Submitted by Carrie Brookes on 30 Mar 2022 - 2:16pm
As part of ongoing partnership work between the Local Development Agencies (LDAs) and other infrastructure organisations that support the local voluntary and community sector (VCS) across the Tees Valley we have been exploring the potential for introducing a Tees Valley Volunteering Charter.
The Charter will contain a series of simple statements, which volunteer involving organisations (VIOs) pledge to work towards and make central to their everyday practice with volunteers.
Signing up to the Charter gives organisations a way to publicly pledge their commitment to providing excellent support to their volunteers. It also provides a basis for organisations to develop and adhere to appropriate policies, procedures, and good practice.
The Tees Valley Volunteering Charter will not involve an assessment of evidence, however, local LDAs will be on hand to offer support to help any VIOs who feel they need support to be able to sign up.
The statements contained within the Charter will be accompanied by examples of what this might look like in practice to enable VIOs to assess their own practices.
The Charter is simply a way in which VIOs can pledge their commitment to providing support to volunteers. The VIOs can then display the pledge to demonstrate their commitment to good practice in volunteering.
We value the contribution of VIOs in developing this Charter and are committed to producing something which will support and add value to the wonderful work they do without creating a work intensive process.
Would you be interested in a Charter?
To ensure the Charter is useful and welcomed by the Sector, we are keen to assess the appetite for this.
Please email your local contact below to express your interest (or not) in signing up to a Charter. This is in no way a firm commitment at this stage, purely an indication of interest and a willingness for us to contact you for further input.
Darlington – Julie Thornton info@teesvalleyruralaction.co.uk
Hartlepool - Tracy.Harvey@hartlepool.gov.uk
Middlesbrough – Lesley.spaven@mvdauk.org.uk
Redcar & Cleveland – carole.marshall@rcvda.org.uk
Stockton – lucy.owens@catalyststockton.org
