The Legal status of volunteers in the UK is one of a series of “country-reports” produced by the Association of Voluntary Service Organisations (AVSO) and the European Volunteer Centre (CEV). They aim to provide comprehensive and practical information on volunteers and the law in a range of current and future European Union Member States.   Each country report explores, in a standardised format, some of the key questions that face volunteers and volunteer-involving organisations in relation to their legal positions.

View the report as an MS Word document

National Occupational Standards for the Recruitment and Management of Volunteers (VSNTO)
The Voluntary Sector National Training Organisation has drafted this set of standards aimed at anyone who manages volunteers. The standards cover developing strategies and policies that support volunteering; promoting volunteering; recruiting volunteers; supporting and managing volunteers; evaluating the contribution of volunteers and providing support to volunteering. You are invited to test out the standards in your own organisation.

Full details are available on the VSNTO web site

European Volunteer Centre
UKVF supports the European Volunteer Centre (CEV). CEV aims to be an effective voice for volunteering in Europe, strengthen the infrastructure for volunteering, promote volunteering and make it more effective.

Visit the CEV web site for more details