East Devon Council for Voluntary Service

East Devon
Council for Voluntary Service

Ridgeway House, Ridgeway, Ottery St Mary, EX11 1DT
T: 01404 549 045 F: 01404 814215
E: admin@edvsa.org.uk W: www.edvsa.org.uk

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Volunteer Centre East Devon

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Jill Loader - Volunteer Centre East Devon Coordinator
T: 01404 549045 F: 01404 814215 E: jill@edvsa.org.uk

*Need Volunteers?*
Welcome to Volunteer Centre East Devon. We are contacted by many prospective volunteers every month and can help you to find more volunteers to support your organisation or project, by including your volunteering opportunities on our database, promoting them both locally in our magazine Viva! and other publications, and nationally via the National Volunteering website www.do-it.org.uk We can also offer expert advice and support on attracting the ‘right’ volunteers and all aspects of volunteer management including Recruitment, Retention, Reward and Recognition.

For help with finding volunteers:
1.	Your organisation will need to register with Volunteer Centre East Devon.
	Click here to download an Organisation Registration Form and Notes

2.	You will need to fill in an Oppportunity Registration Form for each role you need volunteers in. Click here to download an Opportunity Registration Form For help with filling in any forms, please click here, call Jill on 01404 549045 or email volunteercentre@edvsa.org.uk

3.	Once registered, your opportunities will be added to our database and details will be passed to any appropriate volunteers. All opportunities can be uploaded to www.do-it.org, which is available to anyone with access to a computer. New opportunities may also advertised in our newsletter, VIVA, and in local job centres.
	do-it.org.uk was launched in 2001 with the first, and still the only, national database of volunteering opportunities in the UK. The majority of opportunities on do-it come from local Volunteer Centres in England. These organisations have been provided with hardware, software and training by do-it so that they can upload their vacancies onto the do-it database. When a Volunteer Centre uploads opportunities onto the website, they will become the first point of contact for prospective volunteers and will then pass all enquiries on to the relevant organisation. do-it.org.uk is part of the registered charity YouthNet, a non-profit-making organisation. The database is free of charge for use by people who want to volunteer, as we believe that volunteering should be free to the user.
Turn Your Organisation Into A Volunteer Magnet Edited by Fraser Dyer, Andy Fryar, Rob Jackson Forty leaders in the field of volunteer management, from Australia, Britain, Canada, Italy, New Zealand and hte USA, share what they have learned about making your organisation attractive to volunteers. Packed full of top tips and compelling case studies on topics ranging from recruitment and retention, to diversity and creative programme management, these authors – many of whom are published here for the first time – write from the grassroots of volunteer management. Now in its second edition, this expanded collection of ideas is an indispensable resource written by managers of volunteers for their peers. Source: Volunteering England web site (www.volunteering.org.uk) or click here for the PDF version
Volunteering and Risk Risk Toolkit - How to take care of risk in volunteering - A guide for organisations A comprehensive guide to risk management in relation to volunteers. Source: Volunteering England web site (www.volunteering.org.uk) or click here for the PDF version

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East Devon Council for Voluntary Service is a member of NAVCA (National Association for Voluntary and Community Action), VE (Volunteering England) and NCVO ( National Council of Voluntary Organisations)