Volunteering resources

A range of resources have been made available by the NHS volunteering organisation Helpforce from their Network, which may be of use in your work with volunteers.

We are pleased to share these, covering the following areas:

New volunteer based services

• Telephone befriending service

Volunteer communications

• Keeping in touch with volunteers – Newsletter example from Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust
• How to keep in touch with volunteers during COVID-19 crisis

Volunteer management

• Post shift response survey – developed by the volunteering team at West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust
• How to have courageous conversations with volunteers – webinar recording

Recovery planning 

• Recovery Plannning – by Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
• Recovery framework for volunteers – from NHS England and NHS Improvement
• Re-opening shared place – by Management Health Consultancy PPL

Risk assessment

• COVID 19 Volunteer risk assessment – by Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Returning Volunteers Wellbeing Risk Assessment – by South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Volunteer self-assessment form – by Guy’s and St Thomas’s NHS Foundation Trust
• Volunteer Health Checklist for COVID – by Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust