Volunteering - a positive experience
posted: 29/07/2010
George House Trust’s annual volunteer survey has shown an increase in volunteer satisfaction with 95% feeling they get support “whenever they need it” (up 4%) 93% happy with the recognition they receive in their volunteering (up 6%) and 95% feeling well informed about volunteer activities.
“All I can say is that it is a great voluntary organisation to work for” (survey respondent)
Volunteers also gave positive feedback about the training they receive with 100% saying that volunteer training courses are of good quality (up 10%) and 93% feeling that the induction training prepared them for their role (up 8%).
The benefits of volunteering are wide ranging: 80% say their confidence in their abilities has increased, 67% say they have developed vocational/job related skills and 97.5% have increased their understanding of different cultures and communities. Of those volunteers living with HIV, 73% feel more confident disclosing their HIV status as a result of volunteering at George House Trust.
“Thanks to volunteering at GHT, it has given me more confidence to face the world as a person living with HIV” (survey respondent)
Volunteers support George House Trust in a wide range of roles and gave over 9600 hours in the year 2009-2010. To find out more about volunteering, read the volunteering section of our website or come along to our next information session for new volunteers on Monday 20th September, 11am-1pm at George House Trust.
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