Volunteens: Be Heard. Be Helpful.

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…

Volunteens: Be Heard. Be Helpful.
Thinking About Volunteering

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.

Thinking About Volunteering
The value of volunteering: how to measure economic impact and social value

The value of volunteering: how to measure economic impact and social value

This information page explains the significance and multi-faceted value of volunteering, exploring how it contributes to communities, the environment, and the economy.

The value of volunteering: how to measure economic impact and social value
The Language of Volunteering Terms Explained

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 Language of Volunteering Terms Explained
Supporting Volunteers with Lived Experience - Best Practice Guide to Inclusion

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 with Lived Experience - Best Practice Guide to Inclusion
Supporting Volunteers who have Additional Learning Needs

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…

Supporting Volunteers who have Additional Learning Needs
Sported – Research reports

Sported – Research reports

The Wales Strategic Volunteering Project, funded by Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA), aims to enhance the capacity and impact of board, trustee, and management-level volunteering for com­munity groups across Wales delivering sport and physical activities.

Sported – Research reports
Sported - Solutions report

Sported - Solutions report

The Wales Strategic Volunteering Project, funded by Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA), aims to enhance the capacity and impact of board, trustee, and management-level volunteering for com­munity groups across Wales delivering sport and physical activities.

Sported - Solutions report
Risk Assessment - Volunteers Based at Home

Risk Assessment - Volunteers Based at Home

This information sheet outlines the considerations your organisation should make if volunteers are based at home.

Risk Assessment - Volunteers Based at Home
Reimbursing your volunteers: Model Reimbursement of Expenses Policy – TEMPLATE

Reimbursing your volunteers: Model Reimbursement of Expenses Policy – TEMPLATE

This is a template guide, please amend and use as appropriate, only stating in your Reimbursement of Expenses Policy all that is agreed as current within your organisation.

Reimbursing your volunteers: Model Reimbursement of Expenses Policy – TEMPLATE
Recruiting, Selecting and Inducting Volunteers

Recruiting, Selecting and Inducting Volunteers

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

Recruiting, Selecting and Inducting Volunteers
Promoting Welsh language through volunteering

Promoting Welsh language through volunteering

Wales is a bilingual country and has a strong ambition to increase the use of the Welsh language.

Promoting Welsh language through volunteering