Volunteer Practice Training

We believe that a great volunteer experience not only benefits the volunteer but it helps them make more of a difference.

Volunteer Scotland learning and development programme.  Our programme has been designed to assist individuals and organisations with the development of volunteer participation. Through our unique learning approach, individuals and organisations explore their understanding of volunteering, its current trends and best practice.

Volunteer Practice Training

  • Online Learning

    These free courses will explore everything you need to know about involving, supporting and leading volunteers and you don’t even need to leave your desk!

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  • Volunteer Management – The Essentials

    This 3 day course, split over 6 weeks, will give you everything you need to manage volunteers.  

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  • Effective Leadership in Volunteering

    This brand new two day course explores the importance of effective leadership in volunteering and will give you the tools to implement this for your own organisation.

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  • Building Positive Staff and Volunteer Relations

    This course gives you the chance to discuss with other volunteer managers the tensions that might arise between staff and volunteer teams.

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  • Developing a Volunteer Culture

    Developing an effective volunteer culture can have real benefits for your organisation and this course helps you plot out the practical steps you need to take to create one.

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  • Developing a Volunteering Strategy

    This course will look at the purpose and benefits of developing a strategy specifically for volunteering. 

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  • Measuring the Impact of Volunteering

    This course will explore what measuring impact means, what you can measure and how to actually do it. 

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  • Supporting Volunteers

    Support goes beyond simply meeting volunteers regularly, it is about building a positive relationship with volunteers from the start and this course will help you do exactly that.

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  • In-House Training

    We can deliver any of our courses in-house or design a bespoke training package to meet your needs. 

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