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Delivering in Practice

You’ve got the go ahead, but what next? Whether you are piloting your ideas in a small project or creating an organisational transformation, there are plenty of issues to deal with to make sure your efforts deliver the outcomes you want for the organisation and the volunteers.

 Delivering in practice

“Never under-estimate the power of cake” Youth worker, Doers and Shapers, DMU, 2009

Key features of delivering

Delivering your organisational approach

  • Allocation of resources to each defined area of activity.
  • Establishment of governance arrangements and reporting requirements.
  • Formalising internal and external working arrangements, eg. Memorandum of Understanding.
  • Assessment of capability and provision of appropriate training/development.
  • Co-ordination of different elements of volunteering approach.
  • Identifying and responding to any emerging risks and needs.
  • Identifying and responding to any changes in the internal and external environment.
  • Establishing and maintaining the profile of your approach to youth volunteering internally and externally.
  • Learning from your experience – gathering, collating and analysing data to review and report progress against strategic objectives.

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Delivering opportunities for young people

  • Optimising use of resources for individual volunteering activities.
  • Individual assessment of young people’s needs, including issues of confidentiality.
  • Identification of the needs of those working with young people and tailoring responses.
  • Ensure that language used engages young people.
  • Deliver in line with activity plans and make adjustments as necessary.
  • Check that needs are met through delivery mechanisms.
  • Gathering monitoring information and fulfilling any reporting requirements, ensuring that young people are kept informed of purpose and progress.

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Get to the heart of the story 

What each project experienced in terms of delivering their approach to volunteering - Delivering in action – learning from the projects >>

Hear what those involved really thought about delivering in action:

Find out more about what people say about making it happen >>

The authorities involved in the programme have shared some resources that helped them in delivering their approach to volunteering:

Delivering your organisational approach:

Delivering opportunities for young people