Swansea Charity Shops - Volunteer Managers’ Guide

Swansea Volunteer Centre have developed a guide to help Volunteer Managers in Swansea Charity Shops. It's full of useful tips and insights gained from local experience!

This guide can help if you are thinking of celebrating your volunteers and looking to inspire more people to get involved and volunteer in your shop,

The info will be useful for you when thinking about recruiting, supporting and thanking your volunteers during Volunteers’ Week and beyond.

Click here to get the guide

Swansea Volunteer Managers Forum offers regular opportunities for you to share your experiences as a volunteer manager and learn from other organisations around volunteering recruitment and support.

You can find out more about Swansea Volunteer Managers Forum here. Please join to receive information and come along to meetings if you can!

Our team at Swansea Volunteer Centre will be happy to help you with any ideas you have after reading the guide. We’d love to hear from you!
Get in touch with us at [email protected]

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