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Presentation for World Responsible Tourism day by Sallie of people and places
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responsible volunteering
it’s SIMPLE!
responsible volunteering
SIMPLE prioritiesSafetyInformed ConsentMarketingPurposeLegacyEconomics
responsible volunteering
Safetyprotection of the community
• preparation• volunteer Code of Conduct
protection of the volunteers • preparation
• programme Code of Practice__________
Due Diligence
Challenge: – realistic but robust processes
responsible volunteering
Informed Consent
•community and •volunteer
Challenge:-bums on seats-v-need for consent
??? responsible volunteering ???
“our record time for arranging a project
is a mere 24 hours! ”
“Projects that are easiest to set up on short notice are care and {sports and conservation}”
This from a leading “responsible” travel company“Volunteering with children in UgandaGrab one of the last remaining places on 2012 intake dates: October 30th, November 13th and 27th and December 11th”
Taken from the web on Friday 1st November
“Although it's difficult to give you an exact figure, somewhere between 30% and 100% of your
contribution will be applied directly to supporting your overseas
project through financial support. ”
“The children who have made it to these homes and centers crave the love and affection that volunteers have
the time and energy to give.”
responsible volunteering
Marketing
smoke and mirrors
Challenge: -how to tell it as it is-but not create barriers to booking
responsible volunteering
Purpose
needs of the community are paramountBUT
must recognise volunteer expectations
Challenge:– these don’t always match!
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Legacy
is the project appropriate and of
value to proposed beneficiaries ?
Challenge:- the easiest projects to sell don’t always leave a legacy
responsible volunteering
Economicswho gets-what-where
is it fair?replacing local employment
Challenges:• transparency v confidentiality
• the easiest projects to manage often replace local employment
Taking Responsibility
Taking Responsibility Want to learn more?
• Key questions to be asked and answered - http://travel-peopleandplaces.co.uk/About.aspx?category=20h• Better Volunteering - http://www.responsibletourismpartnership.org/BetterVolunteering.html• Better Volunteering Code of Practice -http://www.responsibletourismpartnership.org/ResponsibleVolunteering1.html• Better Chid Protection -http://www.responsibletourismpartnership.org/ChildProtection.html• Examples of good and bad practice -http://blog.travel-peopleandplaces.co.uk/?cat=5&submit=Go• people and places responsible tourism policy -http://travel-peopleandplaces.co.uk/userfiles/RT%20policy%202012.pdf• people and places child protection policy -http://travel-peopleandplaces.co.uk/userfiles/pandp%20Child%20Protection%20Policy%20generic.pdf• people and places on facebook -http://www.facebook.com/pages/Responsible-volunteering-people-and-places/109179132471692?• people and places on twitter @pandpvolunteer• Better volunteering on facebook -http://www.facebook.com/pages/Better-Volunteering/426800777357861• Better child protection on facebook -http://www.facebook.com/pages/Better-Child-Protection/109301995889469
More Resources
• South African Code of Practice - http://www.fairtourismsa.org.za/pdffiles/VoluntourismCodeofGoodPractice.pdf• TIES code of practice - http://www.ecotourism.org/voluntourism-guidelines• Volunteering Standards Group -http://www.fairtourismsa.org.za/pdffiles/VoluntourismCodeofGoodPractice.pdf• Year Out Group Code of Practice - http://www.yearoutgroup.org/why-year-out-group/code-of-practice/• Volunteer wikispace - http://planeta.wikispaces.com/volunteer• ChildSafe Network - http://www.childsafe-international.org/• Child Protection in Tourism - http://www.thecode.org/ • Discuss Irresponsible Practices - http://www.irresponsibletourism.info/forum/default.asp?C=6