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Building connections and managing enquiries

Take a look at the info below that follows up from your Volunteer Recruitment Webinar: Building Connections and Managing Enquiries

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The Recruitment Cycle

Volunteer recruitment should be an ongoing process, with no start or end point.

Our Volunteer Recruitment Webinars cover the six steps of the Recruitment Cycle to help you prepare, find, welcome and support new adults as they begin their volunteer journey.

In session 2, we covered 'Building connections' and 'Make the ask and manage the reply'.

Learn more about the Recruitment Cycle

Recruitment Planning

Once you've decided on who you want to recruit, what method you want to use and how to recruit them, having it written in a plan helps create a timeline and makes it clear who is doing what.
This is exactly what a recruitment plan is, a written down working document that changes and adapts with each input and action taken by your volunteer team.   
  

What's around you?

If you're recruiting into an exiting Group or section, start with those already involved.
You can:

Connect with your community

Whether the Group is new or old, look at your community to find new volunteers.

  • Look for businesses might give a charity discount 
  • Create a community map to see if your Group is representative of the area 
  • Use your map to engage with new communities 
  • Spread the word on social media in community groups 
  • Contact your local schools and send them a flyer to distribute 
  • Complete a community impact project to help the community 
  • Reach out to former young people and volunteers that are still local

Let's get prepared

You need to be ready to deal with volunteering enquiries, so to prepare, you can:

  • Find someone, or a team, to respond to enquiries
  • Work out the process they’ll follow 
  • Let the rest of the team know what’s happening 
  • Check your details are correct everywhere: 
    • Social Media
    • Your website
    • Existing flyers and posters
  • Find out who will receive notifications from the Volunteering Opportunities Tool
  • How is the yes, no or maybe going to be managed

Next steps

Make a great impression and put them at ease about volunteering.