Volunteer Recruitment and Management

Information for organisations involving volunteers

This section includes:

Registering a volunteering opportunity
Volunteer Co-ordinators’ Forum
Volunteering Good Practice
Volunteer Management Charter
Volunteer Management Resources

Registering an opportunity

Does your organisation have a volunteering vacancy?
In 2010 over 2,600 people made an enquiry with the Volunteer Centre Bromley about volunteering.

If your organisation is looking for volunteers, why not register with the Volunteer Centre Bromley?

By registering with us your vacancies will be made available to members of the public enquiring about volunteering and those organisations delivering a service in the London Borough of Bromley will automatically become members of the Volunteer Co-ordinators’ Forum.

Please complete one or both of the following forms and return to Diane Diamond, Volunteer Centre Manager.

Organisations new to the Volunteer Centre - please complete this form:
Organisation registration form - 382 KB

All organisations - please complete this form to register each opportunity you may have:
Volunteer opportunity registration form - 229 KB

Volunteer Co-ordinators Forum

Do you recruit, manage or supervise volunteers?
Would you like to meet with other people in a similar situation and share knowledge and experiences?

The Volunteer Centre Bromley regularly runs a Volunteer Co-ordinators’ Forum.
Recent topics of discussion have included:

Safeguarding adults and children
Engaging disabled volunteers
Writing great role description
Recruitment and selection of volunteers

To find out about the next forum please contact Hilary Bell

Email. hilaryb@communitylinksbromley.org.uk

Tel. 020 8315 1905

Volunteering Good Practice

Adopting good practices in managing your volunteers is essential to ensure that you retain their services for as long as possible, recruit the volunteers that you need and provide the best possible service to your organisation’s users.

Volunteer Centre staff can discuss any particular difficulties you may have or point you in the most appropriate direction to find out further information.

Our Volunteering Good Practice Advisor, Hilary Bell, can support you with your organisation’s volunteering priorities.

To find out more contact us on 020 8315 1905.

Follow this link to the Volunteer Management Resources page.

There is also lots of useful information about volunteer management as well as free information sheets and guidance on writing policies on the Volunteering England website

Volunteer Management Charter

You can demonstrate your commitment to good volunteer management by signing up to the London Volunteer Management Charter. The Charter clearly sets out the principles of good volunteer management and has been developed by Greater London Volunteering. The Volunteer Centre Bromley has signed up and is part of a project to help promote it.

Your organisation can sign up to the Charter.. but why?

it signals to your volunteers, colleagues, funders and stakeholders that you’re serious about implementing good practice.
it demonstrates your commitment to volunteering which will help with recruitment and retention.
organisations who sign up to the Charter have the opportunity to work with the Volunteer Centre Bromley on the ‘Healthcheck’
a growing number of Volunteer Involving Organisations are signing up so you’ll become part of a wider pan-London community of volunteering experts!

You can read the Charter and sign up to it at: www.expertsinvolunteering.org.uk