Investing in Volunteers process has been broken down into 10 easy steps. With the support of a dedicated assessor, access to relevant guidance documents, network events, and this website, your organisation will be supported through the 10 steps.

The website www.iive.investinginvolunteers.org.uk

provides you with information to support your decision to work towards the Investing in Volunteers standard. Hidden are password protected sections, accessible to those who fully register for external assessment against Investing in Volunteers for Employers.