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Here are some great examples of best practice. For further examples please check out Volunteering England's Good Practice Bank.
Also check out Volunteer Centre Brighton and Hoves' Volunteering Good Practice Guide. Some of their articles can be seen below.
READ explains the difference between a successful and unsuccessful placement.
National Volunteering Database
Julia Collar from vinvolved Hertfordshire, and Heather Allen, chair of Volunteer Centres Hertfordshire tell us about their experience of working together.
Volunteer Centre: Tower Hamlets
Rebecca Tully is a project worker at the volunteer centre. She explains how she recruited and placed a volunteer who applied through Do-it.
Here's Envision's story about recruiting and placing a volunteer that applied through Do-it.
V-Base at Ealing Volunteer Centre
Ealing Volunteer Centre explain how they are using V-Base to meet their tough targets.
Natalie Holmes, 21, is in her final year of an English degree at the University of Sussex. Two days a week she volunteers as a project administrator for Moving Voices, a part of South East Dance.
By working together, sharing information, good practice and resources, Volunteering Bradford and v-involved Bradford provide a successful voluntary service across the county.
Voluntary Action Leeds and vinvolved Leeds talk about how they work together.
Volunteer Centre Brighton and Hove explain why a volunteer induction is important and the best way to do it.
Volunteer Centre Brighton and Hove give some top tips on how on holding interviews with volunteers.
Removing barriers to volunteering
Volunteer Centre Brighton and Hove explain why it is important to consider where your organisation may (perhaps unwittingly) be creating barrier to some people getting involved.
Successfully recruiting volunteers
Brighton and Hove Volunteer Centre explain some of the key steps to take when recruiting volunteers.
Greater London Volunteering: using Do-it's tips for writing opportunities
Lianna from Greater London Volunteering (GLV) was looking for a volunteer to help run its events calendar. Heres how she used the Do-it guide to writing opportunities to find the right person.
Beverley Harris: joining the Members' Advisory Panel
Beverley Harris joined the newly created online Members Advisory Panel in February. Here she explains her reasons for joining and how shes found the experience so far.
Volunteer Centre and university collaboration example
By working together and sharing information Volunteer Centre Greenwich and the University of Greenwich have built a successful relationship.
Colchester Volunteer Centre and Writing Good Copy training
Tania at Volunteer Centre Colchester explains how taking advantage of Do-it's free Writing Good Copy workshop and providing a service to their organisations is really paying dividends.
The LGBT Consortium find using V-Base helpful
Charlie, the Volunteer Co-ordinator at the LGBT Consortium explains how V-Base has been helpful with managing their volunteers.
Voluntary Action Islington using volunteers
Nelson started volunteering with Voluntary Action Islington in February 2010. Here Bridget, the Volunteer Centre manager, explains how helpful he has been. Nelson also says why he likes volunteering at the centre so much.
