Volunteer Centres in Lincolnshire exist to facilitate and provide support at a local level for individual volunteers and volunteer involving organisations.
Our impact
Our impact Awards Lincolnshire’s Volunteer Centres are nationally accredited through the Volunteer Centre Quality Award (VCQA). The Volunteer Centre Quality Accreditation (VCQA) measures a Volunteer Centre’s ability to deliver its services to a high standard and create a local environment in
Involving Volunteers Good Practice Guide
The Involving Volunteers: Good Practice Guide is a series of introductory information sheets designed to help organisations find and manage volunteers more effectively. This guide is for anyone who finds themselves with responsibility for volunteers, but particularly if managing volunteers is not
Really Useful Stuff Handbook
Really Useful Stuff (RUS) Handbook is a great resource that covers a whole range of community development issues including resources, running your group, equality and diversity; to help you face the challenges and issues involved in running your organisations and
Organisation tools and templates
A number of tools and templates are available which you can adopt into your own organisations: Health and Safety Risk Assessment Template Volunteer Involvement Charities and groups should have effective policies in place to ensure their group is: 1) Compliant
Policies and Procedures
Need help creating policies or procedures for your community organisation? Ask our staff about templates, sample policies and good practice information – we can help you find what you need. You can check out some of our policy templates via
Setting up a new community group or charity
If you’ve got an idea but aren’t sure how to get started, we offer information, advice and resources for anyone thinking of setting up a new community organisation or project. Common queries include: Do we need to register as a
Trustees and managing charities
Find out more about the role of trustees and good practice advice from the Charity Governance Code. Looking for trustees? Find out more here.
Free online training
Our Volunteer Centres run a regular training programme for staff and volunteers in the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector, on a wide range of topics. To complement this we are also able to offer a package of free online
Local training courses
Courses tailored to the Voluntary Sector View our upcoming courses here. Volunteer management An introduction to Volunteer Management People power! Recruiting volunteers for your organisation Recruiting and retaining volunteers Supporting and Supervising Volunteers Making volunteering accessible to all Funding Getting