your living landscape. your living seas. head office: kent wildlife trust, tyland barn, sandling,...
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Your living landscape. Your living seas.
Head Office: Kent Wildlife Trust, Tyland Barn, Sandling, Maidstone, Kent ME14 3BDTel: 01622 662012 Fax: 01622 671390 [email protected] www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk
Registered UK Charity No. 239992 A company limited by guarantee No. 633098 VAT Registration No. 974842378
Top Ten Tips
1. Never forget your volunteer has a choice
2. Don’t make assumptions
3. Have a contingency plan
4. Be prepared for last minute changes
5. Loyalty to your organisation must be earned
6. Passion for your organisation comes much later
7. Volunteers need to be asked8. Don’t ask a volunteer to do something you
wouldn’t do yourself
9. Thank your volunteers for helping and remind them what has been achieved in their volunteering session.
10. Give them an idea of what the next job entails and how this contributes to the bigger picture
11. No sooner can someone who has volunteered, un-volunteer as quick as a flash