voluntary organisations, social enterprises and volunteering
voluntary organisations, social enterprises and volunteering
Volunteer Management Training Course 6, Avoiding Legal Issues in Volunteer Management **ON LINE OR IN PERSON**
Created: 20/05/2022, Updated: 25/08/2022Participants who attended this training earlier this year gave us this feedback on what they liked most about their experience
Course Content
That volunteers are part of your organisation voluntarily is obvious, but do they ever feel an obligation to remain involved? Organisations therefore need to consider ways in which they may (consciously or unconsciously) be creating a 'contract' between themselves and their volunteers. This course will help you to identify any possible pitfalls and how to avoid them.
Included in the course:
• The difference between volunteers and other categories of people in an organisation
• The impact of the Equality Act 2010;
• The most likely areas of any legal challenge
• Issues to consider in your documentation, routines and recognition/reward
Who should attend
Anyone who has, or is expecting to have, responsibility for recruiting/managing volunteers in their organisation. Your organisation should be providing a service in Fife.
Cancellation Policy
This event is free to attend but to encourage attendance and try and ensure a good turnout to benefit all delegates, we will charge a non-attendance fee of £25.00 per delegate. By submitting a booking for this event you agree to pay this fee for those delegates who have places booked but do not attend.
Cancellations can be received up to 5 working days ahead of the event, thus avoiding non-attendance fees. A cancellation will only be valid if we have confirmed it with you. You can send somebody else in place of a booked delegate without incurring a non-attendance fee.
Additional Information
Notes from the session will be sent to all participants who complete a post-training evaluation. Whilst we wish to deliver this session in person only, we may consider also delivering it online if essential - state this on your booking request.
Progress/Further Study:
Course 1 of the FVA Volunteer Management Training Programme 'Volunteer Involvement, Getting Started'; Course 2 of the same Programme, 'Effective Volunteer Recruitment'; Course 3, 'Supporting Your Volunteers'; Course 4 'Fair and Equal Volunteering'.; Course 5 'Risk Management in Your Volunteer Programme'.