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South Dublin Tidy towns 01 February 2012, 12.15
A South Dublin County Tidy Towns public meeting is taking place in Tallaght Stadium on Thursday 16th February at 7.30pm. Speakers will include a Tidy Towns competition adjudicator, Public Realm Designer, speaker from Lucan Tidy
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Volunteer Centre Newsletter - January 12 05 January 2012, 16.58
Volunteer Centre Newsletter
Monday 9th January 2012
New Community Hub Announced.
Are you a small community group in South
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Celebrate Volunteering! 17 November 2011, 14.40
Celebrate Volunteering on 5th December International Volunteer Day
As you know, 2011 celebrated the European Year of Volunteering and we had many events in South Dublin
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New quality mark for volunteering! 07 November 2011, 15.25
Volunteer Ireland is delighted to announce that they recently secured funding from the EU as part of the European Year of Volunteering 2011 to develop a framework for a national quality standard for involving volunteers. This
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| 1. Evaluate volunteer involvement on an ongoing basis 2. Create a climate in which volunteers can feel motivated 3. Say thank you often, and mean it 4. Match the volunteer's desires with the organisation's needs 5. Send birthday cards 6. Provide a clear role description for every volunteer 7. Make sure new volunteers are welcomed warmly 8. Highlight the impact that the volunteer contribution is having on the organisation 9. Show an interest in volunteers' personal interests and their outside life 10. Tell volunteers they have done a good job 11. Always have work for your volunteers to do and never waste their time 12. Give volunteers a real voice within the organisation 13. Set up a volunteer support group 14. Provide meaningful and enjoyable work 15. Send 'thank you' notes and letters when appropriate 16. Smile when you see them! 17. Say something positive about their personal qualities 18. Involve volunteers in decision-making processes 19. Give a certificate to commemorate anniversaries of involvement 20. Develop a volunteer policy 21. Allow volunteers the opportunity to debrief, especially if they work in stressful situations 22. Let volunteers put their names to something they have helped to produce or to make happen 23. Differentiate clearly between the roles of paid staff, trainees and volunteers 24. Have a volunteer comments box and consider any suggestions carefully 25. Make sure the volunteer coordinator is easily accessible and has an 'open door' policy 26. Provide insurance cover 27. Supervise volunteers' work 28. Have a vision for volunteer involvement in your organisation 29. Do not impose new policies and procedures without volunteers' input 30. Ask volunteers themselves how the organisation can show it cares 31. Permit volunteers to attend seminars, conferences and workshops from time to time 32. Give volunteers a proper induction 33. Celebrate the year's work together 34. Offer to write volunteers letters of reference 35. Accept that different volunteers are able to offer different levels of involvement 36. Accept that an individual volunteer's ability to commit may change over time 37. Ask volunteers' opinions when developing new policies and strategies 38. Make sure the Director (in large organisations) shows her/his personal appreciation of the volunteers' work 39. Pass on any positive comments about volunteers from clients to the volunteers themselves 40. Provide the opportunity for 'leave of absence' 41. Add volunteers to memo and e-mail distribution lists 42. Set solid goals for volunteers and keep communicating them 43. Provide car or bike parking for volunteers 44. Give the volunteer a title which reflects the work they do (not just 'volunteer') 45. Consider providing, or paying for, child care for volunteers who are parents 46. Inform the local press about the excellent work of your volunteers 47. Undertake individual supervision and support sessions 48. Always be courteous 49. Maintain regular contact with volunteers, even if they work 'off-site' or at odd hours 50. Allow volunteers to 'get out' without feeling guilty This fact sheet is used by kind permission of Volunteering Ireland Carmichael Centre for Voluntary Groups Coleraine House Coleraine Street Dublin 7 |