Database of Volunteering Opportunities
Useful Volunteering Links
There are lots of useful sources of information to help you develop your volunteer programme and here we have pulled some of them together in one useful place. This page will be constantly updated and if you have a useful resource that you want to share with your fellow volunteer managers, please send details to manager@life-times.org.uk
General Volunteering Information
Volunteering England for a range of information on national volunteering issues.
Do-It - the national volunteering database with thousands of volunteering opportunities.
Timebank to find out about different volunteering opportunities.
Association of Volunteer Managers
Hairy Bikers Meals on Wheels - The BBC cooks campaign to get more people involved in volunteering.
Employer Supported Volunteering
Volunteering Best Practice
Writing Volunteer Policies
Get it Right From the Start - Volunteering England's guide to developing a volunteer policy.
Writing Volunteer Roles and Opportunities
Writing volunteering opportunities
Designing Volunteer Roles and Position Descriptions - interesting viewpoint from Volunteering Australia.
Supervising Volunteers
Volunteering England Best Practice Bank
Equal Opportunities and Diversity
Diversity: From Barriers to Bridges - Volunteering England article
Insurance information for Volunteer Involving Organisations
Volunteering England Information Sheet
Volunteering Research
Institute for Volunteering Research
Volunteering and Mental Health
Volunteering and Health: What impact does it really have?
London Volunteering Healthcheck: All fit for London 2012
Helping Out: A national survey of volunteering and charitable giving - Cabinet Office
Trends in Volunteering - NCVO Third Sector Foresight
A Gateway to Work - Institute of Volunteering Research
Volunteering: Supporting Transitions - Youth volunteering research.
