Volunteer Drivers

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.

Volunteer Drivers
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.
Understanding Mental Health and Volunteering

Understanding Mental Health and Volunteering

This fact sheet has been designed to give you information on how to support volunteers experiencing mental health difficulties.

Understanding Mental Health and Volunteering
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 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
The Economic Value of Volunteers

The Economic Value of Volunteers

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

The Economic Value of Volunteers
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
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
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

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

Promoting Welsh Language Through Volunteering
Powys Teaching Health Board’s Health and Care Academy – Supporting Volunteers and Carers

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.

Powys Teaching Health Board’s Health and Care Academy – Supporting Volunteers and Carers