Volunteer Recruitment
This one-day course identifies the key principles of attracting and recruiting appropriate volunteers. The course covers all types of volunteer recruitment from long-term regular committed volunteering, to one-off events.
Course Aims
- Identify how and where to advertise for volunteers
- Devise attractive volunteer role descriptions
- Create processes suitable for your organisation
- Ensure both parties get what they need from an interview (initial meeting)
- Identify how and where to advertise for volunteers
- Devise attractive volunteer role descriptions
- Create processes suitable for your organisation
- Ensure both parties get what they need from an interview (initial meeting)
Course Objectives
- Explore the need for targeted recruitment to attract different age groups
- Establish different ways to advertise and attract volunteers
- Undertake practical exercises to identify key points
- Review how to plan for a meaningful and effective interview
- Explore the need for targeted recruitment to attract different age groups
- Establish different ways to advertise and attract volunteers
- Undertake practical exercises to identify key points
- Review how to plan for a meaningful and effective interview
Course Programme
- Introductions and housekeeping
- Participant introductions
- Volunteer Prospects
- Why Volunteer?
- Routes to market
- How to market
- The interview process
- Introductions and housekeeping
- Participant introductions
- Volunteer Prospects
- Why Volunteer?
- Routes to market
- How to market
- The interview process
Course Duration
Up to 6.25 hours (i.e. 10am to 4:15 pm)Including breaks and 40 minutes for lunch
Up to 6.25 hours (i.e. 10am to 4:15 pm)
Including breaks and 40 minutes for lunch
This course is suitable for
- In-house 'face to face' training
- On-line training 'Live' (using Zoom)
- Webinar sessions
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- In-house 'face to face' training
- On-line training 'Live' (using Zoom)
- Webinar sessions
On-line training 'Live' (using Zoom)
Our On-line training is adjusted to reflect distance working and includes an on-line etiquette to ensure a smoother learning experience for all participants. Day courses will run as two half days to make it more manageable. For further details, see our Service Delivery page.
Webinar (on-line seminar)*
Taking the main topics from our training day, allowing participants to focus on a specific area only. Each session is delivered ‘live’ on-line using Zoom for approx 60 - 80 minutes (topic plus Q&A). For further details, see our Service Delivery page.
Webinar Topic
The application and interview process
This Webinar reviews the participants application process compared to current good practice and helps them identify how to plan for an effective and meaningful interview (allowing both parties to get the most from it)
Where and how to market
Participants will explore various routes to market to advertise their volunteering roles and establish the importance of clarity in their role descriptions, adverts and literature to attract appropriate volunteers
Attracting a wider volunteer age group
An interactive session identifying some of the many reasons why people of different age groups volunteer and more importantly, what stops them (barriers to volunteering)
*Minimum number required for Webinar: 6 Participants
Webinar Topic |
The application and interview process This Webinar reviews the participants application process compared to current good practice and helps them identify how to plan for an effective and meaningful interview (allowing both parties to get the most from it) Where and how to market Participants will explore various routes to market to advertise their volunteering roles and establish the importance of clarity in their role descriptions, adverts and literature to attract appropriate volunteers Attracting a wider volunteer age group An interactive session identifying some of the many reasons why people of different age groups volunteer and more importantly, what stops them (barriers to volunteering) |
Course Fees
TYPE OF DELIVERY
HALF DAY
full DAY
PER PLACE
FACE TO FACE TRAINING
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£700
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ON-LINE TRAINING (LIVE)
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£700
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WEBINAR SESSION
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£35
Training costs include:
Course delivery, training materials, handouts, evaluations and certificates up to 16 participants
Webinar costs include: Attendance of the Webinar session only
Travel & Overnight costs
Travel costs may apply for any booking over 80 miles charged at 45p per mile or actual costs of alternative methods of travel. Overnight costs are based on individual hotel bookings and reasonable subsistence costs dependent on location conditions, applicable at the time.
