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IiV is the only UK quality standard for good practice in volunteer management.
Achieving the IiV standard will highlight your commitment to volunteering and effective volunteer management. This will enhance your reputation in the local community because it reflects the value you place on your volunteers.
We highly recommend following the process because it will support you and your organisation with the development of your volunteer initiative. The standards will provide you with an excellent framework to help you to self-assess the quality of your work with volunteers and minimise potential risks.
The Perinatal Peer Support Principles
These five principles were launched in December 2019. They were co-designed by people with lived experience, maternal mental health and maternity professionals, organisations facilitating peer support, Mind and the McPin Foundation. The Maternal Mental Health Alliance (MMHA) gave additional support.
The principles are:
- Good perinatal peer support is safe and nurturing
- Good perinatal peer support is accessible and inclusive
- Good perinatal peer support complements rather than replicates the work of clinical mental health services
- Good perinatal support provides opportunities for meaningful involvement of people with lived experience and peer leadership
- Good perinatal peer support benefits everyone involved, including peer supporters.
The principles are straightforward and include practical, reflective questions to help shape the peer support you offer.
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