Would you benefit from a UK recognised award for your organisation’s commitment to volunteering?
Investing in Volunteers is the UK quality standard for all organisations which involve volunteers in their work. The Standard enables organisations to comprehensively review their volunteer management, and also publicly demonstrates their commitment to volunteering.
Introduction to Investing in Volunteers
Investing in Volunteers is the new UK quality standard for volunteer management. If your organisation involves volunteers, achieving the Investing in Volunteers standard will enable your organisation to make the best use of this valuable people resource.
The Standard comprises of 10 Indicators of volunteer management best practice, supported by 55 practices, based on four key areas of volunteer management:
- planning for volunteer involvement
- recruiting volunteers
- selecting and matching volunteers
- supporting and retaining volunteers.
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 an advisor and assessor, access to relevant advice documents, training, and this website, your organisation will be supported through the 10 steps.
The website www.investinginvolunteers.org.uk provides you with information to enable you to decide whether you would like to sign up for the Investing in Volunteers standard, and a password protected section for organisations who have registered to start the Investing in Volunteers process.
