Resources
Information for volunteers
- Volunteer Centre Bulletin
- Map to Volunteer Centre Sheffield
- Official documents from the Home Office and Job Centre Plus on volunteering
- Translated information for volunteers
Good practice for organisations
- Nuts & Bolts – a Guide to Involving Volunteers
Whether you’re just starting a volunteer programme or reviewing one, this is a really helpful step-by-step guide. It functions as a checklist and workbook to make sure you’ve thought everything through and have all you need in place. - Good practice guidelines for involving refugee and asylum seeker volunteers
This covers common issues that arise when placing refugee and asylum seeker volunteers within mainstream organisations. It includes legal information on immigration, guidance on the levels of English required for different roles and CRB checks - Writing a volunteer policy
- CRB checks for asylum seekers
- Safe involvement of volunteers with children and vulnerable adults
- Paying volunteer expenses
- Volunteer referral form - a form that you send to the Volunteer Centre if you have a volunteer you cannot or do not wish to take on, who would benefit from being offered alternative volunteering opportunities
- Volunteering to get paid employment - what we say to unemployed clients
For more good practice information visit Volunteering England’s Website
Translated materials
These include:
- documents to help you involve volunteers in your organisation (e.g confidentiality statements)
- documents for use with service users (e.g. consent forms)
- pro forma Letters (e.g. appointment letters)
Click on Translated resources for organisations involving volunteers