Off Site Volunteering: Managing volunteers outside of the workplace

This resource explores considerations for organisations that involve volunteers outside traditional workplace settings.

What is off-site volunteering?

Off-site volunteering includes roles where volunteers work remotely, in the community or at locations not directly managed by the organisation.

Key risk considerations

• Duty of care and supervision arrangements
• Incident reporting and response
• Performance monitoring and support
• Risk identification and mitigation

How organisations can apply this guidance

Use this resource to review policies, supervision practices and risk management processes for off-site volunteering roles.