Is your organisation looking for volunteers? Then you’ve come to the right place!
Volunteer Centre Salford can help you select, recruit and retain volunteers.
What are the benefits of involving Volunteers in your organisation?
- Volunteers provide a diverse pool of experience
- Volunteers help an organisation to achieve its aims and achieve a level of service that could not otherwise be provided
- Volunteers give organisations a wider range of skills to utilise
- Having volunteers can make an organisation more welcoming for service users and more reflective of your local community
To start with we’ll promote your volunteering opportunity online through The National Volunteering Database: www.do-it.org
We will also promote your opportunity to people who attend our Drop-In service to find out about volunteering opportunities in Salford.
We can also offer advice and information on good practice when working with and selecting volunteers in the following ways:
- Developing an effective volunteer programme in your organisation.
- Identifying areas in your volunteer management that need development using the Volunteer Good Practice Guidelines and Salford CVS Health check.
- Support in developing volunteer policies, handbooks and role descriptions.
- Advice on how to increase the diversity of your volunteers
- Advice on recruiting and retaining volunteers
- Opportunities to recognise and thank your volunteers through the Salford 100 Hour Volunteer Recognition Scheme and the Annual Heart of Salford Awards Ceremony.
- Opportunity to demonstrate your organisations commitment to volunteering by signing up to the Salford Volunteer Charter
- Good practice workshops and presentations
- Bespoke training in volunteer management
- Quarterly forum for volunteer managers/co-ordinators
Take the first step and complete our organisation registration form, or contact the volunteer centre team directly on 0161 787 7795 for more information on how to access any of our services.
You can also submit a volunteering opportunity online by completing the Opportunity Registration Form.