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
- Volunteer Diversity
Attracting different age groups and backgrounds
- Routes to market
Where to advertise (online & offline)
- How to market
Volunteer Centre requirements
Role Titles
Role Descriptions
Marketing Materials - The interview process
- Introductions and housekeeping
- Participant introductions
- Volunteer Prospects
- Volunteer Diversity
Attracting different age groups and backgrounds - Routes to market
Where to advertise (online & offline) - How to market
Volunteer Centre requirements
Role Titles
Role Descriptions
Marketing Materials - The interview process
Course Duration
Up to 6.25 hours (i.e. 10am to 4:15 pm)Including breaks and 45 minutes for lunch
Up to 6.25 hours (i.e. 10am to 4:15 pm)
Including breaks and 45 minutes for lunch
This course is suitable for
- In-house 'face to face' training
- In-house online training ('Live' using Zoom)
- In-house 'face to face' training
- In-house online training ('Live' using Zoom)
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Course Fees
TYPE OF DELIVERY
HALF DAY
full DAY
PER PLACE
FACE TO FACE TRAINING
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£750
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ONLINE TRAINING (LIVE)
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£750
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Training costs include:
Course delivery, training materials, handouts, evaluations and certificates up to 14 participants
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.
