Setting up a youth volunteering offer

A guide to starting a youth volunteering offer from scratch, either during the Summer Reading Challenge or year-round. This pack will be useful to libraries that want to start working with young volunteers in a sustainable way.

This pack covers the benefits of volunteering, types of volunteering, how to communicate changes to staff and child protection issues.

Also included:

  • a timeline for summer volunteering preparation,
  • a volunteer policy checklist,
  • risk assessment template

Download our guides to volunteer recruitment and training for next steps and more information.

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