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How to write a role specification
Information on criminal record checks
for volunteers
voluntary matters 3 - an exciting and innovative BBC series of six programmes about inspiring and motivating volunteers - order the video
Black Environment Network www.ben-network.org.uk
Bristol Zoo Gardens www.bristolzoo.co.uk
Thames 21 www.thames21.org.uk
For information on job substitution, ethnic monitoring, institutional racism
and specific volunteering issues
National Association of Volunteer Bureaux www.navb.org.uk
Information on accepting volunteers from outside the UK, asylum seekers as
volunteers, volunteering whilst claiming social security benefits, and free
guides 'The Recruitment Guide' and 'From Barriers to Bridges: a guide for volunteer-involving
organisations'
The National Centre for Volunteering www.volunteering.org.uk
More on increasing the diversity of your volunteers
Diversity Challenge www.diversitychallenge.org
Information on the Race Relations Act, equal opportunities policies and a ten-point
implementation plan
Commission for Racial Equality www.cre.gov.uk
Further information on asylum seekers' rights
Refugee Council www.refugeecouncil.org.uk
Government information on disabled people's rights and the law
Disability Rights Task Force www.disability.gov.uk
London's lesbian and gay volunteer bureau
VolunQueer www.volunqueer.org.uk
Information and advice for people working with ex-offenders
National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders
www.nacro.org.uk
A thought-provoking booklet about institutional racism
Somebody Else's Problem: working with black volunteers
National Association of Volunteer Bureaux, see website above
A series of five booklets for advice on how to involve volunteers from all
walks of life
Route to Opportunity
Filiz Niyazi (1996) The National Centre for Volunteering ISBN 1897708521
A practical guide to involving volunteers with disabilities
Disability Equality in Volunteering
Rachel Wilson (1998) Skill: National Bureau for Students with Disabilities ISBN
1869965876
A study of black and ethnic minority organisations and volunteering
My time, My community, My self
Seema Bhasin (1997) The National Centre for Volunteering ISBN 1897708920
For advice on how to attract and retain young volunteers
Involving Young People
Tesse Akpeki (2001) NCVO ISBN 0719915880
A challenge to assumptions about minority groups
Who do we think we are?
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown (2001) Penguin Books ISBN 0140255982
An enquiry into the meaning of identity
On Identity
Amin Maalouf (2000) Panther ISBN 1860467296
Essays by disabled women struggling with prejudice
What happened to you? Writing by disabled women
Lois Keith (Ed) (1996) New Press ISBN 1565842804
Born blind, David Blunkett recounts his struggle to the top
On a clear day
David Blunkett (1995) Michael O'Mara Books ISBN 1854797417
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