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Good Practice
Volunteers play a vital role in Lewisham by helping increase the capacity of local organisations to deliver essential services. Volunteers provide a huge contribution to help develop community cohesion and bring diverse groups of people together. They bring with them skills and local knowledge, and it is through volunteers giving their time freely that organisations are able to be more far-reaching in their services. Volunteers provide a huge contribution to help develop community cohesion and bring diverse groups of people together. They bring with them skills and local knowledge, and it is through volunteers giving their time freely that organisations are able to be more far-reaching in their services.
Providing good support for volunteers is an important part in helping recruit and retain volunteers for your organization, and this includes providing good policies and procedures. Having and following good systems and practices helps organisations to flourish and grow, and to provide good quality services.
Resources
The Volunteer Centre Lewisham produced the third edition of their good practice guide called "Involving volunteers: Make it happen – A practical handbook to involve volunteers in your organisation. Also we have produced a DVD about how organisations can support their volunteers.
A copy of either of these are free for organisations based in Lewisham and costs £5.00 for organisations based out of the borough of Lewisham. If you would like a copy then please phone us on 020 8613 7113 or email admin@volunteercentrelewisham.org.uk. Links to other resources that can be downloaded are found at the bottom of this page.
Free Volunteer Co-ordinator for organisations
Volunteer Centre Lewisham has received funding from City Bridge Trust for a unique opportunity to support a few community organisations in Lewisham. This provides an outreach volunteer coordinator to work with a minimum of 5 organisations per year to help improve and imbed good practice in volunteering management within volunteering organisations in London Borough of Lewisham who have an annual income of less than £150,000/year and less than 50 volunteers. Organisations are selected through an application process. Your organisation needs to be registered with us to receive details of the application process.
Role development
Having role descriptions for your volunteers is an important way of developing your organisation and supporting your volunteers. Writing clear role descriptions to help advertise well and attract volunteers is important. Volunteer Centre Lewisham can help you with this. For more details contact Vania on 020 8613 7113Having role descriptions for your volunteers is an important way of developing your organisation and supporting your volunteers. Writing clear role descriptions to help advertise well and attract volunteers is important. Volunteer Centre Lewisham can help you with this. For more details contact Vania on 020 8613 7113 or to email her click here.If your are a sports organisation please
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Forum
Volunteer Centre Lewisham also runs a quarterly forum considering different aspects of recruiting and supporting volunteers. Details of this are circulated to organisations registered with us. For more information about the forum click here
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Good Practice Topics available for download
Below you'll find a selection of information on good practice in volunteer management. Simply click on the link that interests you. For more detailed information regarding these topics phone Kay on 020 8613 7113 or request our resource book mentioned above
