London’s Volunteer Management Charter
How can you sign up?
- Download and fill in the charter sign-up form. Important - whoever signs should be authorised to do so on behalf of your organisation; this may mean consulting your Chair, for example.
- Send it back to us via email or post.
What happens next?
- We will send you a copy of the Charter signed on behalf of Greater London Volunteering.
- You will be listed on our website as an organisation working towards becoming an expert in volunteering.
- You will be offered one to one support on volunteer management.
The Charter has been developed by Greater London Volunteering (GLV) in close collaboration with London’s 32 Volunteer Centres. It is a clear statement of the key volunteer management areas that contribute to excellent volunteering experiences, and provides assurance for volunteers looking to get involved in one of the thousands of groups that work at the grass roots of London’s communities.
While the Charter is an aspirational statement, organisations signing up will have access to support in order to achieve the Charter points in their work with volunteers.
GLV’s Experts in Volunteering team will work in partnership with the Greater London Volunteer Centre network to encourage volunteer involving organisations to sign up to the Charter and take advantage of the support offered by the team.
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The Charter has been endorsed by the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson:
"I welcome the London Volunteer Management Charter as an exciting initiative that will continue to improve volunteering experiences in our capital. Every hour donated by volunteers helps make London a more civilised and pleasant place in which to work, visit and live. Earlier this year we launched our volunteering website where there is an abundance of volunteering opportunities. I would urge more people to get out there and give it a go."
Sean Cobley, Chair, Association of Volunteer Managers on charter:
“The Association of Volunteer Managers really welcome initiatives such as GLV's Charter of Good Practice which promote good volunteer management, and help to highlight that volunteer involvement needs to be planned and resourced properly.”