How volunteering prepares you to support volunteers

03 June 2025
6 minutes
Education and TrainingRelationship BuildingSupporter Stewardship
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Working in the third sector, it’s likely that you’ll spend some time working with volunteers, and possibly even managing them. If it’s the first time you’ve done this, or haven’t worked with volunteers in a while, you might be wondering how you can best support them.

Libby Gill
Libby Gill
Volunteer Officer, Chartered Institute of Fundraising

Have you ever heard it said that the best way of learning is by doing?

If you have already spent some time volunteering yourself, you’ll likely have a good insight into the  support volunteers need and what you can do to help meet those needs.

Here are some of the things you could learn as a volunteer with the Chartered Institute.

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