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Volunteering Action Plan

The Volunteering Action Plan aims to create a Scotland where everyone can volunteer, more often, and throughout their lives. The Plan builds upon Volunteering for All: The National Framework and provides ‘actions on the ground’ achieved through co-production, learning and a spirit of reciprocity and is designed to provide actions over a 10-year period as a living plan.

Find out more at volunteeringactionplan.co.uk

Saltire Awards

The Saltire Awards are the Scottish Government's way of celebrating, recognising and rewarding the commitment, contribution and achievements of young volunteers in Scotland.
‍Young people gain nationally recognised certificates, signed by Scottish Government Ministers, for the different amounts of volunteering they do if...

You are aged between 12 and 25 years

You are ready to begin or have already started volunteering why not look for an opportunity?

Find out more at saltireawards.scot

Investing in Volunteers

Volunteer Aberdeen promotes the Investing in Volunteers Award which is the ‘industry standard’ for volunteer engagement within the UK. One of the most important issues that voluntary sector groups are currently facing is the concept of quality standards. One of the main reasons for this is that some funding bodies are now requiring organisations to show evidence that they are working within a certain quality framework, including demonstrating best practice in the management of their volunteers.The Code also lists the main elements of good practice in volunteer management, which is reflected in the 9 Indicators which make up the Investing in Volunteers Standard, which in turn are based on four areas of volunteer management: planning for volunteer involvement; recruiting volunteers; selecting and matching volunteers; and supporting and retaining volunteers

Find out more at investinginvolunteers.co.uk