Volunteer expenses

We will promptly reimburse any agreed expenses you have, such as travel to and from the place you volunteer. Normally we will reimburse the cost of travel at public transport rates, or 20p per mile for cycling. If you need to use a private car we can reimburse mileage expenses, please see our expenses policy for more details. Download our expenses claim form here.

• We really appreciate the time our volunteers give to help support our work and we are committed to ensuring that no volunteer is out of pocket because of expenses incurred whilst carrying out their role with Humanist Society Scotland.

• As a charity we need to ensure that any expenditure is relevant to our charitable objectives and can be fully justified, therefore all expenses should be reasonable and kept to a minimum.

• It is also important that there is transparency with all payments and therefore all claims must always be supported by the relevant receipts for auditing purposes.

• Expenses will be reimbursed for involvement/activity agreed with the volunteer’s named contact. Where availability allows, volunteers will be asked to take part in events and activities within their local area to minimise travel. Volunteers are asked to consider travelling via the most cost effective and environment friendly method of transport.

For more information please see our Volunteer Expenses Policy in the appendix of our Volunteer Handbook (page 45).