Volunteer Now can help you to involve volunteers by:

• Identifying what you need to do to improve your volunteer management practice by carrying out a Health Check that benchmarks your organisation against best practice standards.  (Health Checks are free for organisations with income under £100,000 based in Belfast, Fermanagh, Newry, Mourne and Down, Armagh, Dungannon, North Down & Ards, Lisburn & Castlereagh, Antrim & Newtownabbey, Mid & East Antrim.  If your income is above this bracket, contact enterprise@volunteernow.co.uk who will carry out the Healthcheck for a small fee).
• Answering your individual queries.
• Providing support to develop your policies and procedures.
• Providing training for your staff and volunteers.
• Supporting you promote and develop good relations within your organisation.  Download the Volunteer & Belonging Together Toolkit here and listen to Peter Osborne (Rubicon Consulting) introduce it here.
• Giving you opportunities to network, learn and share with other volunteer involving organisations through VOLT (Volunteer Organisations Linking Together).
• Carrying out a volunteer programme review which considers if your programme is meeting needs and how things could be improved.
• Supporting you to achieve Investing in Volunteers national award for best practice in volunteer management.
• Providing best practice information publications.

If you need any further information, please contact your local Community Engagement team:

• Belfast, Lisburn & Castlereagh, North Down & Ards:
• • David Moore: 07850 851823 / david.moore@volunteernow.co.uk 
  • Jamie Greer: 07850 851824 /  jamie.greer@volunteernow.co.uk
• Mid & East Antrim and Antrim & Newtownabbey:
• • Wenda Gray: 0785 085 1811 / wenda.gray@volunteernow.co.uk
• Fermanagh:
  • Lynn Johnston – 0746 748 6638 / lynn.johnston@volunteernow.co.uk
• Newry, Mourne and South Down:
  • Clara O’Callaghan – 028 3026 2037 | 0758 511 0855 / clara.o’callaghan@volunteernow.co.uk
• Armagh / Dungannon:
  • Jane Gribbin –  07850 851 825 / jane.gribbin@volunteernow.co.uk