National Standards Deep Dive - Standard 5

Gain an understanding of Standard 5 of the National Standards for Volunteer Involvement: Volunteers are supported and developed and how to implement the standard into your organisation.

Standard 5 outlines that volunteers understand their roles, and gain the knowledge, skills and feedback needed to participate safely and effectively. This is achieved by ensuring:

• Volunteers are provided with relevant induction and training.
• Volunteers' knowledge and skills are reviewed to identify support and development needs.
• Volunteers are engaged with throughout their time with an organisation or group and provided with supervision and support that enables them to participate fully.
• People with responsibility for volunteers have sufficient time and resources to engage with and provide appropriate and required support.
• Changes to the role of a volunteer are fair and consistent and achieved through engaging with the volunteer.

Join The Centre's Sector Development Coordinator Alice Anderson for this deep dive.