Organization Policies
Appendix B: Museum of Croydon: Volunteer agreement
Confidential - To be completed once a volunteer placement is agreed.
Volunteers are an important and valued part of the Museum of Croydon. We hope that you enjoy volunteering with us and feel a part of our service.
This agreement tells you what you can expect from us, and what we expect from you.
This agreement is binding in honour only, is not intended to be a legally binding contract
between us and may be cancelled at any time at the discretion of either party. Neither of us intend any employment relationship to be created either now or at any time in the future.
The Museum of Croydon commits to the following:
- To provide thorough induction on the work of the Museum of Croydon, its staff, your volunteering role and the induction and/or training you need to meet the responsibilities of this role
- To provide adequate training and feedback in support of providing a safe working
- environment
- To explain the standards we expect for our services and to encourage and support you to achieve and maintain them
- To provide a named person who will meet with you regularly to discuss your volunteering
- and any successes and problems
- To do our best to support you in your volunteering role with us
- To provide adequate insurance cover for volunteers whilst undertaking voluntary work
- approved and authorised by us
- To ensure that all volunteers are dealt with on a fair and equal basis
- To try and resolve fairly any problems, grievances and difficulties you may have while you volunteer with us
Volunteers commit to the following:
- To help the Museum of Croydon fulfil its aims
- To perform their volunteering role to the best of their ability
- To follow the organisation’s procedures and standards as set out in the Volunteer scheme,
- including safeguarding children and vulnerable adults, health and safety and equal opportunities, in relation to its staff, volunteers and customers
- To maintain the confidential information of the organisation and its customers
- To assign copyright in work produced while volunteering to the Museum of Croydon
- To meet the time commitment and standards agreed to, except in exceptional circumstances,
- and to give where possible reasonable notice so other arrangements can be made
- To consent to the Museum of Croydon holding their personal information, including a third party’s emergency contact name and number, and using this to contact them for reasonable purposes in line with their activities
- Before applying volunteers to ensure that they have a visa or equivalent documentation, if from outside of the UK, which permits them to volunteer in the UK for the Museum
