Going Further Information and Resources

The Student Volunteering team at Volunteering England has been creating an information resource library to help Further Education colleges set up volunteer programmes. you can view and download them for use to develop student volunteering.

These compliment our existing publication 'Raising skills and improving life chances through volunteering' which is available free to F.E. institutions.

Why set up student volunteering?

• Further Education student volunteers case studies read about how students have been involved in student volunteering.
• Why set up volunteering in Further Education? Read our factsheet on benefits of setting up student volunteering for your institution, your students and your local community.

Models for developing student volunteering

• Community action learning - Quick guide to building community action in to accredited courses.
• In-curriculum volunteering - How to set up opportunities for students to volunteer linked to their curriculums.
• Setting up a volunteer bureau - How to set up a central point to refer students to community volunteering.
• Student services - How to set up student volunteering embedded in your Student Services department.
• Tutorial volunteering - How tutors can provide support during tutorials to help students to voluteer.

Project Development and Management

• Consulting Students in setting up a new student volunteering project - workpack on how to find out what your students are interested in volunteering in.
• A guide to working with volunteer involving organisationsA step-by-step guide to creating lasting partnerships with external organisations to support your volunteering programme.
• Guide to environmental volunteering - Information sheet about a variety of environmental volunteering available.
• Project ideas - Information sheet with a whole host of different volunteering ideas to get you started.
• How to run a one-off challenge event - workpack on how to plan and organise a 1 day volunteering event.
• Guide to working with Volunteer Centres for F.E. Colleges - Information sheet to help your College develop a good relationship with a local Volunteer Centre
• Increasing staff support for your project - Information sheet to help you persuade and approach other staff involved in your project
• How to set up virtual volunteering projects - A guide to using the web and ICT to help your students to volunteer
• Organising a Student Volunteering Week event-A guide to how to set up an event as part of our annual fixture, Student Volunteering Week, held in the last week of February each year.
• Guide to recruiting a volunteer co-ordinator for the first time in your institution.

Flagship Centres of Student Volunteering

During the Going Further project Volunteering England supported six Further Education Colleges to volunteer. Read here what they did and learn about how they did it.

• Oxford and Cherwell Valley College
• Newcastle College
• Liverpool Community College

More case studies will be up here in the next week.

Case studies

Here are some case studies from other Colleges who have set up student volunteering.

• City and Islington College
• Croydon College
• Other Student Volunteering case studies

Fundraising

• Fundraising for student volunteering in Further Education - a step by step guide to fundraising for your project.
• Funding sources for student volunteering - a list of current funding sources.

Managing student volunteering

• Responsibilities of a volunteer and what they can expect from you
• Marketing student volunteering
• Overcoming students barriers to volunteering

Safeguarding young and vulnerable volunteers

• Safeguarding Student Volunteering in the Further Education Sector publication

Teaching resources

• Tree action planning
• The Art of Crazy Paving
  An updated edition of this popular title. The publication that helps you identify and create the best volunteering opportunities for you, and effectively articulate the value of your volunteering experience.

LSN Resources

These resources were created by Volunteering England for an event hosted by Croydon College and are designed to support volunteering as part of the Active Citizenship Curriculum:

• Active Citizenship and Making Sense of Volunteering
• Overcoming Barriers to Volunteering
• Barriers to Volunteering Activity for Students
• Benefits to Setting up a Community Volunteering Programme
• Events Ideas Worksheet
• Tree Planning Activity (project planning)
• Action Planning Form
• Icebreaker - 3 Interesting Facts
• Fundraising Workshop Materials
• Margollis Wheel

Extra help available from Volunteering England and it's partner networks

• The Student Volunteering Team at Volunteering England
• The Good Practice Bank
• The Information Service
• Workers in Student Community Volunteering
• Volunteer Centres