Enabling safe and effective volunteering during coronavirus
Government guidance states that at all tiers, people who can volunteer from home should do so. People can choose 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. Information […]
Thinking about volunteering during lockdown 2?
NAVCA have produced a volunteering decision tree to help you work out which volunteering activities can be done safely in […]
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
Covid-19 Communications Volunteering
Communications experts are offering free hands-on support to organisations on the Coronovirus frontline through the C19 Comms Volunteers initiative. The […]
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 […]
COVID-19 Cash Handling for Volunteers
COVID-19 Cash Handling for Volunteers (Support Staffordshire Factsheet) If you are a group that is supporting people in the community […]
What we’ve learnt about payment methods for volunteers
There has been a lot of chatter amongst the NAVCA members recently about different ways to handle transactions – whether […]
Befriending Guidance-Covid and Interim
The information set out in this document is intended to help you when volunteering as an interim befriender to those […]
VOLUNTEERING AND FURLOUGHING
With many organisations taking decisions about whether to furlough their staff, NCVO have set out what this means for those […]
Volunteer Shopping Cards
Volunteer Shopping Card Let’s make tough times that little bit easier … Not being able to get to the shops […]
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 […]
Are Volunteers on lockdown?
A question on many people’s lips is ‘can people still volunteer under the lockdown?’ NCVO have spoken to the government […]
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. […]
Changes to DBS ID Checking Guidelines
Information from the government regarding temporary changes to ID checking guidelines that are being made as a result of the […]
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 […]