Working in the voluntary sector
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Contents

  • Introduction and guidance
    • What is a badged course?
    • How to get a badge
  • Introduction
  • 1 Jobs, tasks and roles
    • 1.1 What’s in a role?
    • 1.2 Formal and informal roles
  • 2 Influences on role
    • 2.1 Influences on task and role
    • 2.2 Organisation and role
    • 2.3 Person and role
    • 2.4 Reviewing expectations
  • 3 Roles and functions of voluntary organisations
    • 3.1 Purpose of a voluntary organisation
  • 4 Influences on voluntary organisations
  • 5 This week’s quiz
  • 6 Summary
  • Introduction
  • 1 Why do voluntary organisations need volunteers?
  • 2 Recruiting volunteers
    • 2.1 Methods of recruiting volunteers
    • 2.2 Volunteer role descriptions
    • 2.3 Meeting/interviewing volunteers
  • 3 Induction and training
  • 4 Retaining and motivating volunteers
    • 4.1 Skills and tasks
    • 4.2 Motivation
    • 4.3 The psychological contract
  • 5 This week’s quiz
  • 6 Summary
  • Introduction
  • 1 What is marketing?
  • 2 Understanding communication
    • 2.1 The communication process
  • 3 What do you want to say?
  • 4 Keeping your audience in mind
  • 5 Getting your audience’s attention and interest
  • 6 Persuading people to take action
    • 6.1 Style and image
  • 7 This week’s quiz
  • 8 Summary
  • Introduction
  • 1 Finance, rules and regulations
    • 1.1 The role of trustees in financial management
    • 1.2 Financial statements
  • 2 Sources of income
  • 3 What is a budget?
    • 3.1 What are budgets used for?
    • 3.2 Different types of budget
  • 4 Interpreting budgets
    • 4.1 Expenditure and costs
  • 5 Balancing the budget
  • 6 This week’s quiz
  • 7 Summary
  • Introduction
  • 1 What is fundraising?
  • 2 Asking individuals for money
    • 2.1 How to ask donors for money
    • 2.2 Feeling confident to ask
    • 2.3 Developing your ability to ask
      • The process approach
    • 2.4 The contribution multiplier
  • 3 Asking other organisations for money
    • 3.1 The role of planning in obtaining resources
  • 4 Challenges of fundraising
  • 5 Skills needed for fundraising
    • 5.1 Learning from the fundraising process
  • 6 This week’s quiz
  • 7 Summary
  • Introduction
  • 1 Meetings: good and bad
    • 1.1 Why have meetings?
  • 2 Types of meeting
  • 3 Planning a meeting
  • 4 Chairing meetings
  • 5 Taking part
  • 6 Recording and following up meetings
  • 7 This week’s quiz
  • 8 Summary
  • Introduction
  • 1 What is a team?
    • 1.1 What makes a team effective?
  • 2 Team roles
  • 3 Building a team
    • 3.1 Stages of team development
    • 3.2 Team conflict
  • 4 Working in partnership
    • 4.1 Why do organisations work in partnership?
    • 4.2 Barriers to partnership working
  • 5 This week’s quiz
  • 6 Summary
  • Introduction
  • 1 What is stress?
    • 1.1 Causes of stress
    • 1.2 Causes of stress in the voluntary sector
  • 2 Coping with stress
  • 3 What is conflict?
    • 3.1 What does conflict look like?
    • 3.2 Causes of conflict
      • Multi-layered conflict
  • 4 Coping with conflict
    • 4.1 Active listening
    • 4.2 Assertive communication
    • 4.3 Negotiation
  • 5 Understanding conflict constructively
  • 6 This week’s quiz
  • 7 Summary
  • Tell us what you think
  • Where next?
  • References
  • Further Reading
  • Acknowledgements

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