Volunteers What is voluntary work Every one can

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

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

Understand the volunteer The volunteer-quadrant Challenge Opportunities St im rs u e ren p e ntr Personal development Volunteering is mean to learn, confirm own qualities and independance ul a to E Or ar gan ra ize ng rs er / s To se ve r Safety Volunteering is purpose Self-confidence rs Group – social Adaptive Acceptation

Recruiting with success! The ‘recruiting-circle’ How do you organise? What do you want to achieve? Organise What method do you apply? Activity Message What do you have to offer? What do you have to say? Goal Target Group Who do you want to reach? USPs What makes you unique?

Recruiting with success! The ‘recruiting-circle’ 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’

Recruiting with success! The ‘recruiting-circle’ 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 Who do you want to reach?

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

Recruiting with success! The ‘recruiting-circle’ Message What do you have to offer? What do you have to say? • Translate USP’s to target group • Think like your target group: • Language • Norms and values • DON’T: “We are looking for…” • DO: “We offer you…” • DO: “In our organisation you can. . . ”

Recruiting with success! The ‘recruiting-circle’ What method do you apply? Methods Target group… Mean Reads… Advertisement Listens to… Interview Is active in/at… Presentation Is member of… Poster/Flyer Is interested in… Workshop Visits … a lot Presentation/poster/flyer Suitable for

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

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