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Useful websites Local Safeguarding Children’s Board Safeguarding Children  Ten things you might not have thought about with regards to safeguarding Safeguarding is not just about making sure your service users Read more…

King’s Fund report on the value of volunteers in health and social care http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/publications/volunteering-health-and-care Volunteering Impact Assessment Toolkit: A practical guide for measuring volunteering http://www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/products-services/publications/volunteering-impact-assessment-toolkit Information on the Social Value Read more…

Each week a blog is posted on http://ivo.org/ & shared via twitter using the hashtag #ttvolmgrs.  A twitter conversation then ensues between Volunteer Managers. Good practice http://www.volunteering.org.uk/goodpractice Good Practice Bank available from Read more…

Community CVS delivers training to both volunteers and voluntary and community groups. We can also point you in the direction of external training providers for both individuals and groups. Volunteer Read more…

Sometimes it can feel daunting to be a volunteer organiser or manager– you may also be a volunteer yourself with a lot of other responsibilities and demands in your personal Read more…

In this section Ten thoughts on volunteer recruitment Ten ways for ensuring a volunteering enquiry turns into a recruited volunteer… Ten ways to improve your volunteer adverts Ten places to Read more…