volunteer ideas and engaging volunteers in long range events or programs where interest is expressed. Volunteer Management Cycle The Citizen Information Board (UK) provides a useful overview of the key aspects of volunteer recruitment, management, policies, and procedures, and offers a useful chart diagram 8 (Figure 2-1) illustrating a volunteer management cycle that is broadly relevant to various organizations’ structure or size.
vary by each volunteer 6 , and that “support and supervision are about enabling the volunteers to do the job to the best of their ability and to the satisfaction of the organization. It’s also about saying thanks.”
This can involve:
• “Agree[ing] to meet the volunteer shortly after they start volunteering to review how things are going. Exchange feedback and clarify what, if any, issues arise • Decide what support and supervision each role or volunteer requires • Prepare properly by finding out what the volunteer has been doing, acknowledge specific work that they have done and get feedback on the training they attended, and • Have an open door policy for volunteers to talk to you at other times” 7 Additionally, acknowledging the contributions of volunteers should be encouraged. This allows for volunteers to feel appreciated for their work and can help to establish important foundations for recurring volunteer participation. Methods can range from holding volunteer appreciation events, taking action on
6 https://www.citizensinformationboard.ie/downloads/ training/Managing_Volunteers_08.pdf p.51 7 https://www.citizensinformationboard.ie/downloads/ training/Managing_Volunteers_08.pdf p. 52
8 https://www.citizensinformationboard.ie/downloads/ training/Managing_Volunteers_08.pdf p. 13
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