Q&A: Charities, volunteers and the law | Society | guardian.co.uk

Q&A: Charities, volunteers and the law | Society | guardian.co.uk: "Do charities need to have formal agreements with volunteers?
No. Although you are legally required to have a document for employees setting out the terms of their employment, there is no such obligation for volunteers. If you do want to have some kind of volunteers' agreement in place, then you need to make sure that it does not place any obligation on the volunteer to carry out their volunteering activities. It should talk about your hopes and expectations rather than any specific requirements you are placing upon the volunteer. The key point is that you do not employ volunteers and should therefore avoid using employment jargon such as termination, disciplinary, grievance etc."