Developing Volunteers and Volunteer Managers
The role of volunteers is of extreme importance to the delivery of services within the museums sector.
Many museums in Scotland are entirely run and staffed by volunteers. For others, volunteers have an important role supporting the work of paid staff.
Larger organisations have designated volunteer co-ordinators or managers. In others it falls to curators, museum officers, education staff or other volunteers. Regardless of their title they all manage, support, co-ordinate and organise volunteers.
Attention needs to be paid to the support, development and recognition of these volunteers and their managers.
MGS supports the development of volunteers and their managers by:
Working with Heritage Volunteer Organisers Scotland a peer support network set up to share good practice.
Training. Do you know that volunteers pay reduced rates for our training courses?
If you would like further information on how MGS supports volunteers and their managers contact the Workforce Development Manager
Training Volunteers
The Volunteer Training Bank was developed as part of the Renaissance London programme and has been updated and moved to the Museum of London's website. The project provides a programme of free training for volunteers and the training materials are available to download for museums who want to run their own in-house training. The Bank contains a guide on how to run training for volunteers, and the training plans, PowerPoint presentations and handouts for six half day training courses, including: