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Volunteers

Volunteers. What is voluntary work?. Every one can be a volunteer. Voluntary work means: Spend time on doing something useful without getting paid (expense allowance) A volunteer is not on the wage list Not by virtue of one’s profession No workplace. What is voluntary work?.

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Volunteers

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  1. Volunteers

  2. What is voluntary work? Every one can be a volunteer. Voluntary work means: Spend time on doing something useful without getting paid (expense allowance) A volunteer is not on the wage list Not by virtue of one’s profession No workplace

  3. What is voluntary work? Does not compete with paid work Less than 20 hours a week Voluntary work is voluntary but not without any obligations

  4. History in the Netherlands Late 1800: denominational segregation Early 1900: increase in wealth and spare time After WWII: ‘verzorgingsstaat’ an independent country 1960: denominational segregation comes to its end 1970: governmental interest in the volunteer 1990: civil society, the government gives instructions

  5. Understand the volunteer Challenge Opportunities Entrepreneurs Stimulators The volunteer-quadrant Group –social Adaptive Acceptation Personal development Volunteering is mean to learn, confirm own qualities and independance Organizers/ arrangers To serve Safety Volunteering is purpose Self-confidence

  6. Recruiting with success! How do youorganise? What do you want to achieve? Organise Goal Whatmethod do youapply? The ‘recruiting-circle’ Target Group Who do you want to reach? Activity USPs Message What do you have to offer? What do you have to say? Whatmakesyouunique?

  7. Recruiting with success! What do you want to achieve? • Goal • How many people • What work do they have to do • Abilities of volunteers • Qualities of volunteers • Time-investment • Temporary or long-term • Once / one activity • Regularly returning activity • ‘full time’ The ‘recruiting-circle’

  8. Recruiting with success! Who do you want to reach? • Target Group: what kind of person do you need as a volunteer? • Age • From where, which part of the country? • Certain specific qualities, skills or education • Also think about: man/woman, race, disabled The ‘recruiting-circle’

  9. Recruiting with success! • Unique Selling Points • What makes your organisation more attractive than others? • People • Activities • Involvement • Public Value • Costs • Actuality • Policy The ‘recruiting-circle’ Whatmakesyouunique?

  10. Recruiting with success! What do you have to offer? What do you have to say? • Message • Translate USP’s to target group • Thinklikeyour target group: • Language • Norms and values • DON’T: “We are lookingfor…” • DO: “We offer you…” • DO: “In ourorganisationyoucan...” The ‘recruiting-circle’

  11. Recruiting with success! Whatmethod do youapply? Methods The ‘recruiting-circle’

  12. Recruiting with success! How do youorganise? • Project management: planning and organisation • What – need to be done • Where – are we going to recruit? • Who – does what? • When? • How? The ‘recruiting-circle’

  13. Challenge • Use the volunteer quadrant and the recruiting circle to find volunteers to develop a VDP!

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