"Your Volunteer Policy – is it fit for purpose?" training, Thur 26 October 2017, 10am -1pm

"Your Volunteer Policy – is it fit for purpose?” training for Volunteer Managers
Thurs 26 October 2017, 10am – 1pm

When was your Volunteer Policy last reviewed? Are you confident that it is legally compliant and reflects good practice for your volunteer programme? Or maybe you don’t yet have a Volunteer Policy?  A robust Volunteer Policy is the minimum element of good practice if your organisation involves volunteers.  This practical workshop will cover: 

• essential components of a Volunteer Policy 
• recent updates to legal requirements
• how to include key elements of best practice in managing volunteers (drawn from the Investing in Volunteers quality standard)
• key supplementary policies (such as Problem Solving for Volunteers)
• making your policy accessible to different audiences (volunteers, staff, senior managers)
• encouraging staff and volunteers to implement the Volunteer Policy
• monitoring and reviewing the policy, including engaging your Trustees and/or senior managers

By the end of the session, you will be confident in developing/updating your Volunteer Policy.  After the training, VCTH can also provide detailed feedback on your current (or draft) Volunteer Policy. 
This training workshop takes place at Volunteer Centre Tower Hamlets, Norvin House, 45-55 Commercial Street, E1 6BD (note: venue is subject to change).  

Cost:
Our training programme is kindly subsidised by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets (LBTH) via a Mainstream Grant. This enables us to offer discounts to certain organisations. Cost starts at just £30.
• £30 fee for voluntary and community sector organisations that are based in Tower Hamlets (must provide a Tower Hamlets postcode) and/or Mainstream Grant-funded by Tower Hamlets Council. (These groups are also eligible to receive free consultancy support on any aspect of volunteer management).
• £60 for any statutory and commercial organisations, or organisations not based in Tower Hamlets and/or not Mainstream Grant-funded by Tower Hamlets Council.
**In order to avoid excluding very small organisations, we will reserve one free place on each course for voluntary sector organisations based in Tower Hamlets with an annual income of less than £50,000. If you would like to apply for a free space, please email evelyn@vcth.org.uk with evidence of your annual income and your contact details**.
 
For further information contact Evelyn@vcth.org.uk. 

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* 1. Please complete the relevant spaces below. We will use the details below to send you an invoice.

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* 2. Does your organisation have a base / office / centre in Tower Hamlets borough?  Note: if you've answered 'yes', the postcode you entered above must be a Tower Hamlets postcode.

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* 3. Which of the following is your organisation?

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* 4. Does your organisation receive Mainstream Grant (MSG) funding from Tower Hamlets Council?

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* 5. Is your organisation registered with Volunteer Centre Tower Hamlets?

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* 6. Is your organisation led any of the following groups? (by ‘led’ we mean that the majority of your Board of Trustees are from that group)

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* 7. Which of the following beneficiary/ service user groups does your organisation primarily work with?

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* 8. Do you have any special requirements (e.g. dietary, access etc)?

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* 9. I understand that there will not be a refund of the course fee if I do not attend without giving 4 days notice prior to the start of the course. However, I may still send an appropriate substitute in my place and will inform VCTH of the change in advance of the session.

If I have been given a free place, then I understand that I will be charged a 'no show' fee of £50 if I do not give 4 days notice prior to the start of the course or send an appropriate substitute in my place.

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