Understanding volunteering

The National Archives: for archives

This session will cover the role volunteers have to play in heritage organisations and how to ensure volunteer needs are met.

Volunteers are a vital part of our sector, but many organisations are still not fully aware of their obligations to their volunteers, or the expectations they should meet. We want to help you ensure that you have all the bases covered for understanding the conditions that describe genuine volunteering (as opposed to unpaid work) and how this route can be positioned as a step into paid employment.In this 90-minute session, which will include an open Q&amp;A, we will work through:•	an exploration of why people volunteer, and why employers offer volunteering opportunities•	how you can attract people to be volunteers•	volunteering best practice, including an induction, dedicated supervisor, adequate training, ongoing support, an agreed period of time, and reimbursement of legitimate expenses•	how to draw up a volunteer agreement and what it should contain•	what is a volunteer worker, and what rules applyThis session will be hosted on Zoom. Login details will be sent in advance to attendees.

Introduction to Archive Service Accreditation e-learning

Seals: Identifying and understanding pre-modern records

Working with beneficiaries

Surveying as a tool for relationship building and preservation

MAPLE: Staffordshire History Centre - Re-development, Resilience and Re-use

Staffordshire History Centre

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