Volunteering

Volunteer Agreement: a template to adapt for your organisation/group

A Volunteer Agreement template to adapt for your organisation/group.

There's also a Volunteer Induction overview designed to be used with this Volunteer Agreement and a template Volunteer Role Description.

Coronavirus volunteers: what should be in a volunteer induction

An overview of what should be included in a volunteer induction to adapt for your organisation or group.

There's also a template Volunteer Agreement and Volunteer Role Description for adpating to your group's specific roles.

Supporting vulnerable people in your community during Coronavirus

An overview for volunteers and organisations supporting vulnerable people during Coronavirus.

Safeguarding your volunteers during Covid-19

An overview of safeguarding for volunteers in the context of community responses to Coronavirus.

Guidance on data protection and coronavirus

Data protection issues might not be your first concern when your organisation is responding to coronavirus, but you should take some time to consider them.

You probably know all about GDPR, which came into force in 2018, and we discuss some GDPR issues in the attachment below.

There are lots of recommendations in the guidance to get you thinking about your organisation's data protection, with links to useful information sources.

Age UK telephone befriending handbook

Being a Telephone Befriending Volunteer

Age UK Bristol's handbook for telephone befriending - updated to include advice about befriending in the context of Coronavirus.

A message from Voscur: Bristol's response to COVID-19

23 March, 2020

Like other cities, Bristol is experiencing an incredibly fast rise in the number of grass-roots groups emerging in response to the pandemic and its consequences. We’d like to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone in all communities across Bristol for this amazing response.

Bristol Civil Justice Centre Open Day: Meet the Magistrates

Come and meet the magristrates at Bristol Civil Justice Centre's open day, and find out about becoming a Family Court magistrate to help local children.

There are currently vacancies for magistrates across Avon, Somerset and Gloucestershire. Magistrates are volunteers who serve the community either in a family court setting or a criminal court setting. You do not need formal qualifications or legal training to become a magistrate, but you will be trained in the role.

Date/Time:

Monday, 23 March, 2020 - 16:00 to 18:00

Volunteers and the Law

This short briefing will contain the basic information required to ensure that you are operating within the law, as well as a chance to share experience with others.

What is this course about?

To improve participants’ knowledge of legal issues and volunteering.

Here are some testimonials from people who have already taken the course:

Date/Time:

Tuesday, 25 February, 2020 - 10:00 to 13:00

The Year of Can Do 2020: Inspiring community kindness in Bristol

11 December, 2019

Bristol City Council and a range of organisations from the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector have teamed up to make 2020 the Year of Can Do - a year-long programme inspiring community involvement and acts of kindness across the city.

Knowle West Media Centre, Link Age, Up Our Street and Voscur are amongst the organisations involved in shaping the Year of Can Do.

Activities will be organised and promoted through the Can Do Bristol online platform.

The programme will include: