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£40.00
Are you struggling to keep volunteers engaged long-term?
This course provides practical tools to improve volunteer retention by strengthening support, communication, and recognition throughout the entire volunteer journey.
Participants will learn how to design and deliver effective volunteer programmes that improve retention by building robust training, setting clear and realistic expectations, and fostering strong relationships between volunteers, staff, and service users.
A practical course for nonprofit organisations that provides proven, people‑centred strategies to recruit, support, and retain volunteers by strengthening training, communication, wellbeing, and recognition across the volunteer journey.
Our e-learning courses allow you to access our high quality training in a way that suits your schedule and budget. You can access these courses at any time and work through at your own pace.
The structured online courses include reflection exercises, interactive quizzes to test your learning and audio narration for better accessibility.
Click the Sign Up button below to purchase the course. Within 5 working days of receiving your payment, our team will send you an email with the link and password to access your e-learning course. If you have not received your email after 5 working days, please get in touch.
Purchasing this course provides access for one person, and the course link and password should not be shared with others.
Please note that the e-learning platform will not save your progress, but you can move freely between the chapters to resume the course where you left off.
Our paid courses allow access for 6-months. Passwords to access the course are reset regularly, and you will not receive a new password update after this time. If you would like to discuss an extension of access, please contact us.
All the course content within the training platform is provided in written form and audio. Allowing learners to read the course content or listen to it.
Resources embedded in the course can be downloaded. Any file in PDF format is available in a plain text copy upon request.
All training videos have audio narration and closed captions available. We do not have the provision of British Sign Language.
All images have alternative text available, and these are included in the audio narration.

New to Befriending Networks and want to learn more about what your membership has to offer? Or are you an existing member looking for a refresher on the benefits of being part of our Network? Either way, this session is for you!
Co-hosted with Volunteer Glasgow
Co-hosted with New Mills & District Volunteer Centre

Develop your knowledge, skills and confidence for designing, delivering and evaluating the training you provide.
Co-hosted with Volunteer Centre Greenwich

Examine the purpose of boundaries, how to communicate & embed boundaries to protect all stakeholders, providing clarity on acceptable behaviours
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