Guidance, Templates and Examples for Dundee Volunteer Friendly
The guidance and templates are presented in the Dundee Volunteer Friendly structure, however it can be used by any Third Sector organisation and group to build good governance practices in providing the best possible volunteering experience.
Strand 1 : Involving Volunteers – Understanding why your group/ organisation involves volunteers.
Guidance documents:
Example documents:
Templates:
- Health and Safety Policy
- Equality monitoring form
- Social Media Policy
- Confidentiality Policy and Agreement
- Equality-Diversity-Monitoring-Form
- Volunteer Voice Survey – Microsoft forms.
- DVF Volunteer voice survey – Word format
Strand 2: Making volunteering Happen – Money, management, resources and keeping volunteers safe.
Guidance documents:
- Creating Volunteering Role Description
- Volunteer Role description
- Volunteer Expenses
- Insuring Volunteers
- Risk-Assessment-and-Volunteering-Information-Sheet
Templates:
- Template Role Description
- Lone Working Policy
- Risk Assessment Policy
- Volunteer Role Risk Assessment
- Risk-Assessment-and-Volunteering-Information-Sheet
Strand 3: Volunteer Inclusion – Equal access to opportunities and fair recruitment.
Guidance documents:
- Possible Interview Questions
- Supporting Neurodiverse Volunteers
- Volunteering and Claiming Benefits
- Telling Someone No
- Recruitment Flowchart
- Planning a Volunteer Recruitment Campaign
Templates:
Strand 4: Welcoming Volunteers – Developing roles, induction, training and meeting support needs of volunteers.
Guidance documents:
- Creating a Positive Induction
- Training and Development for Volunteers
- Volunteer Agreement
- Volunteer Lifecycle
Example documents:
Templates:
Strand 5: Celebrating Volunteer’s Contributions -Recognition for volunteers’ time, contribution, feedback and positive endings.
Guidance documents:
- How to Celebrate Volunteers
- Recognising and Celebrating Volunteers
- 101 Ways to Recognise Your Volunteers
Example documents:
Templates:
Additional Resources: