Working with Volunteers
Organisations who work with volunteers can use these pages to find out about how Exeter Volunteer Centre can support and develop their work with volunteers and promote their volunteering opportunities. Use the menu on the right hand side of the page to explore what Exeter Volunteer Centre can offer you, as well as the work of CVS.
How We Can Help
- Advertising your volunteering opportunities using a variety of media
- Promoting volunteering as an enjoyable activity which benefits both the volunteer and the community
- Actively recruiting new volunteers for local voluntary organisations
- Helping organisations develop good practice
- Working in partnership with voluntary and statutory oranisations
- Encouraging and supporting local voluntary initiatives
- Campaigning for volunteers' rights and providing a voice for volunteer-deploying organisations.
Registering Your Organisation or Volunteering Opportunity
Organisations involving volunteers can register with Volunteer Centres Devon free of charge to receive a comprehensive range of services (for more information visit the Volunteer Centres Devon). Please use these forms to register your organisation and opportunity.
A member of staff will contact you as soon as possible after your form is received to discuss registering your organisation and to answer any queries you have.
Key areas of Volunteering Work
The key areas of work for your Volunteer Centre are:
- Brokerage
- Marketing Volunteering
- Good Practice Development
- Developing Volunteering Opportunities
- Policy Response and Campaigning
- Strategic Development of Volunteering
Volunteer Organiser’s Forum
This forum is for anyone co-ordinating volunteers in the Exeter area, whether working in the statutory or voluntary sector.
The Forum is a mutual support group, an information exchange and a training base. It meets every 2 months to discuss current volunteering issues, swap skills and exchange ideas of best working practice.
Investing In Volunteers
According to the 2005 Citizenship survey, approximately 18 million people volunteer every year-completing an equivalent of 90 million hours of work. Excellent volunteer management is essential in providing volunteers with a positive experience and towards achieving the organisation's objectives.
Investing in Volunteers is the only national quality standard that recognises excellence in volunteer management and which is applicable to all types of organisations, across all sectors. Organisations include: public services, voluntary and community sector as well as private companies that provide employee supported volunteers.
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