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Volunteerism overview

  • 20-08-2018 1:11pm
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    star gazer
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    Volunteering to do a social good without the traditional rewards for work is an important part of a strong society, meeting needs that authorities may be less effective at or don't have the resources to meet. The idea is to help others but also indirectly help yourself through better skills, braodened horizons etc. It can also be about helping out your family/friends/wider community like training the local team or more generally volunteering in an area that is a passion you've developed or want to develop. Volunteer today and some time in the future it could be someone else/the next generation volunteering to help you.
    Some other views on various aspects of volunteering.

    Volunteer Management
    Do your organisation’s mission and values actually speak to the volunteers about the value they bring to the organisation? Does it talk about the impact they can make to your organisation? Does your mission speak volumes about the value you place on volunteers or are volunteers just an afterthought?
    Does your Volunteer Policy speak to volunteers or does it read like a rule book?
    How reflective of society is your volunteer programme – how diverse is your volunteer pool? (There are over 535,000 non-Irish Nationals living in Ireland representing over 200 different nationalities)
    Do you offer flexibility in your roles? 58% of volunteers are looking for short term, episodic roles.
    Volunteer motivations are very different to those of employees, however there must be clarity between all roles.
    Feedback is key to the success of your volunteer programme – not just asking for it, but acting on it and sharing those experiences.
    Are you struggling to recruit new volunteers? Remember that successful programmes don’t struggle with recruitment as their volunteers speak positively about their experiences to potential new volunteers.
    Do you support and encourage CPD for your Volunteer Managers?
    volunteer-management-in-extreme-weather-conditions/ A generalised check list of areas to be conscious of (in the context of the big snow event earlier in 2018.
    A thought provoking blog Talking about volunteering
    Types of volunteering whether causes or activities.
    Comhlamh volunteer charter pdf and their seven principles for good practice in global development.
    Voluntary Arts UK supporting volunteers and how to be an effective organisation with volunteers.
    Improving non-profit governance board match Ireland

    So, what's volunteering all about?


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