Volunteers and the Law Training
Herefordshire Volunteer Centre is delighted to welcome the renowned voluntary sector trainer and consultant Sandy ADIRONDACK for two one day courses covering aspects of volunteers and the law.
VOLUNTEERS AND THE LAW: PAYMENTS AND PERKS
Tuesday 9th October 2007
WRVS Riverside Centre
10am—4.15pm (Registration from 9.45am)
This introductory/intermediate level workshop is intended for managers, volunteer coordinators, trustees/management committee members and others in voluntary organisations with responsibility for managing volunteers
Reimbursement, remuneration, and other payments
‘Perks’ and other benefits provided to volunteers
Volunteers in specific situations: Governing body members, volunteers on state benefits, asylum seekers
Tax and national insurance on payments and perks
When volunteers could be employees or ‘workers’, and the rights they would have
Rights of volunteers who are not employees or ‘workers’
Volunteer agreements
VOLUNTEERS AND THE LAW:
SAFETY AND SECURITY
Wednesday 10 October 2007
WRVS Riverside Centre
10am—4.15pm (Registration from 9.45am)
It will provide an overview of Risk assessment and management and then, depending on the concerns of participants, will cover some or all of the following:
Security of information: Data protection, confidentiality, volunteers’ intellectual property rights
Security of money: Volunteers handling money, volunteers involved with fundraising
Volunteers’ safety and security: Health and safety, young volunteers, volunteers with special needs, insurances
Protecting clients/service users, the public and the organisation: Volunteers working with children and vulnerable adults, criminal record checks and other checks, insurances
Volunteer drivers
This is an excellent opportunity to learn from an expert in the field in a local venue!
Sandy ADIRONDACK is co-author of The Voluntary Sector Legal Handbook and author of Just About Managing? Effective management for voluntary organisations and community groups and has written, edited or contributed to many other books on voluntary sector governance, law and management. Our Community Development worker Amelia Hughes has described her as “My guru”.
FOR ONE DAY £30
FOR TWO DAYS £50
Lunch and refreshments included
Attendance limited to one person per organisation
For a booking form or for more details please contact Clare O’Grady on 01432 343 932 or outreach@herefordshireva.org
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