Benefits of volunteering
What's in it for me?
Are you interested in becoming a volunteer for NCMA? As well as
giving you the opportunity to develop your professional skills,
there's also a great social side to volunteering.
Volunteers on average dedicate up between 10
and 15 hours per month to NCMA. Reasons for volunteering
include:
- commitment to childminding and home-based
care
- accessing information to stay ahead
- meeting and learning from other members
- to have a voice in influencing the
Association
- developing personal skills.
The majority of NCMA voluteers began
their volunteer journey in a childminding group or association.
The benefits of volunteering include
- being better informed about childminding
policy and what NCMA is doing
- meeting and supporting other members around
the region
- a personal sense of satisfaction – of "giving
something back" and "making a difference"
- representing and promoting childminding and
members, giving a sense of being more involved with childminding as
a result
- the opportunity to gain and develop new
skills (e.g. in public speaking, presentation etc.) which grows
personal confidence.
NCMA makes every effort to ensure that its childminder
volunteers at national level are not left out of pocket by their
volunteering activities, so you have the opportunity to take
advantage of all the benefits of being a national volunteer for
NCMA without losing out!
NCMA values its volunteers
NCMA has a Volunteer Policy, a 15-point document giving
guidance on the roles, rights and responsibilities of the
association's volunteers. This is updated annually to ensure it
remains accurate.
The policy covers important issues such as equal opportunities,
confidentiality and work-life balance. It outlines volunteers'
rights to recognition, support and training. And it gives advice on
practical matters, including insurance, expenses and health and
safety.
For a paper copy, or to have a chat about becoming a
volunteer, please call Sarah Edwards,
NCMA's Volunteer Officer on 020 8290 2524.