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Volunteer Drivers
Most of the information in this document relates to ‘volunteer drivers’, i.e. volunteers whose volunteering activity is in the role of a driver.

Volunteens: Be Heard. Be Helpful.
Funded by Volunteering Wales Strategic Grants, Foothold Cymru has been running a project called Volunteens: Be Heard. Be Helpful which was all based on encouraging…

Understanding Mental Health and Volunteering
This fact sheet has been designed to give you information on how to support volunteers experiencing mental health difficulties.

Thinking About Volunteering
Volunteering can be an amazing experience. Use your skills and gain new ones as you help improve your local community through volunteering.

The Language of Volunteering Terms Explained
The language that we use about volunteering can be confusing. Sometimes different terms are used interchangeably. Some terms have a very specific meaning, for example in the context of legislation. This is an attempt to explain some terms which are relevant to volunteering. They are listed in alphabetical order.

The Economic Value of Volunteers
Volunteers make a significant contribution, in unpaid hours, to the economy of Wales.

Supporting Volunteers with Lived Experience - Best Practice Guide to Inclusion
St Giles Trust has created a Best Practice Guide to Inclusion to support volunteers with Lived Experience as part of a project funded by Volunteering…

Supporting Volunteers who have Additional Learning Needs
Volunteering can be rewarding and valuable experience for individuals with ALN, it can be beneficial to the health and wellbeing of an individual, can provide…

Risk Assessment - Volunteers Based at Home
This information sheet outlines the considerations your organisation should make if volunteers are based at home.

Recruiting, Selecting and Inducting Volunteers
Before involving volunteers, it is worth spending some time considering how they can be best included within your organisation.

Promoting Welsh Language Through Volunteering
In Wales, the Welsh Language has official status which means it should be treated no less favourably than the English Language.

Powys Teaching Health Board’s Health and Care Academy – Supporting Volunteers and Carers
This project was funded by Welsh Government through WCVA’s Volunteering Wales Strategic Grant, to build on work undertaken in 2021 to produce the Future of Volunteering in Powys report.