Top Legal Issues in Managing Volunteers

Justice Connect’s Not-for-profit Law program specialises in providing legal help and support to not-for-profit organisations. As a charity themself, they understand the issues organisations face and know just how time consuming and confusing complying with legal obligations can be.

This three hour in depth, interactive workshop will explore the following topics, with small breakout sessions to workshop legal issues, discuss scenarios and problem solve as a group.

This workshop cover: will look at:

• Defining the volunteer relationship
• Equal opportunity in volunteer recruitment
• The ‘duty of care’ your organisation owes its volunteers
• Work, health, and safety duties
• Child safety requirements 
• Legal responsibility for the actions of volunteers
• Risk management processes 
• Reviewing or ending the volunteer relationship
• Top tips and additional resources

This free session has limited spaces and has been proudly funded by the Volunteer Management Activity Program

If you are completing your Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Program, this workshop is worth 2 CPD points.