Volunteer recruitment best practise

Alex Barrett:

It sounds like we are missing out, not having an annual dinner? Did somebody mention Younger Members, we haven't seen one of those in ages. We have a loyal but small band of volunteers, the majority of whom are retired and so theoretically have a bit more time on their hands. Certainly some new vigour and diversity would be most welcome, but recent recruitment drives have come up empty, all our new volunteers have been personal introductions via current inmates.

Is it that you're not getting any reponse at all from the recruitment communications? Or are they responding and then meeting the committee and deciding that it's not for them? The only reason i ask is that if most of the committee members are retired then it might seem to these younger applicants that they won't fit in.



If this is the case it would be interesting to see if anyone has any ideas about how to get around this issue.

Alex Barrett:

It sounds like we are missing out, not having an annual dinner? Did somebody mention Younger Members, we haven't seen one of those in ages. We have a loyal but small band of volunteers, the majority of whom are retired and so theoretically have a bit more time on their hands. Certainly some new vigour and diversity would be most welcome, but recent recruitment drives have come up empty, all our new volunteers have been personal introductions via current inmates.

Is it that you're not getting any reponse at all from the recruitment communications? Or are they responding and then meeting the committee and deciding that it's not for them? The only reason i ask is that if most of the committee members are retired then it might seem to these younger applicants that they won't fit in.



If this is the case it would be interesting to see if anyone has any ideas about how to get around this issue.