Volunteers. What is voluntary work? Every one can be a volunteer. Voluntary work means: -Spend time on doing something useful without getting paid (expense

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 volunteerThe volunteer-quadrant

ChallengeOpportunities

SafetyVolunteering is purpose

Self-confidence

Group –social

AdaptiveAcceptation

Personal development

Volunteering is mean to learn, confirm own

qualities and independance

Entrepreneurs Stimulators

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Organizers/

arrangers

Recruiting with success!The ‘recruiting-circle’

Goal

Target Group

USPsMessage

Activity

Organise

What do you want to achieve?

Who do you want to reach?

What makes you unique?What do you have to offer?What do you have to say?

What method do you apply?

How do you organise?


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’


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?


Unique Selling Points

•What makes your organisation more attractive than others?

•People•Activities•Involvement•Public Value•Costs •Actuality•Policy

What makes you unique?


Message

•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...”

What do you have to offer?What do you have to say?


Methods

What method do you apply?

Target group… Mean Suitable for

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


Project management: planning and organisation

•What – need to be done•Where – are we going to recruit?•Who – does what?•When?•How?

How do you organise?

Challenge

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

Documents

Volunteers. What is voluntary work? Every one can be a volunteer. Voluntary work means: -Spend time on doing something useful without getting paid (expense