Local Organisations

Reach offers:

• The chance to 'sell' your organisation to our students, both in terms of volunteering and a career choice after graduation
• Access to the knowledge, skills and enthusiasm of our staff and student volunteers
• The option of coming into the University to promote your organisation directly to staff and students (volunteering fairs and outreach)
• The chance to promote your voluntary posts to over 35,000 students and staff!

Reach will:

• Promote your volunteering roles to our staff and students via Reach online, notice boards, drop-ins, fairs etc in an unbiased manner
• Offer you a volunteer who we feel is appropriate for your project, when we have someone available
• Intervene if you need help in dealing with problems with our volunteers
• Provide support whenever needed.
• Participate in a review of each volunteer’s placement after one month
• Hold an annual review with each partner organisation to discuss the impact of our volunteers’ involvement and to look at improvements/changes that can be made

You will:

• Sign up to Reach online and update your organisation’s profile
• Provide a description of each volunteering role and sign Reach’s volunteering agreement
• Inform us when our volunteers have begun volunteering and when their involvement ends, for whatever reason
• Induct each volunteer and provide training, where required and insure adherence to health and safety regulations
• Ensure that you have Employers Liability Insurance/Public Liability Insurance to cover all volunteers
• Work with volunteers in a non-discriminatory way
• Provide a named supervisor and regular supervision for each volunteering role

"The Reach volunteer fair provided a great opportunity to get to students who were either career minded and wanted their first step into the world of work, or those wanting to give something back. We've already stated placing students! Thanks! " Barnardos