- Register volunteer
opportunities with VCS
- Update your organisational
details
- Arrange an organisational
support visit
- Access
training
Register opportunities
We are always
looking for new volunteering opportunities in Cardiff for the 1000+ volunteers
that we advise each year. If you would like to register a new volunteering
opportunity with us then please contact us and ask for a Opportunity
Registration Form. We ask that all organisations that register with us
to accept the Volunteers’ Charter, the details of which are set out at the
bottom of this page.
Once the opportunity is registered, any member of
the public will be free to view the advert and apply so it is your
responsibility to make sure that they are suitable for your project and to
conduct CRB checks if appropriate. More information on the recruitment and
retention of volunteers can found in the Information Sheets
section.
Please bear in mind that we cannot register
political organisations or those without insurance for their
volunteers.
Update your
details
We constantly
update and amend the voluntary opportunities registered with us. If your
details have changed please contact us to let us know.
Organisational support
visits
Members of the VCS
team visit 50+ voluntary organisations each year to discuss their requirements
in further detail. Such visits provide an opportunity to register new
opportunities and review current volunteering policies and practices. The aim of
these visits is to promote good practice in volunteer management, find solutions
to any problems and source further information if it’s required.
If you feel that your organisation would benefit
from such a visit then please contact us to book an appointment.
You may
also wish to consider looking into Investors in Volunteers, the UK quality standard for
all organisations which involve volunteers in their work. For more details go
to the 'Information Sheets' section and see sheet 4.14
Training
If you feel that your organisation could benefit
from training then it will be worth contacting the following organisations who run
comprehensive training programmes:
1) The Wales Council for Voluntary
Action: 0800 2888329
www.wcva.org.uk
2) Voluntary Action Cardiff:
02920485722
www.vacardiff.org.uk
VCS Volunteers' Charter
* Volunteers should have a clear
idea of their responsibilities and of the work that they are being asked to
do.
* Volunteers should know who they are responsible to, should have
regular access to that person and be supported in their work.
*
Volunteers should have access to the decision-making processes of the
organisation for which they volunteer.
* Volunteers should be
protected from exploitation, both as volunteers and as individuals.
*
Volunteers should be under no moral or other pressure to do work which is
against their principles.
* Volunteers should be protected against
any risks involved in their voluntary activity and must be properly
insured.
* Volunteers should not suffer financially for their
voluntary activity. They should be reimbursed their expenses of volunteering and
be supplied with any necessary equipment etc. needed to carry it out.
* Volunteers and paid staff should enjoy a complementary and mutually beneficial
relationship. Volunteers should not replace paid workers.
*
Volunteers should be free to join the Trade Union of their
choice.
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