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Pack 23: Managing Volunteers with Extra Support Needs

Organisations increasingly need to show they are willing and able to involve people with extra support needs as volunteers. This session will make them think about ways to involve and support people with extra support needs as volunteers.
Author

Kay Curtis

Resources

Handouts, Activity Sheets 

Experience Level Needed

Beginner

Access

Download and Online Access

Duration

5 Hours

Price

£
50

What's included?

  • Session Timetable
  • Timed Activities
  • Trainer notes
  • Training material in PPT files 
  • Pre Course questionnaire
  • Training Evaluation form
  • Session extension ideas
  • Activity sheets
  • Case Studies
  • Achievement cards and certificates

Overview

Organisations increasingly need to show they are willing and able to involve people with extra support needs as volunteers.

This session will make them think about ways to involve and support people with extra support needs as volunteers.
Diversity is key when looking at recruiting and retaining volunteers.

All organisations need to ensure they are diverse and able to recruit and manage volunteers with extra support needs – this training session will ensure that anyone with responsibility for recruiting and managing volunteers can do so in a diverse environment.

A half-day introduction to Managing Volunteers with Extra Support Needs

Objective

By the end of the session participants will:

- have identified different support needs
- have recognised & acknowledged the barriers people with extra support needs face when volunteering
- have explored how an organisation could reduce the barriers faced by volunteers with extra support needs to both aid recruitment and retention
- have discussed how to inform all staff/volunteers in a positive manner
- have considered strategies to deal with potential hazards
- have an awareness of the benefits to an organisation of diversifying its volunteer base
 

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