Involving Ex-offenders in volunteering
A guide to involving volunteers who have are Ex-offenders
Publisher:
Voluteering England
Managing diversity
Homeless people and volunteering
Whilst there are explicit government guidelines concerning the inclusion of disabled and refugees in to the voluntary sector to build inclusiveness, this is the first that concentrates on the homeless, and how to accomadate them into the voluntary sector.
Publisher:
Volutary Action
Working with volunteers : A management guide for refugee community organisations
A management guide for refugee community organisations
Publisher:
Voluteering England
Volunteering, Asylum & Health
Outlines benefits to involving asylum-seekers in volunteering to employers and volunteers. Summarise current research, barriers and routes into volunteering.
Publisher:
Institute for Volunteering Research
The Volunteering and Asylum Project
Signposts links to download presentations from the Volunteering, Asylum & Health Seminar in February 2005.
Publisher:
Tandem Communications & Research Ltd
Volunteering for Mental Health
Explores the experience of volunteering from those with experience of mental ill health. Covers benefits, barriers and support & training given. PDF version at the bottom of the page.
Publisher:
Institute for Volunteering Research
The Scope of the Volunteering for People with Mental Health Problems
Summary of research into impact of volunteering for those with mental health problems. Recommends action points for the sector and volunteer managers
Publisher:
Wales Council for Voluntary Action
Accommodations for online volunteers who have learning disabilities or emotional and anxiety disorde
Suggestions for working with volunteers with learning disabilities, emotional/anxiety disorders. Advice aimed at 'virtual' volunteering but the principles are transferable.
Publisher:
ServiceLeader.org: Virtual Volunteering
The Giving & Volunteering of New Canadians
2-page leaflet that outlines the role of new Canadians in volunteering. It covers the amount of volunteering and charitable giving of new Canadians.
Publisher:
Canadian Centre for Philanthropy
Opportunities for all
Findings of 'The Resource Group For Supported Volunteering' (R.G.S.V.). Includes developing program to support agencies wishing to offer volunteer opportunities.
Publisher:
Graff and Associates
From Barriers to Bridges
Explores perceived barriers in volunteering from the wider community. Suggests how to keep volunteers and on the structure and running of a volunteering organisation.
Publisher:
Explores perceived barriers in volunteering from the wider community. Suggests how to keep volunteers and on the structure and running of a volunteering organisation.
Working with volunteers with extra support needs
A lottery funded project in Maidstone demonstrates a unique approach to working with volunteers with extra support needs
Publisher:
Volunteering England
Making everyone feel at home
Discusses the concept of diversity in the context of volunteering. Distinguishes diversity from equal opportunities, and highlights barriers that can exist.
Publisher:
Volunteering Magazine
Diversity & Volunteerism: Deriving Advantage from Difference
Discusses the concepts involved in managing diversity and unpacks these in a volunteering context
Publisher:
The Journal Of Volunteer Administration
Recruiting Male Volunteers
Research guide: Considers how male volunteers can benefit volunteer programmes. Discusses challenges faced re. recruitment and strategies to overcome these.
Publisher:
Corporation for National Service
Putting the 'men' back into mentoring
Reasons why men may not want to volunteer and strategies for getting them involved. Also refers to related tips from other mentoring programmes.
Publisher:
National Mentoring Centre Bulletin
Stronger Together: Recruiting and working with ethno-cultural Volunteers
Value BME people bring to volunteer programmes. Avoid issue of 'token' minority volunteers. Also, may not want to volunteer within own cultural community organisations.
Publisher:
Multiculturalism & Citizenship Canada Voluntary Action Directorate
MEM-VOL Migrant and Ethnic Minority Volunteering
Compiles research into BME volunteers in the UK. Identifies where this research has highlighted good practice. Brings together organisations, stakeholders, and policy makers.
Publisher:
Institute for Volunteering Research
Involving Volunteers from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds
An information sheet about the many benefits of having a diverse volunteer program, and tips and advice for managers on how to engage and involve volunteers from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Publisher:
Volunteering Australia
A Unique Way of Sharing
The barriers to the participation of BME people in volunteering in Northern Ireland. Identifies types of support/practice needed to make volunteering inclusive.
Publisher:
Volunteer Development Agency
Volunteering for Everyone
A guide for organisations who want to recruit volunteers who have a learning disability
Publisher:
Volunteering England
Supported Programs for Volunteers with Special Needs
Reviews how programs recruit/target volunteers. Refers to physical disability, mental health and learning disability needs, re special arrangements and individual support.
Publisher:
Voluntary Action Directorate ISBN0-662-20106-X
Partnership with a difference
Report on the VB's successful partnership with Portland College, a residential college for students with disabilities, which offers the students a taste of voluntary work. This has been the first opportunity the students have had to become involved in their community
Publisher:
Volunteering England
Interaction & Etiquette Tips
Several 'fact sheets' that outline basic etiquette for working with people with different kinds of disabilities.
Publisher:
UCP Press Room
Young People, Volunteering and Civil Service - a review of the literature
A useful summary of a range of research sources, focusing on literature on young people’s attitudes towards and participation in voluntary work and civic service.
Publisher:
Institute of Volunteering Research
Volunteering and Youth Development
Study of youth development programme focusing on the crafting of management policies founded on youth development principles.
Publisher:
Ausyouth
Recruiting Youth Volunteers
Asks why a programme needs youth volunteers. Includes benefits and barriers for young people and what an organisation needs to do to attract them.
Publisher:
ourcommunity.com.au
Recruiting and Managing the Younger Volunteers
Outlines problems with engaging with younger volunteers and considers a range of issue including management systems, flexibility, culture etc.
Publisher:
Volunteer Power
Older male volunteers in social care and community action
Research Paper looking at older male volunteers and why they started volunteering, barriers to volunteering and how organisations could develop more effective recruitment strategies for encouraging older men to volunteer
Publisher:
VITA
Ever thought of older people and volunteering
A checklist of key considerations to promote successful involvement of older people as volunteers.
Publisher:
Volunteer Development Agency
Age Discrimination and volunteering
Researches reasons for age discrimination in the UK against volunteers. Gives recommendations for organisations and government to address this
Publisher:
Institute for Volunteering Research
