Bitesize Volunteer Management Training - 'Keeping it Legal' Online via Zoom

Do you manage volunteers in your role in one of Reading's diverse voluntary and community sector organisations? You may be a volunteer yourself, or a paid member of staff, or even a volunteer Trustee/Committee member.

RVA is running bitesize training for those who manage volunteers. These sessions are designed to give you an introduction/ refresher into various elements of Volunteer Management. Effective volunteer management is crucial to the smooth running of all voluntary and community organisations. These sessions will empower you to carry out your role with confidence and with accurate and up to date guidance.

This specific session will focus on 'Keeping it Legal', which will cover the legal aspects of involving volunteers in your organisation. We will also run a separate bitesize session on 'Volunteer Recruitment'.

Content:

• Legal Status of Volunteers
• Volunteer Policies
• Legal Duties and how they apply when involving volunteers, including: Equality, Health and Safety, Safeguarding, and Data Protection
• Insurance and volunteers
• Volunteer from overseas
• Volunteers who are in receipt of state benefits
• What to do when things go wrong

Who should attend?

This course is ideally suited to anyone who has responsibility for overseeing the work of volunteers, either as a Volunteer Manager or as part of a more wide-reaching role. In very small and completely volunteer-led organisations this may even be somebody on the Committee.

Ideal for those new to working with volunteers or for those looking for a refresher, the session will provide opportunities to put theory into practice by giving opportunities to explore your own organisation's needs.

RVA supports Reading's Voluntary and Community Sector, therefore this course is primarily open to organisations delivering voluntary and community services in Reading. If you do not offer services in Reading, please contact us before booking, and we may be able to add you to the waiting list.

Your trainer

The session will be delivered by Reading Voluntary Action’s Advice Service Manager,Herjeet Vass, who has extensive experience in providing advice and support in the area of good governance and the legal aspects of involving volunteers.

Booking

Please book your free space through the link below.

Online event

Please note that this is an online sesison and you will be sent a Zoom link in advance after booking, usually the day before.

RVA Cancellation Policy

If you are no longer able to attend the training, please let us know by emailing training@rva.org.uk with at least 48 hours notice so that we can offer your place to other people on the waiting list. If you don’t advise us with at least 48 hours notice we may charge your organisation or group a £20 cancellation fee.