Why choose Investing in Volunteers for Employers?

Investing in Volunteers for Employers is designed as both a tool for those wishing to develop their practice and as a standard against which to benchmark your current work.

The Investing in Volunteers for Employers framework is available free of charge, making this easily accessible aims to encourage employers wishing to develop best practice to work to the standard.

Fully registering for external assessment gives employers access to a dedicated Assessor who can provide feedback on current practice and suggest development areas. It also enables access to password protected web pages which are full of helpful information and guidance on employer supported volunteers’ best practice. This library contains information from across the UK and is an invaluable resource to those working towards assessment.

On successful of achievement of the standard, employers can use the Investing in Volunteers for Employers quality mark to display that their work meets a UK wide standard.