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Last updated: 23 November 2008
18 March 2008
Phil Hope, Minister for the Third Sector, launched an innovative new guide to working with volunteers from disadvantaged backgrounds at the national GoldStar conference in Birmingham today.
GoldStar, which is managed by Tribal on behalf of the Cabinet Office, is an organisation that promotes good practice in managing volunteers from socially excluded groups, such as individuals with no qualifications. By providing practical advice and examples of volunteering success stories, GoldStar hope that The Good Practice Handbook will encourage and help voluntary organisations and projects from across the country to effectively target and work with volunteers from less traditional backgrounds.
Commenting on the Goldstar handbook, Phil Hope said:
"The Government is committed to encouraging volunteering in all walks of life and supports Goldstar because of its excellent work promoting good practice in volunteer involvement, particularly for people at risk of social exclusion. There is much to be gained by disadvantaged or socially excluded groups becoming involved in volunteering, and I am confident that the Good Practice Handbook will give people the advice and direction they need to be successful."
The national conference and Good Practice Handbook coincide with the publication of a research bulletin from the joint Cabinet Office/ Institute for Volunteering Research, 2007 National Survey on Volunteering and Charitable Giving. The bulletin focuses on volunteering by those at risk of social exclusion.
For more information about GoldStar or to order you free copy of The Good Practice Handbook, which will be available from 19 March 2008 please go to www.goldstar.org.uk. Hard copies can be ordered from info@grantsadmin.co.uk.