Stage 2. Designing your programme
Plan for success. Don't launch into setting up before you have clearly defined what your volunteer initiative needs to look like and how it will work in practice.
Guide sections
1. Six key principles for success
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Identified by our evidence review.
2. Six key features for success
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Important features to think about when designing your programme.
3. Decide what 'good' looks like
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Thinking about who, how and what.
4. Size matters!
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What can you realistically deliver within the funding available?
5. Quality standards
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Build them in from the beginning.
6. Monitoring progress
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Make improvements, innovate and adapt.
7. Developing an implementation plan
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A well-thought out implementation plan is crucial to your new volunteer programme. Often overlooked, it can be the difference between failure and success.
8. Resources to download
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View and download useful resources relevant to Stage 2.
9. Further support and help
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Where to get further support if needed.