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Volunteers - Risk Management Guidance
Introduction
Official statistics produced by NCVO depict a general increase over the last two decades in the number of people and organisations involved in volunteering within the UK. The types of activities in which volunteers become involved covers a wide range and can include:
- Sports, leisure and recreation
- Education and youth work
- Health and social care
- Environmental protection and upkeep
- Local community services
- Festivals and events
In some cases, Local Authorities recruit volunteers directly, and in others they work with charitable organisations that make use of volunteers to deliver services.
This guidance note is provided to review some of the main risk management considerations when using volunteers and with regards responsibility for:
- Health and safety – The law and managing the risk
- Safeguarding vulnerable groups
- Insurance requirements
For the purposes of this guide, we are adopting the following definition of volunteering:
“Volunteering is when someone spends unpaid time doing something to benefit others.”
Helping close friends or relatives isn’t considered to be volunteering. But doing something to benefit the environment (and through that, other people) is.
Volunteering should always be a free choice made by the person giving up their time.
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