New toolkit on risk management & volunteers
23:12, 21 December 2006
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Volunteering England has launched a new toolkit on risk management for agencies working with volunteers. Although focused on England, the toolkit provides information that is relevant to other countries as well. The Toolkit explains the risks associated with volunteers and proposing how to deal with them. The toolkit emphasises that ‘risk’ is not inherently bad and that risk-taking is an essential part of volunteering. It is a resource for any organisation that involves volunteers – whether in the voluntary, statutory or private sector – and aims to simplify risk management for organisations just getting to grips with risk. It offers
- Information: the main risks, legal liabilities, insurance.
- Advice and guidance: setting up and implementing systems.
- Methods and templates: techniques, tools and forms.
- Case studies: examples of organisations’ good practice.
- Further sources: places to find out more.
