People

Community First Yorkshire Resource Sheets

• Employing a Worker

Volunteer Information Sheets

• Becoming a Volunteer Ready Organisation
• Creating a Friendly Volunteer Environment
• Volunteers and Employment Law
• Writing a Volunteer Policy
• Sample Volunteering Policy 1
• Sample Volunteering Policy 2
• Vounteer Role Descriptions
• Diversifying Your Volunteer Base
• Finding Your Volunteers
• Recruiting Volunteers
• Volunteer Agreements Final
• Support and Supervision
• What to do if things go wrong
• Involving Young People as volunteers
• Sample Consent Form for a Young Person aged under 18

Volunteering

• OpenLearn, Introducing the voluntary sector
• Innovations in Dementia, guide for volunteers supporting a person with dementia
• NCVO, Advice on involving and managing volunteers during the coronavirus outbreak
• Institute for Volunteering Research (IVR), reports, data & statistics 
• UK Civil Society ALMANAC 2019 – data, trends, insights
• NCVO, Good practice in volunteer management 
• NCVO, Get the perfect volunteer -creating volunteer roles 

Wellbeing

• Samaritans, resources about your mental health Mental Health & Wellbeing during the coronavirus outbreak
• The King’s Fund, Mental health & Wellbeing resources to help those working across health & care.
• Relationship Matters, website that helps families facing distress on relationships during lockdown.
• York & North Yorkshire Growth Hub, Mental Health & Wellbeing Toolkit
• Our Frontline, Mental health and wellbeing resources 
• Zero Suicide Alliance, e-training
• Health Education England, Suicide Prevention e-learning
• Charity Digital, Embracing Diversity in the Workplace with Technology
• ALSS, Dimentia Awareness, Mental Health Awareness, Equality and Diversity, Adults with Learning Difficulties, team building, confidence, social care, autism
• IDAS, Domestic Abuse Awareness Training
• CharityComms, A wellbeing guide for comms professionals

Training from other providers

• The Skills Network offers a range of over 35 free, fully funded courses in subjects including healthcare, childcare, health and well-being, business, mental health, personal development and more.
• We Find Any Learner, free distance learning courses to upskill your workforce, improve or develop new skills.
• Department for Education, The Skills Toolkit, free digital and numeracy courses to help you build up your skills
• British Red Cross, Training for coronavirus volunteers 
• The Open University, Improving health and wellbeing
• The Open University, Young people’s wellbeing
• Voluntary Action Sheffield, Level 3 Award in Volunteer Management – Distance Learning Qualification
• Voluntary Action Sheffield, Level 4 Certificate in Volunteer Management – Distance Learning Qualification
• ALSS, dementia awareness, mental health awareness,  autism awareness, equality & diversity, learning disabilities, team working, effective communication, motivation, confidence building
• Tyro Training, communication skills, appraisals, developing a team, time management, managing performance, managing stress in the workplace, managing volunteers, autism awareness, dementia awareness, equality & diversity, adult safeguarding
• Directory of Social Change, online training on personal development 

Other

• Citizens Online resources to help you stay in touch with family, friends or colleagues during the coronavirus outbreak
• Covid-19 BAME Resource Hub
• Happy City, Happiness Pulse 
• Lloyds Bank Foundation, Personal Development Planning
• Prince’s Countryside Fund, The Village survival guide 

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