More and more organisations are dependent on volunteers, and managing and getting the best out of those volunteers is a skill that is essential. As part of the Good Practice project we are running the following workshops on the Kingston Voluntary Action's Autumn 2011 Training Programme.

Workshops are aimed at anyone who recruits, manages or supervises volunteers.

Effective interviewing and inducting volunteers
Wed 12 October 10.00-1.00
Richard Mayo Centre, United Reformed Church, Kingston
Price - £20

Good interview skills are essential to performing the crucial volunteer management task of matching potential volunteers to the right role. Once you have recruited them you need to give them a good start. The induction is the most important training you offer your volunteers.

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Recruitment and Induction of Trustees
Tue 18 October 6.00-9.00pm
Siddeley House, 50 Canbury Park Road, Kingston
Price-£20
This workshop is for Trustees/Management Committee members mainly, but managers and other staff welcome. Please forward details to your trustees.
Good quality trustees are like gold dust, and attracting them to your committee is not an easy job. This workshop will help you consider if you ready for new trustees, where to advertise & planning induction.

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“How to say ‘NO’ to a volunteer” managing conflict & problems
Wed 16 November 10.00-4.00
Richard Mayo Centre, United Reformed Church, Kingston
Price - £40

Have you ever said ‘yes’ to a volunteer when you really should have said ‘No’?

This workshop will look at how to get it right at the start to minimise potential problems. We will look at real volunteer problems and how to approach them, finding the most appropriate solution, and when the time is right to move them on

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Volunteers and the Law – Staying Legal
Wed 7 December 10.00-1.00
Richard Mayo Centre, United Reformed Church, Kingston
Price - £20

It is always advisable to stay the right side of the law and it is important to think through carefully what the legal position is on much of what you do as a volunteer manager.

This workshop will look at how your organisation can keep its relationship with its volunteers legal. As well as discussing legal issues, we will look at cases that volunteers have pursued through the courts.

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Pat Stanley
Good Practice Advisor
Kingston Volunteer Centre