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Attract and retain good, committed volunteers. Implement an action plan covering all aspects of volunteer management including recruiting diversely, inducting, managing, supervising, legal considerations and difficult situations.
Duration: 2 days
Book Included: Keeping Volunteers
Aims
To enable participants to recruit, retain and manage volunteers to improve the performance of their organisation.
For
Those who are new to involving volunteers and those who want to review and improve their existing work with volunteers.
Learning Outcomes
- Identify good practice for all aspects of volunteer management
- Plan effective recruitment of diverse volunteers
- Implement an action plan developed during the course
Content
- Organisational needs in involving diverse volunteers
- Planning and recruitment and carrying out effective recruitment and selection
- Volunteers’ motivation
- Inducting, managing and supervising volunteers
- Assertive management and dealing with difficult situations
- Retaining, valuing, training and developing volunteers
- Legal considerations and action planning
“Excellent training that’s given me the confidence to go back and make changes”
Jan McKenzie
London Lesbian & Gay Switchboard
DSC is excited to announce that we now offer some courses endorsed by the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM). The ILM is a nationally recognised Awarding body who monitor the quality and the assessment procedures of the Endorsed Programmes.
Delegates attending the endorsed courses are registered with the ILM for an additional £125 registration fee. This also gives you a free six month membership to the ILM which provides access to a range of support and development materials and services.
Delegates wishing to have an ILM Endorsed Course and Certification will be required to complete some additional assignments and exercises, all based around course content and with tutor support. The ILM provides certification on successful completion of the course and related assessments. Simply click on 'Add ILM Certification for an additional £125 fee' in the right column if you want ILM certification.
If you would like to find out more about this option before choosing ILM Endorsed Courses please contact our training team on 0207 391 4818.
If you decide that ILM endorsement is not for you, you can still attend these courses and not complete the additional assessments or gain the ILM certification.
The following courses are ILM Endorsed:
- Managing Volunteers
- Practical Project Management
- Train the Trainer
Venues and Dates
London
London
London
London
Fees
Band A £315.00
Band B £495.00
Band C £630.00
[Price Bands]
Band A: Voluntary and community organisations with a turnover of between £100,000 and £500,000.
Band B: Voluntary and community organisations with a turnover of over £500,000.
Band C: Statutory and commercial organisations.
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