Everything you need to train your volunteers. For less than a day’s external training.
54+ training resources built around current UK law and sector guidance — authored by sector experts, updated throughout your licence year. One annual fee. Your whole organisation. No per-volunteer fees, no complicated onboarding.
Your complete volunteer training library
- ✓ 54+ fully authored training resources including 33 full training packs
- ✓ 7 specialist coordinator toolkits
- ✓ 10 self-study workbooks
- ✓ 4 facilitated workshops
- ✓ Trainer guide, handouts & PowerPoint — every pack
- ✓ Self-study guide included with every training pack
- ✓ Skills Portfolio, certificates & records
- ✓ Updated throughout your licence year
- ✓ Download everything — yours to keep
Less than £6 per resource
We listened. Here’s what we’ve done.
The 2026 library is rebuilt, more affordable, and built to work as a complete system. Here’s everything that’s changed — and everything you now get.
What’s changed in 2026
- ✓ Every resource rebuilt for 2026, with current sector thinking and best practice
- ✓ Fully redesigned — new format, integrated learning journey
- ✓ Latest sector research, statistics & contemporary practice throughout
- ✓ Self-study & facilitator decks included with every pack
- ✓ More affordable — restructured pricing for every organisation size
- ✓ Free resources — complete sample pack & six practical guides, sign up free
💰 New pricing — the numbers speak for themselves
Volunteers are remarkable.
But remarkable needs support.
Around one in six adults in England volunteers formally every month. They run food banks, support patients, mentor young people, staff charity shops, and hold communities together. They do it for nothing, often with little training and less support.
The organisations they give their time to — charities, NHS trusts, housing associations, CVS bodies — are asked to deliver increasingly complex services with the same or smaller budgets. And volunteer management sits at the heart of it all: recruitment, induction, training, supervision, retention, and endings.
Done well, volunteer training transforms retention, confidence, and impact. Done poorly — or not at all — it costs organisations far more than the training ever would.
Source: DCMS Community Life Survey 2024/25
Stress is a growing reason volunteers step back: 14% of those planning to stop now cite it, up from 9% in 2019 (NCVO Time Well Spent 2023). Good induction and ongoing support make the difference.
If you manage volunteers, you’ll recognise these challenges.
Every volunteer coordinator faces the same pressures. Volunteer Solutions was built to solve all of them — in one licence, at one price.
No budget for external training
“We can’t keep paying for external trainers — the budget just isn’t there.”
No time to build sessions from scratch
“I spend hours preparing each training session — time I simply don’t have.”
Are we keeping up with UK law?
“I’m not sure our training reflects current UK law and safeguarding guidance.”
High volunteer turnover
“We keep losing volunteers — we need better induction and development tools.”
Diverse and complex needs
“Our volunteers have very different needs — I want training that’s genuinely inclusive.”
Remote and hybrid delivery
“Some volunteers are remote or hybrid — group sessions don’t always work.”
Volunteer Solutions was built for exactly this.
Our library of 54+ resources — including 33 training packs, 7 coordinator toolkits, 10 self-study workbooks, and 4 workshops — gives you everything you need to run professional, well-informed, inclusive training — without hiring external consultants or spending hours preparing from scratch. One licence. Your whole organisation. Delivered your way.
Professional training for less than a day’s external facilitation.
The maths are straightforward. The quality is uncompromising.
Expert-Authored. Sector-Tested. Not Generic.
Every pack written by Kay Curtis — decades of hands-on UK sector experience. Real expertise in every word, not adapted corporate content.
Complete & Ready to Deliver
Trainer guide, participant handouts, activity sheets, scenario cards, and a professional PowerPoint. Open it, read it, deliver it. Nothing to build from scratch.
UK Law & Guidance. Built In.
Worker Protection Act 2023, UK GDPR and the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, Equality Act 2010, Working Together 2026, Care Act 2014, Charities Act 2022, Employment Rights Act 2025 — updated throughout your licence year.
In-Person, Hybrid or Remote
All materials support face-to-face, virtual, and independent self-study delivery. Your volunteers, your timetable, your format.
Download Everything. Keep It Forever.
Every pack you download is yours. No streaming-only restrictions. Use them as many times as you need, with as many volunteers as you have.
Updates Throughout the Year
New packs and legal updates released during your licence year at no extra cost. Renew annually to maintain portal access and stay current.
Up and running in 10 minutes.
No setup fees. No complicated onboarding. Subscribe and start delivering professional training today.
Subscribe in Minutes
Pay £295/year. Instant access to all 54+ resources. No setup, no contracts, no per-user fees. Your whole organisation covered from the moment you subscribe.
Under 5 minutesDownload & Prepare
Each pack includes trainer notes, handouts, activity sheets and editable PowerPoint. Read the trainer notes, print the handouts, prepare the room. That’s it.
Under 60 minutes prepTrain With Confidence
Deliver professional, current, and inclusive training from day one. Your volunteers get structured development. Your organisation gets peace of mind.
Day one deliveryNot just packs — a complete training journey.
The Volunteer Solutions library is designed as an integrated system, not a collection of isolated topics. Every resource maps to a stage of the volunteer journey — from before the first volunteer arrives to long-term coordinator CPD. 11 stages. 54+ resources. One coherent programme.
Every stage mapped
Individual packs also available — £50 each.
Not ready for a full licence? You can purchase individual packs on specific topics — recruitment, safeguarding, confidentiality, customer care, or any of our 33 training packs — for £50 per pack. No subscription required.
One licence. Every volunteer management topic covered.
54+ fully authored resources across every topic a volunteer-involving organisation needs.
Volunteer Management
Recruitment, induction, supervision, motivation, retention, and managed endings — the complete volunteer lifecycle.
Legal & Compliance
UK GDPR and the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, Equality Act 2010, Worker Protection Act 2023, Care Act 2014, Working Together 2026, Charities Act 2022.
Safeguarding
Adult protection, youth volunteering, risk assessment, and safer recruitment — essential for regulated and direct-contact roles.
Communication & Skills
Assertiveness, confidence building, difficult behaviour, customer care, conflict resolution, and wellbeing.
Diversity & Inclusion
Equality Act 2010 awareness, neurodiversity awareness, cultural humility, reasonable adjustments, and inclusive practice.
Specialist Roles
Befriending, mentoring, charity retail, events, fundraising, governance, youth work, and working with adults at risk.
Every feature explained in plain English — so you know exactly what changes between the Single, Large, and Network licences.
Ready to get started?
Built around where volunteering is heading.
The voluntary sector is evolving fast. Our resources reflect the trends shaping volunteer management today — and are updated throughout your licence year.
Neurodiversity & Inclusion
ADHD, autism, dyslexia and learning differences — with trauma-informed facilitation and psychological safety built throughout every resource.
Digital & Hybrid Volunteering
Remote and hybrid volunteer management, digital onboarding, virtual supervision, and online training delivery formats.
Cost-of-Living & Wellbeing
Expenses policies, out-of-pocket cost support, and volunteer financial wellbeing — addressing the real pressures on today’s volunteers.
Cultural Humility
Contemporary EDI approaches — genuine cultural humility and intersectional awareness that goes well beyond tick-box equality training.
Latest Legislation 2024–26
Employment Rights Act 2025 implications, Worker Protection Act 2023 anti-harassment duties, and updated DBS guidance flagged throughout.
Psychological Safety
Safe, respectful volunteer environments — trauma-aware facilitation, anti-harassment content, and person-centred language across all materials.
We moved to licensing so you get more — at a price that works for the sector.
The original model sold individual packs. That worked — but it meant organisations bought reactively, only when a specific problem arose. They ended up with gaps, and missed the value of a coherent, joined-up training programme.
The library licence changes that entirely. For one annual fee, you access everything — so you can plan a proper training programme from day one, pick the right resource for every situation, and never have to wait for budget approval to address an urgent training need.
It also means we can keep every pack updated throughout the year. When legislation changes, when sector guidance is updated, when new best practice emerges — you get that update automatically, at no extra cost. Individual pack sales could never sustain that.
The mission has not changed: professional volunteer training, done for you, at a price that respects the reality of voluntary sector budgets.
Access everything, plan properly
Instead of buying individual packs reactively, you can build a real training programme around your volunteers’ actual journey — from induction through to development.
Updates included, always
UK law changes. Sector guidance evolves. Your licence means every update reaches you automatically — no extra cost, no separate purchase, no chasing.
Your whole organisation, one price
No per-volunteer fees. No per-seat charges. No restrictions on how many times you use a pack. One licence, unlimited use, across your entire volunteer programme.
Download and keep everything
Every pack you download is yours. You keep it. Use it as many times as you need. If you don’t renew, you still have everything you’ve already downloaded.
Choose the licence that fits your organisation.
From small charities to national networks — a licence designed for your scale and structure.
🏠 Single Organisation
One charity, non-profit, or volunteer-involving organisation with its own volunteer programme.
→ ~£195 on renewal (35% off)
- ✓ 54+ Resources — 33 packs, 7 toolkits, 10 workbooks, 4 workshops
- ✓ Trainer guide, handouts & PowerPoint
- ✓ 7 coordinator toolkits
- ✓ 10 self-study workbooks
- ✓ 4 facilitated workshops
- ✓ Skills Portfolio, certificates & records
- ✓ ~10 facilitator seats
- ✓ Unlimited volunteer training
- ✓ Download & keep everything
- ✓ Updates throughout the year
🏛️ Large Organisation
Large charities, councils, housing associations, or national bodies delivering volunteer training internally.
→ ~£322 on renewal (35% off)
- ✓ Everything in Single Organisation
- ✓ Unlimited volunteers — no seat fees
- ✓ Certificate templates included
- ✓ Enhanced seat management
- ✓ Governance coverage for larger programmes
- ✓ Download & keep everything
🌐 Network / Umbrella
CVS bodies, umbrella organisations, and national networks supporting multiple independent charities or groups.
+ £35 per activated member organisation
- ✓ All member organisations included
- ✓ Bespoke branding on materials
- ✓ Bespoke certification templates
- ✓ Central oversight capability
- ✓ Governance reporting & statistics
- ✓ All material yours to download
Annual licence · Instant access on payment · Download everything and keep it
Used by over 1,400 UK organisations since 2001.
“The training packs have transformed how we develop our volunteers. We’ve brought all training in-house, saved significantly on external facilitators, and our volunteers are more confident than ever.”
“Everything is legally up to date and genuinely sector-relevant. I don’t have to worry about whether our safeguarding training is current — it just is. Worth every penny of the licence fee.”
“I was spending two days preparing each training session. Now I open the pack, read the trainer notes, and I’m ready. The quality is exceptional — far better than anything we could produce ourselves.”
Ready to transform how you
train your volunteers?
Since 2001, over 1,400 UK organisations have used our training to bring it in-house, cut costs and build more capable, confident volunteer teams. Now rebuilt for 2026.
ONE PAYMENT · WHOLE ORGANISATION · INSTANT ACCESS · DOWNLOAD & KEEP FOREVER
