Volunteer Leader Resources

These resources are designed to help strengthen your nonprofit organisation by empowering volunteers to take on leadership roles.

Growing your volunteer leader team - guide with checklist

The aim of this guide is to give existing volunteer leaders and/or volunteer managers the knowledge and confidence needed to successfully grow their volunteer leader team from within your organisation - including a handy one-page checklist! Starting with what we mean when we talk about volunteer leaders, the guide goes on to cover:

• Skills and personal qualities
• Approaching volunteers
• Events
• Shadowing
• Existing leader influence
• Barriers

Volunteer leader recruitment workflow

Use this workflow to quickly implement a clear and consistent process for recruiting volunteer leaders, based on the Volunteer Cycle. Includes a phone script and 6 ready-to-use email templates.

Volunteer leader shadowing - guide with checklist

For many volunteers, becoming a leader can feel daunting. This guide explores 3 types of shadowing to help ease the transition from volunteer to volunteer leader, along with a checklist for use during shadowing sessions to make sure nothing is forgotten!

Step-by-step guide for volunteer leaders - template

Key resources/documents, such as this step-by-step guide for leading volunteering sessions, should be available for reference during all shadowing sessions. This template has two pages: one with suggested steps, and one blank for your own use.

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