Training
All our training is face-to-face. We don’t offer virtual training opportunities.
We offer two types of training:
Cost: £40pp (discounts available for multiple bookings)
To book: Email volunteer@volunteeringbradford.org to request a booking form.
Training Courses
- Support & supervision
- Volunteers & the law
- Developing a Volunteer Programme
- Dealing with difficult situations
- Involving volunteers with support needs
- Recruitment and selection
- Turn your organisation into a volunteer magnet
- Recruiting young volunteers
- Diversifying your volunteer base
- Safeguarding Adults – basic awareness (further details at bottom of page)
- Safeguarding Children & Young People – Basic Awareness
This training can be delivered at evenings/weekends or during the working week at a venue convenient to you.
Please contact steve@volunteeringbradford.org for details.
Booking enquiries: info@volunteeringbradford.org
In addition to the above training we also offer:
‘Basic Awareness – Safeguarding Adults’
This is a 3 hour course for anyone who works or volunteers with a service that supports ‘adults at risk’. This training can be delivered at evenings/weekends or during the working week at a venue convenient to you.
Please contact steve@volunteeringbradford.org for details.
Inclusive Volunteering Training
This is an ‘in-house’ training option, designed for those within an organisation who are responsible for the volunteer management function, with a remit to develop the diversity of volunteers that support the work of their organisation.
They will be looking to engage their community more fully in their activities, with a particular focus on ‘hard-to-reach groups’.
The programme aims to:
Develop the ability and confidence of participants to engage with hard-to-reach volunteers, and to develop participant’s knowledge of the specific needs of the various groups.
For whom it is suitable
All those looking to engage hard-to-reach groups within their community more fully in their activities, and who wish to develop good practice.
List of Topics
- Engaging and supporting disabled volunteers
- Supporting volunteers with mental health needs
- Engaging ex-offenders as volunteers
- Engaging homeless people as volunteers
- Engaging young people as volunteers
- Managing risks that inclusive volunteering bring
- Equalities and volunteering
Delivery and duration
Discussions and workshops led by tutors supported by ‘expert’ guest speakers, incorporating case studies, group and individual exercises.
All courses are 1-day workshops that involve discussion-based activities, tailored to the delegates own situation.
Please email info@volunteeringbradford.org for full details of courses and cost.
