Recruiting volunteers (0.5 day)

Event details

In this course we’ll:explore how to use compelling copy in volunteer role descriptions and promotional resources share top tips for advertising and promoting volunteer opportunities help you develop an action plan for improving recruitment in your volunteering programmes.

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PRICING Our pricing structure is based on your organisation’s gross annual income. NCVO members also receive a 30% discount on training prices.If your organisation is an NCVO member, please log in to your NCVO website account before booking. Prices start at £38 for NCVO members with an annual income under £50,000, and £49 for non-members in the same income bracket. Find out more here.

OUTCOMES By the end of the training, you’ll:understand how to use a marketing approach for your volunteer recruitment understand how to tailor your recruitment activities to individuals and groups you’re trying to attract know how to compose compelling role descriptions know the best places to recruit volunteers know how to maximise online recruitment channels.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Anyone who works with volunteers and in volunteer recruitment, including:volunteer managers volunteer coordinators people with responsibility for programmes involving volunteers.

WHO DELIVERS THE TRAINING? Helen Tourle delivers this course. Helen leads NCVO's volunteering consultancy work. She’s experienced in supporting and developing volunteering programmes for charities of all sizes.

HOW WILL IT BE DELIVERED? This training will take place on Zoom. We’ll send out the Zoom link with the joining instructions before the session.The training will run from 10.00 until 13.00 with short breaks.

LOOKING TO RUN THIS TRAINING FOR YOUR ORGANISATION? All of our training courses can be delivered face to face or online at a time and date that suits you.We can work with you to tailor our courses to match your needs.For more information, please complete our online contact form.

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