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Who is in a better position to give advice on how to best approach the various stages in the IiV assessment process than its achievers? Have a look at their top tips to guide you in preparing for IiV; completing your self-assessment and development plan; and getting the most out of your IiV award. 

 

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Has your organisation recently achieved IiV? Fellow achievers share their expertise on how to get the most out of your award: 

getting the most out of your IiV award mindmap

 

We have asked IiV achievers to share their knowledge and expertise with other organisations looking to start their IiV journey. These are some of their suggestions: 

Key advice from achievers mindmap

After achieving IiV no less than four times, Sally Dyson at Norfolk & Norwich University NHS Trust reflects on the value of IiV for her organisation and the healthcare sector. 

As IiV Programme Manager, the number 1 concern I hear from organisations about to start Investing in Volunteers (IiV) is time constraints. When I go out and meet organisations the first question they ask is “how long does it take?”. I wish I could give them a definitive answer but it varies from organisation to organisation; factors such as number of staff involved, how embedded a volunteer programme is and how much of a priority IiV is within the organisation impact on the length of time taken to achieve. The majority of achievers take between 6-12 months.

We recently invited IiV achievers to feed back in one word what the biggest impact has been on their volunteers, here are the results: 

Four-time IiV achiever Kent Union gives an account of the impact of achieving IiV on their organisation and what advice they would give to fellow Students’ Unions.

Two-time IiV Achiever Reading Museum gives an account of the impact of achieving IiV on their organisation and what advice they would give to fellow Heritage organisations.

Shelter Cymru is the most recent organisation in Wales to achieve the prestigious Investing in Volunteers Award, helping thousands of people every year who are struggling with bad housing or homelessness and campaign to prevent it in the first place.