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Smart solutions: protect virtual volunteers

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This article explores insurance considerations for organisations that involve volunteers in virtual or remote roles.

The resource outlines how changing volunteer roles, including virtual volunteering, can introduce new risk and insurance considerations for organisations. It covers key insurance considerations and ensures volunteers are appropriately covered regardless of location

Benefits for volunteer managers

  • Supports awareness of insurance risks associated with virtual volunteering, highlights key insurance, public liability and professional risk considerations, ensures volunteers are covered in virtual and remote roles, encourages proactive review of insurance arrangements

    • How to apply this resource

    Refer to this article when designing or expanding virtual volunteer roles to inform discussions with insurers or brokers.

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