2. Workshop Outcomes:
Understanding the roles volunteers can play in your
organisation;
What impact volunteers can have;
The best tactics to recruit and retain volunteers;
See an example from a StreetGames project.
3. Step 1: Why does your
organisation want volunteers
Discuss what roles volunteers do or could carry out in your organisation
What skills and qualities would you like each of the volunteers in your organisation
to have?
Identify where volunteers come from - recruitment vs identifiction
4. Step 2: The benefits of Volunteering
Activity:
• Draw an outline of a person;
• Inside write the benefits to
individuals of volunteering;
• Outside write the benefits to your
organisation; (try and be specific)
6. Your personal experience of volunteers
and volunteering
In groups – discuss your best and worst experience of either
being or working with volunteers
List them on flipchart
7. Impact of Volunteers
High Variation
High level Involvement
More Risk
Higher retention more
likely
Low Variation
Low Involvement
Easy to manage (safe)
Lower retention more
likely
8. Key Points to success:
Understand why your organisation wants to involve
volunteers
Understand the people who want to volunteer and their
motivations
The right role is key to recruitment and retention of
volunteers
It is not straightforward – there is no magic solution.
It is about people – not one rule will fit all
Use our own personal experiences to maximise success
Be prepared to take (managed ) risks