Our volunteers provide us with insight and support across various workstreams, helping us further our goal to provide “Healthy Skin for All.”

It is essential that volunteers, who are giving up their own free time and making a vital contribution to our work, are provided clarity of purpose, and know that their input is highly valued. For this reason, we have created our Volunteer Charter.

We ask all volunteers to read the charter in full, but here is a snapshot of the BAD’s key principles when it comes to volunteers:

• Volunteers are people who give freely of their time and are not unduly influenced or compelled in any way to undertake volunteer activities
• Volunteers should receive no regular financial reward for their time; however, out of pocket expenses should be covered
• Effective structures should be put in place to support, train and develop volunteers as required
• Volunteers and paid workers should be able to carry out their duties in safe, secure and healthy environments that are free from harassment, intimidation, bullying, violence and discrimination
• Volunteers should be used to enhance the work of the BAD, not replace paid workers or undercut their pay and conditions of service
• Volunteers and paid workers should be given the opportunity to contribute to the development and monitoring of volunteering policies and procedures, including the need for policies that resolve any issues or conflicts that may arise
• Volunteer roles should be designed and negotiated around the needs of the BAD, drawing upon the interests and expertise of the volunteers
• Every volunteer is entitled to a coherent task description that allows them to implement the volunteering activity with a clear understanding of its aims and objectives
• Tasks should be, to the furthest extent possible, developed and agreed on together between the BAD and the volunteer and, if needed, should be updated during the volunteering activity.
• The BAD should ensure that volunteers and paid staff have complementary roles and that good cooperation exists between these two personnel categories
• The BAD respects the diversity of the population and is inclusive in all its activities with, and recruitment of, volunteers

We also have key principles for volunteers, which can be found in the full document. In addition to our Volunteer Charter, all volunteers at the BAD receive a digital copy of our Volunteer Handbook.