Recruitment
Find a variety of resources to help you recruit new volunteers. Download our volunteer recruitment guidelines, as well as posters, social media post templates and other useful materials for promoting new volunteering opportunities.
General
- Volunteer Recruitment Guidelines - PDF 154KB
- Flowchart Guide for Recruiting Volunteers - PDF 105KB
- Volunteer Recruitment Planning - PDF 56KB
- Recruitment Template Emails - 204KB
Attraction and promotion
- Attracting New Volunteers at Events - PDF 110KB
- Expression of Interest in the RNLI Form - PDF 60KB
Social Media:
- Guide to Using Social Media to Recruit Volunteers - PDF 600KB
- Template Social Media Posts for Volunteer Recruitment - DOCX 116KB
- Volunteer Recruitment Video - MP4 37.5MB
- Template Press Release for Volunteer Recruitment - DOCX 119KB
- Lifeboats Photo Guidelines - PDF 2.4MB
- Lifeguards Photo Guidelines - PDF 1.9MB
- Presenting to Local Groups Guidelines - PDF 85KB
Selection
- Volunteer Selection Criteria Matrix - DOCX 58KB
- Volunteer Informal Chat Guidelines - DOCX 60KB
- Volunteer Reference Checking Guidelines - PDF 49KB
- Volunteer Reference Request Form - DOCX 51KB
Safeguarding
Generic volunteer recruitment resources
- Volunteer Recruitment Poster Generic - PDF 2.5MB
- Volunteer Recruitment Poster Role Specific - PDF 221KB
- Volunteer Recruitment Poster Generic Welsh - PDF 2MB
- Volunteer Recruitment Poster Role Specific Welsh - PDF 1.8MB
- Volunteer Recruitment Leaflet UK - PDF 452KB
- Volunteer Recruitment Leaflet Ireland - PDF 3.5MB
Engagement volunteer recruitment
- Engagement Recruitment Guide - PDF 210KB
Fundraising volunteer recruitment resources:
- Activation Kit - PDF 1MB
- Social Kit - PDF 5MB
- Social Media Template - PPT 554KB
- Press Ad – A5 Portrait - PDF 1MB
- Press Ad – A5 Landscape - PDF 960KB
Retail volunteer recruitment resources:
- Retail Volunteer Crew Activation Toolkit - PDF 3.22MB
Lifeboat crew recruitment resources
- Employer Leaflet (Crew) - PDF 339KB
- Crew Recruitment Leaflet - PDF 497KB
Young volunteer resources
- Guidelines for Managing Young Volunteers - PDF 65KB
- Consent Form for Under 18s - PDF 52KB
- Young Volunteer Risk Assessment - DOCX 40KB
Disability and Volunteering
- Disability and Volunteering Checklist - PDF 100KB
- Disability Risk Assessment Template - DOCX 40KB
Volunteer Inclusion
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Volunteer Inclusion Form - DOCX 62KB
Recruitment Events Risk Assessment
- Recruitment Events Risk Assessment Template - DOCX 39KB