Case Study – Bath’s Underground History Unlocked by Volunteers
A case study on increasing volunteer numbers at the Museum of Bath Stone, through a specialist programme including a range of volunteer roles.
Fitting it all together: An integrated approach to Volunteering, Safeguarding and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
How to ‘fit together’ different aspects of your policy and procedural framework.
Introduction to safeguarding in museums
A resource designed to help you to understand why safeguarding matters for museums and what your overall responsibilities as a museum are.
Volunteer expression of interest template with diversity monitoring
A sample diversity monitoring survey that you might ask new volunteers to complete to help you to monitor the diversity of your workforce.
Volunteering documents – good practice examples
Examples of policies and volunteering paperwork, available online, that may be helpful as you review and develop your own.
Case Study – Volunteer Diversity at Blandford Town Museum
A case study on increasing volunteer diversity at Blandford Town Museum, through a specialist programme.
Volunteering: Working with young volunteers – What to think about before you begin
Our guide to help you safely plan your work with young volunteers in your museum
Volunteering: Confidentiality and data protection guidelines template
Use our template to help produce confidentiality and data protection guidelines for volunteers for your museum
Volunteering: Writing a volunteer policy guide
Use this guide to help you write and review your museum’s volunteer policy
Volunteering: Expenses template
Use our volunteer expenses template to provide a formal method for volunteers to claim and record expenses