The JVN Companion to Volunteering: Good Practice Guidelines for Volunteers and Volunteer Managers.

The JVN Companion to Volunteering is the perfect addition to any volunteer and Volunteer Manager’s library. Based on the principle that volunteering is a two-way relationship and must be of mutual benefit to the volunteer, the charity and its beneficiaries, the Companion provides an overview of the considerations, practical steps and expectations surrounding volunteering from both the volunteer and the organisation’s point of view. For the volunteer, it covers issues such as how to identify a suitable volunteering role, guidelines on insurance and DBS checking, and how to leave a volunteering role. For the Volunteer Managers, it provides advice on writing a volunteer policy, guidelines on the sort of supervision volunteers will need, how to appropriately reward volunteers, how to deal with difficult situations and more. With this Companion, both the charity and the volunteer will have an overview of good practice standards in volunteering.

The guide can be used by:

• Those organisations that have not yet developed good practice guidelines, as a basis for doing so.

• Leaders within organisations who involve volunteers in their work.

• Potential volunteers, to answer some of the questions that they may have about volunteering.

• Any individual or organisation that promotes and/or is interested in volunteering.