Valuing Volunteer Management 6 Point Promise

Is your organisation signed up to the Valuing Volunteer Management 6 Point Promise?

These organisations are!

The Valuing Volunteer Management 6 Point Promise is an initiative which aims to raise awareness of the need for good practice in volunteer management. It is a Hertfordshire wide scheme administered at a local level by the Volunteer Centres. Please be in contact with your local Centre if you require more information.

Volunteer involving organisations are encouraged to self assess their current policies, practices and procedures with a quick and easy to use online checklist. Please see below. (The checklist is also available in hard copy).

The checklist consists of a series of simple statements about basic volunteer management - the responses to the statements are simply "yes" , "no" or "in part". If your organisation is unable to answer "yes" to all the statements, the local Volunteer Centre will be in touch and be able to help with 1:1 guidance, template documents and training sessions. The Volunteer Centre will need a copy of each organisations Volunteering Policy in order to validate sign ups.

Once all the criteria of the 6 Point Promise have been met, organisations will receive a certificate and be listed on this web site.

If your organisations volunteer management needs a bit of help to reach the standards of the Valuing Volunteer Management 6 Point Promise, you may like to book onto one of our training days:-

Next Volunteer Management Training Day:-

Thursday 23rd February 2012 at Woodfield School, Hemel Hempstead

• Cost for the course includes lunch and handouts: £20 for charities / £35 for Statutory organisations
• Click here for details of the course
• Download a booking form

The benefits of signing up to the 6 Point Promise will be:-
• to be recognised by potential funders as taking volunteer management seriously
• to be eligible for nomination for the countywide Valuing Volunteer Management Award.
• to be recognised by volunteers as a good organisation with which to work
• to be more likely to recruit and retain volunteers
• to have a higher profile – named on Volunteer Centres Herts website
• to have access to further support from your local Volunteer Centre

Valuing Volunteer Management - 6 Point Promise. These are the 6 areas of volunteer management that will be covered in the checklist:-

1. Planning for Volunteer involvement - a Volunteer Policy covers all aspects of the relationship with volunteers. Role descriptions are produced and volunteering is open to everyone
2. Recruitment process - potential volunteers are contacted promptly and recruitment processes are fair, efficient and consistent
3. Induction - new volunteers receive thorough preparation for their tasks and have a named person for ongoing support
4. Support and safety - volunteers are covered by insurance and are included in health and safety policies. Out of pocket expenses are met wherever possible
5. Training and personal development - volunteers motivations are met with appropriate tasks and those with extra support needs are enabled to volunteer wherever possible
6. Involving, rewarding and recognising volunteers - volunteers contribute to decision making and are fully involved in the organisations activities. Volunteers receive appropriate recognition for their efforts and we say ... THANK YOU!