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Best Practice in Volunteer Management Session 2 - Planning for Volunteers and Being Inclusive
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Best Practice in Volunteer Management Session 2 - Planning for Volunteers and Being Inclusive

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Wednesday 10th, June 2026 from 10:00 to 12:30 Short Course Online

Overview

Learn principles of best practice in volunteer management and how you can use these to support, retain and recognise volunteers who support your activities. Get top tips, tools, templates and share ideas and experiences to help you shape effective volunteer management processes in your organisation.

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Best Practice in Volunteer Management Session 2 - Planning for Volunteers and Being Inclusive

Learn principles of best practice in volunteer management and how you can use these to support, retain and recognise volunteers who support your activities. Get top tips, tools, templates and share ideas and experiences to help you shape effective volunteer management processes in your organisation.

At a glance

  • This Session will cover:
  • The importance of planning for where and why you need volunteers before you start the recruitment process
  • Protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010
  • Key documents and policies to underpin planning for volunteers
  • Barriers to volunteering and steps that can be undertaken to overcome these
  • An outline of the key principles of effective volunteer inclusion
  • The steps you can take as a Volunteer Lead to support good practice when planning to recruit volunteers to your organisation
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