Our hopes
One day we would like to think that there will be a Volunteer Doula Service in every part of the country providing essential support during pregnancy for some of the most disadvantaged or isolated women in our society.
Our offer
We have developed a comprehensive tool package to support you in your project start up covering all essential areas. Due to the funding provided by the Department of Health, we are looking to work with eight areas within England over the next three years.
This funding enables us to support you to set up a service in your area and covers:
Project Establishment
Identification and facilitation of key relationships with Commissioners - Support with the development of a local Steering Group - Building relationships with schools of Health and Midwifery and local colleges. - Provision of a bespoke software and management database, accessed through this website - Access to OCN Accredited Training Centre - Membership of an emerging national network, branding and right to use the Goodwin name and links to the Goodwin Volunteer Doula Service website - Marketing and Communications Strategy
Human Resource Expertise
Supply of adverts, job descriptions, and person specifications - Recruitment and selection of ‘founding staff’ - Staff induction programme - Volunteer Recruitment - Volunteer Training Programme - Train the Trainer Programme 
The Goodwin Volunteer Doula Service Manual
A comprehensive portfolio of documents covering every aspect of the project including policies and procedures - sample letters - Volunteers Handbook - Monitoring and evaluation - Health & Safety and risk assessments - Quality assurance - Management and information systems.
The Goodwin Doula Volunteer Training Manual
A complete training guide and range of supporting materials for volunteers as they progress through the course - OCN Accredited course outline - A range of supporting materials
Volunteer Impact Assessment
At the end of the years' support a volunteer Impact Assessment is provided to enable you to assess how effective the service is being implemented, enable you to make adjustments to the service and influence key funders as to longer term funding.
The main benefit of joining the Goodwin Volunteer Doula Service community is that we have done the hard work!
If you would like to find out more about how to get involved, and tap into this innovative emerging network of women who want to support other women, please contact us via the website.
