Enhance your profile
Your organisation now has a public profile page on volunteerdevon.net. It contains the basic information you registered with, but you can now add text and pictures to showcase your good work and the benefits for people volunteering with you!
Any articles and opportunities you register on the website will link through to this profile. Click here for an example of how an organisation can promote itself through Volunteer Centres Devon, then log in and select 'Edit your profile' to get started!
Reflection and Planning for Volunteer Managers
Now is always the best time to plan ahead. Here are a few handy resources to help you identify the factors that influence where you are now and where you might be going.
Look NfPSynergy have done my PEST Analysis (pdf) is a look at the environmental factors influencing charities (from February 2011). There are more free research reports from NfP Synergy here
Register your opportunities online
No more paper forms! Volunteer Centres Devon has now launched its online registration system for new volunteering opportunities. Rather than completing and sending in the old paper forms (which involved writing your organisation's information out every time), you can now log in to volunteerdevon.net and choose 'Advertise an opportunity' from the user options and fill in the quick online form.
Codes of Practice for the Voluntary and Community Sector
A series of Codes of Practice have been devised by the Compact for Devon. The Compact exists to improve and develop the relationship between the statutory sector and the voluntary and community sector for the benefit of the communities they serve.
From Words on the Screen into New Volunteers
If you're wondering what to write about your organisation to encourage more people to get involved, here are a few ideas to get your article on volunteerdevon.net started.
CRB Checks For Volunteers
People volunteering or working with children or vulnerable adults are sometimes legally required to have a CRB check. Where contact with vulnerable people will be limited or perhaps the person has recently been CRB checked for a different role, a decision about clearance must be made. The Cabinet Office has published guidance to help organisations that use volunteers to be clear about when they do and don’t need to carry out Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checks on volunteers.
Help for organisations wishing to achieve Investing in Volunteers Award
Three Volunteer Centres in Devon have been awarded Investing in Volunteers Partner status after completing a training programme. This means they can offer 8 hours assistance free of charge to organisations undertaking Investing in Volunteers. Contact either East Devon, Mid Devon or Teignbridge Volunteer Centre to find out more.
