The Volunteering Academy is a virtual hub offering support to make volunteering easy for everyone.
With all things volunteering in one place, the Volunteering Academy aims to remove any barriers to volunteering through advice and support. If you use volunteers, we can help you:
- Promote your roles using TeamKinetic
This free tool helps you recruit, retain and recognise the impact of your volunteers, all in one place. - Train staff and volunteers
We offer training, resources and events, online and face-to-face. - Develop your volunteer offer
We can help with policies and best practices, or create new, flexible and more diverse volunteering opportunities.
TeamKinetic
Welcome to our new Volunteer Management tool TeamKinetic, open to all Middlesbrough-based voluntary organisations for FREE as part of our Volunteering Academy project.
Read about the benefits of using TeamKinetic. You'll need to register to use it, see below for links and video guides to help you get started.
New to TeamKinetic?
Already registered?
Video guides to using TeamKinetic
We've created a series of easy to follow videos on how to use TeamKinetic. If you need a bit more help just get in touch.
Registering to use TeamKinetic - How to register your organisation on TeamKinetic.
Creating an opportunity - How to create an opportunity on TeamKinetic.
Opportunity approval - What happens when you add a Volunteer role and how it is approved.
Volunteer application - What happens when a Volunteer applies for your role.
Minimum quality standards
To be eligible to register with TeamKinetic, your organisation will need to ensure the volunteer will be:
- Welcomed whatever their background
- Safe and properly insured
- Adequately trained, supported and supervised
- Not used to replace paid staff
- Reimbursed for out of pocket expenses e.g. travel (unless your organisation is a community group without paid staff or budget for expenses)
Read our full agreement
Contact us
Call: 01642 803613
Email: hello@volunteeringacademy.org.uk
Map: Google maps
Facebook: @volunteeringacademy
