Would your Organisation benefit from a UK recognised award for its commitment to volunteering?
Investing in Volunteers is the UK quality standard for all organisations that involve volunteers in their work. The Standard comprises of 10 Indicators of volunteer management best practice, supported by 55 practices, based on four key areas of volunteer management:
- planning for volunteer involvement;
- recruiting volunteers;
- selecting and matching volunteers;
- supporting and retaining volunteers.
Investing in Volunteers is managed by the four development agencies of the UK Volunteering Forum: Volunteering England, Volunteer Development Scotland, Volunteer Development Agency in Northern Ireland, and Wales Council for Voluntary Action.
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Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA) is managing Investors in Volunteers in Wales. The standards, assessment, and accreditation are the same for every organisation using Investors in Volunteers, wherever they are in the UK. There will be some slight differences in the way the standard is managed in each country.
To access Investing in Volunteers through WCVA your organisation needs to be based in Wales and have its registered address and head office based here.
There will be two options for organisations interested in Investing in Volunteers and based in Wales.
Option 1: Organisations wishing to use Investing in Volunteers as a model for improving and developing their practices.
Those choosing Option 1 will be able to download the standards free of charge, by clicking on the ‘Investing in Volunteers standard document’ link on the Wales section of the website www.investinginvolunteers.org.uk . They may at any time choose to be assessed to gain Investing in Volunteers status by proceeding to Option 2.
Option 2: Organisations wishing to achieve accredited status and achieve the Investing in Volunteers award.
Organisations are required to register online, in order to gain access to all relevant parts of the website.
Access to information on the standards, on details of the programme and to a range of resources to help meet the standards are available through the Investing in Volunteers web site. This provides full details of how to achieve the standard with a link through to the pages for Welsh groups which are managed by WCVA.
For further information regarding Investors in Volunteers please visit www.investinginvolunteers.org.uk
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For organisations committed to volunteers.
If your organisation involves volunteers, then the Investing in Volunteers Health Check will provide an invaluable ‘diagnosis’ of your practice in volunteer management.
By using the Investing in Volunteers framework a trained advisor will benchmark your organisation against the standard and provide you with a development plan which outlines areas for improvement or gaps in practice. They will be able to signpost you to where you might get help to address these.
How long does it take?
A Health Check will take about half a day of your time but the benefits are far reaching. Our experience with Investing in Volunteers shows that some organisations struggle with the self-assessment techniques. By opting for the Health Check you let an Advisor do this part of the work for you!
In what ways can you use Health Check?
You can use your Health Check to plan your development and to improve your volunteer management practice. It also means that, if you wish, you are just one step away from achieving the Investing in Volunteers Award. If you choose to address your development plan within six months of the Health Check than you can proceed to assessment for the Investing in Volunteers Award.
You can use your Health Check as a way of testing your readiness for an Investing in Volunteers assessment without having to commit to the whole process. You can use it as a ‘first step’ toward achieving the award or simply as a diagnostic tool. Either way, you are demonstrating commitment to your volunteers by ensuring the best possible management practices for your organisation.
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If you would like to find out more, contact iiv@wcva.org.uk or register your interest online at www.investinginvolunteers.org.uk
A fyddai eich Sefydliad yn elwa o ennill dyfarniad cydnabyddedig Prydeinig am ei ymrwymiad i wirfoddoli?
Buddsoddi mewn Gwirfoddolwyr yw safon ansawdd y DU ar gyfer yr holl sefydliadau sy’n cynnwys gwirfoddolwyr yn eu gwaith. Mae’r Safon yn cynnwys 10 dangosydd arfer gorau wrth reoli gwirfoddoli, wedi’u cefnogi gan 55 o arferion, wedi’u seilio ar bedwar maes allweddol o reoli gwirfoddoli:
- cynllunio ar gyfer cyfranogaeth gwirfoddolwyr;
- penodi gwirfoddolwyr;
- dewis a chyfateb gwirfoddolwyr;
- cefnogi a chadw gwirfoddolwyr.
Mae Buddsoddi mewn Gwirfoddolwyr wedi’i reoli gan bedair asiantaeth datblygu Fforwm Gwirfoddoli’r DU: Gwirfoddoli Lloegr, Datblygu Gwirfoddoli Yr Alban, Asiantaeth Datblygu Gwirfoddoli Gogledd Iwerddon a Chyngor Gweithredu Gwirfoddol Cymru.
Buddsoddi mewn Gwirfoddoli yng Nghymru
Mae Cyngor Gweithredu Gwirfoddol Cymru (WCVA) yn rheoli Buddsoddwyr mewn Gwirfoddolwyr yng Nghymru. Mae’r safonau, asesiad ac achrediad yr un fath i bob sefydliad sy’n defnyddio Buddsoddwyr mewn Gwirfoddolwyr, lle bynnag y maent yn y DU. Bydd rhai gwahaniaethau bychain yn y ffordd y rheolir y safon ymhob gwlad.
I gymryd rhan yn y Buddsoddi mewn Gwirfoddolwyr drwy WCVA mae angen i’ch sefydliad fod wedi’i seilio yng Nghymru a rhaid i’w gyfeiriad cofrestru a’i brif swyddfa fod wedi’i seilio yma.
Bydd dau opsiwn i sefydliadau sydd â diddordeb mewn Buddsoddi mewn Gwirfoddolwyr ac sydd wedi’u seilio yng Nghymru
Opsiwn 1: Sefydliadau sydd eisiau defnyddio Buddsoddi mewn Gwirfoddolwyr fel model ar gyfer gwella a datblygu eu harferion.
Bydd y rheiny sy’n dewis Opsiwn 1 yn gallu lawrlwytho’r safonau’n rhad ac am ddim, drwy glicio ar y ddolen ‘Dogfen safonol Buddsoddi mewn Gwirfoddolwyr’ ar yr adran am Gymru ar y wefan www.investinginvolunteers.org.uk . Gallent ddewis, unrhyw bryd, i gael eu hasesu ar gyfer ennill statws Buddsoddi mewn Gwirfoddolwyr drwy symud ymlaen i Opsiwn 2.
Opsiwn 2 Mae hwn i sefydliadau sydd eisiau cyrraedd statws achrededig ac ennill y dyfarniad Buddsoddi mewn Gwirfoddolwyr.
Mae angen i sefydliadau gofrestru ar-lein, er mwyn cael mynediad i bob rhan berthnasol o’r wefan. Drwy’r wefan Buddsoddi mewn Gwirfoddolwyr gallwch gael gwybodaeth am y safonau, manylion y rhaglen ac ystod o adnoddau i helpu i gwrdd â’r safonau. Mae hyn yn esbonio’n llawn sut i gyflawni’r safon gyda dolen at y tudalennau i grwpiau Cymraeg a reolir gan WCVA.
I gael rhagor o wybodaeth am Fuddsoddwyr mewn Gwirfoddolwyr ewch i www.investinginvolunteers.org.uk
Gwiriad Iechyd Buddsoddi mewn Gwirfoddolwyr
I sefydliadau sydd ag ymrwymiad i wirfoddolwyr
Os yw eich sefydliad yn cynnwys gwirfoddolwyr, yna bydd y Gwiriad Iechyd Buddsoddi mewn Gwirfoddolwyr yn rhoi ‘diagnosis’ gwerthfawr i chi am eich arferion rheoli gwirfoddoli.
Gan ddefnyddio’r fframwaith Buddsoddi mewn Gwirfoddolwyr bydd cynghorydd hyfforddedig yn meincnodi eich sefydliad yn erbyn y safon ac yn rhoi cynllun datblygu i chi sy’n amlinellu meysydd i’w gwella neu fylchau mewn arferion. Byddent yn gallu eich cyfeirio at y fan lle gallech gael cymorth i ymdrin â’r rhain.
Faint o amser mae’n ei gymryd?
Bydd Gwiriad Iechyd yn cymryd tua hanner diwrnod o’ch amser ond mae’r manteision yn bellgyrhaeddol. Mae ein profiad gyda Buddsoddiad mewn Gwirfoddolwyr yn dangos bod rhai sefydliadau’n cael problemau gyda’r technegau hunanasesu. Drwy ddewis y Gwiriad Iechyd rydych yn gadael i Gynghorwr wneud y rhan hwn o’r gwaith i chi!
Ym mha ffyrdd allwch chi ddefnyddio’r Gwiriad Iechyd?
Gallwch ddefnyddio eich Gwiriad Iechyd i gynllunio eich datblygiad ac i wella eich arferion rheoli gwirfoddolwyr. Mae hefyd yn golygu, os dymunwch, eich bod un cam yn unig i ffwrdd o gyflawni’r Dyfarniad Buddsoddi mewn Gwirfoddolwyr. Os byddwch yn dewis ymdrin â’ch cynllun datblygu o fewn chwe mis i’r Gwiriad Iechyd yna gallwch symud ymlaen at asesiad ar gyfer y Dyfarniad Buddsoddi mewn Gwirfoddolwyr.
Gallwch ddefnyddio eich Gwiriad Iechyd fel ffordd o brofi eich parodrwydd ar gyfer asesiad Buddsoddi mewn Gwirfoddolwyr heb orfod ymroddi i’r broses gyfan. Gallwch ei ddefnyddio fel ‘cam cyntaf’ tuag at gyflawni’r dyfarniad neu’n syml fel erfyn diagnostig. Y naill ffordd neu’r llall, rydych yn dangos ymrwymiad i’ch gwirfoddolwyr drwy sicrhau’r arferion rheoli gorau posibl i’ch sefydliad..
Os hoffech ganfod rhagor, cysylltwch â iiv@wcva.org.uk neu cofrestrwch eich diddordeb ar-lein ar www.investinginvolunteers.org.uk
