Volunteers in museums

VOL 1* VOLUNTEERS IN MUSEUM AND HERITAGE ORGANISATIONS (Office of Arts and Libraries, 1991)
Examines the involvement of volunteers in museums, providing practical help and advice on policy planning, recruitment, induction and training, employment law, and how to involve volunteers creatively and effectively.

VOL 2* MUSEUM PROJECTS / K. TANNER (Area Museum Council for the South West, 1988)
A handbook for volunteers, work experience and temporary staff, covering documentation, display, and education work.

VOL 3+ THE ROLE OF TRUSTEES IN INDEPENDENT MUSEUMS / (Association of Independent Museums, 1987)
AIM Guideline No. 11 : offering advice to the laymen in a number of key areas. (Also listed in ‘Legal...’ section)

VOL 5 WORKING WITH VOLUNTEERS - SUPPORT / LISA CONWAY (Volunteer Centre UK, 1994)
A booklet that gives advice to everyone who has to supervise the work of volunteers. It looks at the motivations of volunteers and the differing kinds of support needed.

VOL 6 * WORKING WITH VOLUNTEERS - TRAINING / LISA CONWAY (Volunteer Centre UK, 1994)
This booklet points out that both volunteers themselves and the organisations who involve them benefit from training. The world in which volunteers now work calls for skills, expertise and creativity as never before.

VOL 7 WORKING WITH VOLUNTEERS - RECRUITMENT & SELECTION / DAVID R SMITH (Volunteer Centre UK, 1994)
This booklet will guide organisations through the recruitment and selection process, from thinking about ‘job applications’ and planning recruitment campaigns to the appointment itself.

VOL 8* ALL EXPENSES PAID? / ANGELA WHITCHER (The Volunteer Centre UK, 1992)
The reimbursement of expenses to volunteers

VOL 9 THE IMPACT OF CONTRACTS ON VOLUNTEERS / GILES DARVILL (The Volunteer Centre UK, 1990)
This paper focuses on both the positive and negative effects of contracts and offers valuable advice to volunteer agencies on negotiating and drawing up a contract.

VOL 10 ESSENTIAL VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT (2nd Edition) / STEVEN McCURLEY AND RICK LYNCH (Directory of Social Change, 1998)
This publication looks at the methods and approach of volunteer programs in the United States as one of the largest and most creative in the world. Designed for volunteer program managers.

VOL 11 WHAT YOUNG PEOPLE WANT FROM VOLUNTEERING / KATHERINE GASKIN (Institute for Volunteering Research, 1998)

VOL 12* STEP BY STEP: AN INTRODUCTION TO MANAGING VOLUNTEER RUN MUSEUMS / (South East Museums Service, 1999)
Covering everything form museums management, recruiting, finance, fund-raising and marketing.

VOL 13 ASSESSING YOUR BOARD’S PERFORMANCE: A DIY GUIDE TO BOARD SELF-EVALUATION / (National Council for Voluntary Organisations, 1994)

VOL 14 THE HANDBOOK FOR HERITAGE VOLUNTEER MANAGERS AND ADMINISTRATORS (British Association of Friends of Museums 1999)

VOL 15 MODERN APPRENTICESHIP IN THE HERITAGE SECTOR/ STEVEN McCURLEY AND RICK LYNCH (Directory of Social Change, 1998)
This publication contains comprehensive information about all aspects of the scheme and is a useful first step on the road to recruiting a Modern Apprentice.

VOL 16 FREE FOR ALL? A STUDY OF FREE PROFESSIONAL HELP AVAILABLE TO VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS (Home Office, 2001)

VOL 17 AGE DISCRIMINATION AND VOLUNTEERING
This report contains a background, methodology, findings, insurance, health, conclusion and recommendations.

VOL 18 PUBLIC SECTOR SUPPORT FOR VOLUNTEERING: AN AUDIT
This report contains a background, methodology, describes how the Central Government has and can support help for volunteering, and a conclusion.

VOL 19 "A COMPACT TOOLKIT" / JUSTIN BATEMAN (RAISE, 2003)
This Toolkit is designed to help voluntary and community organisations to understand what Compacts are and what their purpose is; to learn how to develop a Compact with the statutory organisations in their area; to explore what issues might be contained within a Compact, and how these might help them gain the maximum benefit from a Compact; and to ensure that Compacts continue to be a useful tool in managing relationships between statutory organisations and the voluntary and community sector.

VOL 20 DECIDING WHETHER TO INVOLVE VOLUNTEERS / Kate Bowgett (National Centre for Volunteering)
This booklet looks at what questions your organisation needs to ask, and what procedures it needs to put in place, before going ahead with recruiting volunteers.

VOL 21 SELECTING VOLUNTEERS / Kate Bowgett (National Centre for Volunteering)
This booklet looks at how to develop an application process that is suitable for your organisation, allowing you to select people who are right for the role without creating an obstacle to involvement.

VOL 23 SAFE INVOLVEMENT OF VOLUNTEERS WITH VULNERABLE CLIENTS / Mark Restall (National Centre for Volunteering)
This booklet is a guide for anyone involving volunteers with vulnerable clients. It looks at how why is want to recruit volunteers, undertake a risk assessment and details the recruitment and selction process.

VOL 24 RISK MANAGEMENT / Kathryn Dickie (National Centre for Volunteering)
This booklet explains what is risk management; why do we have to do it; which legislation applies; where responsibilities lay; how to get started; and details assessment and analysis procedures.

VOL 25 DUTIES OF CHARITY TRUSTEES (Bates, Wells & Braithwaite Solicitors, 2004)
This guide is designed as a simple introduction to trusteeship. It covers such areas as what is a charity trustee; recruiting charity trustees; primary responsibilities of charity trustees; runnning a charity, conflicts of interest; and liabilities of trustees.

VOL 26 VOLUNTEERING FOR ALL? EXPLORING THE LINK BETWEEN VOLUNTEERING AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION (Institute for Volunteering Research)
This report looks at what volunteering can do to reduce social exclusion, the challenges faced in making volunteering more inclusive and the steps taken by organisations in overcoming these barriers. It also highlights the barriers to formal volunteering faced by individuals from black and minority ethnic groups, disabled people, and people with a record of offence.

VOL 27 AIM FOCUS 3: MANAGING VOLUNTEERS FOR VISITOR CARE (Association of Independent Museums, 1996)
A report of a national conference organised by the Carnegie United Kingdom Trust, addressing volunteer management in the context of visitor care at heritage sites.

VOL 28 VOLUNTEERS AND THE LAW / Mark Restall (Volunteering England, 2005)
An overview of legal issues for volunteer managers and anyone who works with volunteers. Includes Volunteers and employment rights, Benefits and tax, Safety and security, Data protection, copyright and the Human Rights Act, and Specific volunteering situations.