Free Publications
- Volunteers and the law
- Good practice guides
- Volunteering and risk
- Employee volunteering
- Introduction to Marketing handbook
- Introduction to Media handbook
Volunteers and the law
A readable guide to legal issues for volunteer managers.
- The full version of Volunteers and the law is now available to donwload for free as a PDF document
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Good practice guides
New publications from the Volunteering Hub on working with under-represented groups in volunteering
- Volunteering for Everyone - A guide for organisations who want to include and recruit volunteers who have a learning disability (PDF version)
- Involving Ex-offenders in Volunteering (PDF version)
- Working with Volunteers: A management guide for refugee community organisations (PDF version)
Get it Right from the Start: Volunteer policies - the key to diverse volunteer involvement. This new guide is a useful resource for organisations looking to develop a volunteer policy and diversify the range of volunteers they involve.
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Turn Your Organisation Into A Volunteer Magnet
Edited by Fraser Dyer, Andy Fryar, Rob Jackson
Forty leaders in the field of volunteer management, from Australia, Britain, Canada, Italy, New Zealand and hte USA, share what they have learned about making your organisation attractive to volunteers. Packed full of top tips and compelling case studies on topics ranging from recruitment and retention, to diversity and creative programme management, these authors – many of whom are published here for the first time – write from the grassroots of volunteer management. Now in its second edition, this expanded collection of ideas is an indispensable resource written by managers of volunteers for their peers.
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Print editions are also available at cost price and can be ordered directly from http://www.lulu.com/content/1197018
Volunteering and risk
Risk Toolkit - How to take care of risk in volunteering - A guide for organisations
A comprehensive guide to risk management in relation to volunteers.
On the Safe Side
Drawing on the latest research, literature, surveys and case studies, On the Safe Side gives a picture of the current state of play in the sector.
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Cautionary Tales
Case studies of risk management in volunteer-involving organisations
Getting a grip
Risk, risk management and volunteering - A review of the literature Read a PDF version of this report
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Reasonable Care?
Risk, risk management and volunteering in England - Results of surveys of organisations and individuals Read a PDF version of this report
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Employee volunteering
Provides practical information and guidance on employee volunteering.
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Introduction to Marketing handbook
The booklet contains practical advice on making a marketing plan, case studies concentrating on how other volunteer-involving organisations have used marketing tools to help them and an overview of the marketing tools available to you. A section at the end of the booklet contains links to a number of sites that offer free information and advice to help you to make the most of the marketing opportunities open to you.
The guide was commissioned by the Voluntary Action Media Unit. VAMU is a Big Lottery funded project set up to investigate and improve the way charities work with the media. The booklet was prepared by Media Trust from material researched and provided by The Institute for Volunteering Research, an initiative of Volunteering England, Voluntary Action Media Unit and VolunteerGenie.org.uk. The writers gratefully acknowledge their invaluable contribution.
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Introduction to Media handbook
This booklet contains practical advice on:
- Establishing contact with the media
- Selling them your stories
- Giving effective interviews
- Writing stimulating press releases
- Getting you own key messages over to the media outlets available to you.
It follows the experiences of two case study volunteer-involving organisations who were tutored over a six month period by the Voluntary Action Media Unit (VAMU) to establish a media profile in their local area. The full details of this mentoring project can be found in the IVR/VAMU research report, ‘Working with the Media’.
The guide was commissioned by the Voluntary Action Media Unit. VAMU is a Big Lottery funded project set up to investigate and improve the way charities work with the media. The booklet was prepared by Media Trust from material researched and provided by The Institute for Volunteering Research, an initiative of Volunteering England, Voluntary Action Media Unit and VolunteerGenie.org.uk. The writers gratefully acknowledge their invaluable contribution.
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