Maximising the value of volunteering Sue Finnigan APSE Associate - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Maximising the value of volunteering

Sue Finnigan APSE Associate

www.apse.org.uk

Maximising the value of volunteering

What is volunteering?

“…an activity that involves spending time, unpaid, doing something that aims to benefit the environment or individuals or groups other than (or in addition to) close relatives”

Volunteering England

www.apse.org.uk

Maximising the value of volunteering

Organisation Preparation for volunteers

• Identify clear roles and tasks
• Do we have Corporate policies and procedures in place?
• Who will do it? (HR? Front line service? Sports Clubs?)

How do we recruit?

• Who do we want to recruit?
• Where will we find them?
• How do we communicate with them?
• What do we do to motivate people to apply?
• When should we recruit

www.apse.org.uk

Maximising the value of volunteering

Make opportunities easy to find

Digital Make it appropriate to demographics and activity and easy to access Adverts

• Snappy and interesting
• Short words that get noticed
• Images
• Details of the organisation and location
• Make it sound interesting and explain skills needed

Events

• Community involvement
• Be imaginative, keep it relaxed, welcoming and fun

www.apse.org.uk

Maximising the value of volunteering

Retention

• Understand what is the volunteer’s motivation?
• Recognition and reward
• Explain the impact of their actions
• Induction and ongoing training
• Volunteer agreement/policy
• Support and supervision/ motivation
• Have paid staff who are committed to volunteers
• HAVE FUN!!!!

www.apse.org.uk

Maximising the value of volunteering

www.joininuk.org

GIVERS

• Growth and wellbeing
• Impact
• Voice
• Experience
• Recognition
• Social

Maximising the value of volunteering

National Strategies supporting volunteering in sport

• Sporting Future – Govt strategy 2015
• Towards an Active Nation – Sport England 2016 - 2021
• Volunteering in an Active Nation – Sport England 2017 - 2021

‘A volunteer’s experience can fulfil all the government’s outcomes for sport: physical and mental wellbeing, individual development, social and community development, and economic development’ Volunteering in an Active Nation 2017

Maximising the value of volunteering Active Lives Survey Sport England

6.7 million people (16+) volunteer regularly in sport

Maximising the value of volunteering

London 2012 – 70,000 volunteers London 2012 Paralympics – 30,000 Commonwealth Games Glasgow – 50,000 Tour De France 2014 – 12,000 Rugby World Cup 2015 - 6,000 World Police and Fire Games 2013 – 3,500 The Special Olympics Ireland 2018 - 2,500 expected

Maximising the value of volunteering

Roles

• Coaching or instructor
• Referee, umpire or official
• Admin or committee role
• Steward or marshal
• Event support
• Provided other help such as refreshments etc.
• Providing Transport
• Walking guides
• Gym buddies etc. etc.

Maximising the value of volunteering

www.apse.org.uk

Maximising the value of volunteering

www.apse.org.uk

Maximising the value of volunteering

Volunteer Value – Resourse calculations

• 1. Number of volunteers x average number of hours x

average hourly wage

• 2. VIVA – Volunteer investment and Value Audit
• 3. Volunteer Impact Assessment toolkit – provides total

volunteer value toolkit www.ncvo.co.uk

Maximising the value of volunteering

Volunteer value - Financial

• Total number of volunteer hours given to the organisation in a

year

• Full Time Equivalent of the total volunteer hours
• Full Activity profile
• Per Capita hours value and expenditure for an average volunteer
• A detailed budget breakdown

Maximising the value of volunteering

Maximising the value of volunteering

Join In’s Mission:

To put more volunteers in community sport and work with public and private sector partners to recruit and retain 100,000 volunteers each year.

Maximising the value of volunteering

Join In’s Research – Hidden Diamonds

• Undertaken in 2012 in order to understand the true value

created by volunteers in sport i.e. Activity, wellbeing, trust and community.

• Volunteers are seen as ‘Investors’ – people who invest

time, skills and energy both for their own benefit and for the wider community

Maximising the value of volunteering

Join In

• 1. The economic value of the time given by the volunteer
• 2. The value of the personal wellbeing, mental and physical

benefits to the volunteer

• 3. The participation capacity and benefits that every

volunteer enables

www.joininuk.org

Maximising the value of volunteering

Old Economics

Per Volunteer Per annum Cost savings £ 484

New Economics

Volunteers Increase in general wellbeing for volunteers £ 2,537 Increase in wellbeing from improved mental health £ 331 Reduction in NHS costs as a result of volunteering £ 106 Total Value arising direct from volunteers £ 2,974 Participants Increase in general wellbeing £ 9,580 Increase in wellbeing from improved mental health £ 2,109 Reduction in NHS costs £ 885 Total value arising from sports participation enabled by volunteering £ 12,574 TOTAL VALUE £ 16,032

Maximising the value of volunteering

Sue Finnigan APSE Associate

suef@rockfr.co.uk 07976126502

www.apse.org.uk