Friends of Groups and Volunteering

If you a member of a ‘Friends Of’ or other voluntary group involved in Sheffield’s parks and green spaces and you are interested in working with or attracting more volunteers then you will find more information on this page. 

 

Please use the Volunteering Opportunities link if you are an individual who is interested in volunteering in Sheffield’s parks and green spaces but you are not already a member of a friends of group.

 

The Community Partnerships Team at Parks and Countryside are currently working to actively engage more volunteers to work with our friends of groups. It is hope that volunteers who contact us can be directed to one of our many friends of groups already actively working in Sheffield’s' green spaces.  We are also working to encourage more corporate volunteers to get involved and to support local greens spaces and community based projects.

 

A guide to working with volunteers

- This guide contains useful information for friends of groups who are interested in working with volunteers. The guide covers topics such as:

 

·      The Community Partnerships Volunteer Policy

·      Working with volunteers

·      Good practice

·      Useful resources

·      Your safety whilst working as a volunteer

·      Assessing the safety risk

·      First aid kits

·      Health hazards

·      Where to go for further information

·      Useful contacts

 

The guide is available as a printable document at the bottom of the page or you can contact the Community Partnerhips Team for a free copy.

 

If you think that your group may have any opportunities for volunteers on a particular project or you would like more information on working with volunteers then please contact the Community Partnership Team.

 

Customer Feedback

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