Volunteering inspiration from across the sector

Volunteer management case studies

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Volunteers are the lifeblood of charity shops

Some of our members have generously shared strategies that have worked for them. Take a look!

Diversifying your volunteer base

Case study by British Heart Foundation

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Awareness of volunteer benefits at British Heart Foundation

With over 15,000 volunteers, the BHF pride themselves on offering great benefits. But how aware are volunteers that these benefits are available?

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Investing in Volunteers: Our members have their say

Investing in Volunteers is the UK quality standard for good practice in volunteer management.

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Corporate volunteering partnership: Cadent and Emmaus UK

Corporate volunteering is fantastic for companies to use to support staff development and find out more about the communities that charities support.

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Volunteer Management Training – a Sussex hospice collaboration

Avril Roberts of St Peter and St James Hospice describes the development of their successful volunteer management training package.

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The Retail Volunteer Recruitment Manager role at Thames Hospice

Thames Hospice introduced the new role of Retail Volunteer Recruitment Manager in a 0.6 FTE post to support the recruitment of volunteers across 22 shops.

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Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme volunteers at Willow Foundation

Ali and Noah’s volunteering story.

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Retail volunteering promotional videos from Crisis

In these inspiring videos, Crisis retail volunteers talk about what its like to volunteer in their charity shops.

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