Coaching, mentoring and other learning strategies

This guide outlines a range of learning and development approaches that organisations can use to support individuals, including coaching, mentoring and everyday learning conversations. It explains how these approaches can be used to build capability, confidence and engagement.

The resource is designed for Volunteering Involving Organisations seeking practical ways to support learning and development through structured and informal methods, alongside existing training and support practices.

Benefits for volunteer managers

• builds understanding of coaching and mentoring as development tools.
• supports flexible and ongoing learning beyond formal training.
• helps strengthen support, confidence and capability.
• provides practical options to tailor development approaches.

How to apply this resource

This guide is most useful when supporting volunteer or staff development, introducing mentoring or coaching approaches, or strengthening learning and support practices within an organisation.