Providing emotional support for volunteer groups
This report was written in August 2020 by Jenny
Marsden, project coordinator and digital archivist for the MTA, to share learning about providing emotional support for volunteer groups working with traumatic collections.
Jenny Marsden, Manchester Together Archive, UK
In these short videos, Jenny Marsden discusses the importance of supporting the emotional wellbeing of volunteer groups, as well as important things to consider before recruitment.
Preparing to recruit and support volunteer groups
This 10-staged checklist is designed to guide your volunteer programme planning, offering key considerations and advisory steps, as well as links to further reading. A downloadable/printable version is also available here.