It is important to plan ahead when involving volunteers and sometimes you may need to target volunteers from a certain community or area.

You also need to consider how you are going to hang onto your volunteers once you’ve got them!

The purpose of the workshop is to cover:

• key things you need to look at before recruiting volunteers
• where you can look for volunteers
• how to recruit volunteers from particular community groups eg disabled, young people
• what is important about the interview process, who does it and the skills you need
• hints and tips on how to hang onto your volunteers once you’ve found them