Recruiting Volunteers

Compared to other national charities, over 13, 000 volunteers is an extraordinary achievement, but within RDA we all know it’s not enough.

Among Groups finding and recruiting volunteers is a constant challenge.

Welcoming Volunteers

Making sure new volunteers feel welcome is important.  Volunteers who receive a warm welcome are more likely to stay and make a valuable contribution to RDA in the future.

Volunteer Engagement

Volunteer engagement is about ensuring everyone is happy and motivated in their volunteering role.  Through regular communication Volunteers will feel valued and have the opportunity to provide feedback and let you know how they are feeling.

To find out more on Volunteer engagement – please see our dedicated page for more information and ideas

Co-ordinating Volunteers

Chris Collin from Three Rings along with Debbie and Jane from Cotswold joined Faye Mckenning from RDA National Office to talk about how they use Three Rings for their Group and ways you could use it to support your Group and its volunteers.

To view the video either click here or head to MyRDA’s YouTube channel.

Recognising Volunteers

Many volunteers put in a great deal of time and effort to make RDA possible and it’s important to say thank you. There are many ways to recognise and reward the achievement of volunteers, both within your Group and at a national level.

Please see our dedicated page on Reward and Recognition for more information

Event Planning

We have brought together some great resources to help publicise your events and recruit volunteers.  Please take a look at the following page for more information and downloads – Event planning.

Supporting Volunteers