Volunteer Friendly Award

The Volunteer Friendly Award (VF) is a quality standard designed by Volunteer Centre Dundee to support groups to look at their volunteer management practices and to:

• identify what they do well
• recognise what they would like to improve
• develop an action plan to progress the changes

The award is based on the national Investing in Volunteers Standard (IiV). It is not a replacement for the national award but is a good stepping stone for smaller organisations or those who may wish to achieve IiV in the future

The Volunteer Friendly Award is divided into 5 areas

• Commitment to involving volunteers (understanding why your group uses volunteers)
• Making Volunteering Happen (i.e. Money, Management, Staff Time and Materials)
• Fair and Equal Volunteering (Equal Opportunities, Fair Recruitment and References Checks)
• Motivating Tasks for Motivated Volunteers (Developing Volunteer Roles, Tasks and the Support needs of individuals)
• Celebrating Volunteers’ Contributions

Organisations who have successfully worked through the framework will be presented with the Volunteer Friendly Award. Our first few organisations completed it in less than 3 months, however, the award is designed to be flexible and organisations are encouraged to set their own pace to work through the programme.

VF Award can:

• act as a measure to ensure best practice in volunteer management
• help make organisations more attractive to potential volunteers
• help to improve the retention of existing volunteers
• prove to potential funders that the organisation has good volunteer practice

Want to find out more? Contact

Philippa Lyttle capacity worker 01382 305705

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