Covid-19, Plan B and volunteering
Government Guidance around Covid-19 comes in two forms: Information for individuals on volunteering Information for organisations on managing volunteering These […]
Volunteers Vaccinations & Health Care
The government is planning to make vaccinations a legal requirement for anyone working or volunteering in frontline health and social […]
A look at volunteering during the response to COVID-19
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) commissioned the Community Life COVID-19 Re-contact Survey (CLRS) to provide data […]
New GOV.UK guide: ‘Volunteering during Covid-19’
DCMS (Department for Culture, Media and Society) has published a new public-facing GOV.UK guide (Volunteering during coronavirus (Covid-19) which sets […]
Good practice considerations before bringing volunteers back
If you are thinking of reintroducing volunteers, you might want to consider the following suggestions which can help you to […]
Enabling safe and effective volunteering during coronavirus
This guidance aims to help organisations and groups understand how to safely and effectively involve volunteers during the pandemic. Who […]
How to help safely
The most important thing you can do to fight coronavirus is to follow social distancing guidance. This will help control […]
Safeguarding Resources
Keeping people safe is important. All organisations need to do safeguarding well. Everyone needs to be involved. These resources will […]
National Learning hub for Volunteering
In these challenging times, it is fantastic to see so many volunteers, and the staff that support them, helping our […]
How to have courageous conversations
Working with volunteers could be a very rewarding experience, but equally challenging. It’s not uncommon for volunteer service managers/coordinators to […]
Risk assessment Checklists for volunteers
If you would like to do a risk assessment exercise before allowing volunteers back on site then visit the Helpforce […]
Covid-19 Volunteer Training & Resources
Following your feedback via their survey on volunteer support infrastructure in response to COVID-19, NAVCA have been working with Volunteering […]
How to involve and safeguard volunteers during coronavirus
This webinar, broadcast on 14 May 2020, will bring you up to date on common volunteering roles, key safeguarding principles […]
Tips for keeping safe when volunteering
Tips on keeping safe while volunteering throughout the Covid-19 epidemic from Support Cambridgeshire. YouTube: Tips on keeping safe when volunteering
Training for coronavirus volunteers
This training was designed by the British Red Cross for anyone who is responding to the coronavirus outbreak. Whether you’ve […]
Safeguarding Awareness for Volunteers
A 3 minute video by Waltham Forest Council, on safeguarding awareness for volunteers. Youtube – Safeguarding Awareness
Fundamentals of Safeguarding
Any group, club or organisation working with or around children and vulnerable adults should have strict safeguarding policies and procedures […]
Involving Volunteers
Advice on involving and managing volunteers during the coronavirus outbreak. Contents – Volunteering and national lockdown restrictions – How volunteers […]
Volunteers Responding to Coronavirus
When crisis hits, people step up – and we’re seeing lots of that right now. NCVO are sharing information about […]
Safeguarding Factsheet: Community volunteers during COVID-19 outbreak
This factsheet is designed to address specific concerns that people involved in supporting their community may have at this time. […]
Template documents for organisations needing volunteers
Checklist for Covid-19 Volunteer Groups 1. What are you asking your volunteers to do? It is imperative volunteers are told […]
Volunteer safeguarding guidance
VODA have produced some useful short animations to support volunteering during the COVID-19 emergency. Safeguarding when volunteering Safety When Volunteering […]