Benefits of Volunteering to the Student
A survey by the national volunteering charity, TimeBank, of 2000 of the UK's leading businesses found that:
* 73% of employers would employ candidates with volunteering experience over one who doesn't.
*94% of employers believe that volunteering can add to skills.
* 94% of employees who volunteered to learn new skills had benefited either by getting their first job, improving their salary, or being promoted.
Benefits of Volunteering to the Organisation
The Institute for Volunteering Research found that 'the economic Value of formal Volunteering has been calculated to be in the region of £40 billion per year' and that 'for every £1 volunteer involving organisation spend supporting volunteering they can expect a notional payback of up to 14 times that '
With the Community Volunteers Service organisations won't have to worry about financially supporting candidates as our HEAFC fund provides financial support to all candidates and can also fund any training requirements that an organisation may have for potential volunteers.
Volunteers Opportunities Statement
As a volunteer you can:
■ Receive training and support
■ Take on leadership roles
■ Claim expenses for training and travel
■ Receive rewards and recognition for all levels of involvement, in the form of a certificate and other rewards for carrying out increasing numbers of hours
■ Opportunities to network and meet other volunteers
■ Attend seminars and other meetings, with guest speakers from local and national voluntary organisations
■ develop a personal volunteering portfolio, with guidance and support from your project organisers
■ Evaluate and review projects
■ Continually receive support and guidance from the project co-ordination team
Community Volunteer's Charter
■ Every volunteer has the right to get voluntary placement through the University of Lincoln Community
■ Volunteering Project
■ Every volunteer has the right to enjoy their volunteering
■ Every volunteer has the right to stop volunteering when they wish
■ Every volunteer has the right to have information about themselves handled and stored appropriately and sensitively
■ Every volunteer has the right to be treated equally and not discriminated against in accordance with University of
■ Lincoln's Equal Opportunities Policy
■ Every volunteer has the right to have their contribution valued
■ Every volunteer has the right to receive training and ongoing support that is appropriate and effective
■ Volunteers have the right to be fuly informed about their own volunteering and know exactly what they are being asked to do
■ Every volunteer has the right to be paid out of pocket expenses
■ Every volunteer has the right to feel safe and secure in their volunteering
■ Every volunteer has the right not to be used to replace paid staff
■ Every volunteer has the right to feel part of Community volunteers as a whole
■ Community volunteers will work to increase the number of its members that are volunteering actively
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