Volunteers and Welfare Benefits

Volunteers and Welfare Benefits

This guidance aims to give an overview of what you may need to know and provides answers to some of the questions that organisations and volunteers may have.

Volunteers and Welfare Benefits
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
Volunteer Expenses

Volunteer Expenses

The reimbursement of expenses is an equal opportunities issue.

Volunteer Expenses
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
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
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
Model Expenses Policy

Model Expenses Policy

This is a template document, please amend and use as appropriate, we suggest that you set up with your own logo and branding.

Model Expenses Policy
Model Volunteer Agreement

Model Volunteer Agreement

These sample volunteer agreements are a starting point to help you draft one that suits your organisation. Feel free to adapt them to suit your needs.

Model Volunteer Agreement
Attracting Welsh Speaking Volunteers

Attracting Welsh Speaking Volunteers

This information sheet offers practical ideas on how to attract Welsh speaking volunteers to your organisation.

Attracting Welsh Speaking Volunteers
Model Volunteering Policy

Model Volunteering Policy

This volunteer policy sets out the principles and practice by which we involve volunteers and is relevant to staff, volunteers and trustees within the organisation.

Model Volunteering Policy
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
Volunteers and the Law

Volunteers and the Law

In UK Law, volunteers do not have a legal status; unlike paid staff they do not have employment rights.

Volunteers and the Law