![‘Volunteering in the Arts’ toolkit (photo Liam Madden)](http://irishartblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/volarts1-300x256.jpg)
Yesterday (Thursday, 30th January 2014) saw the launch of a new “‘Volunteering in the Arts’ toolkit by the Minister for Arts, Heritage and Gaelteacht Jimmy Deenihan TD.
![Minister for Arts, Heritage and Gaelteacht Jimmy Deenihan TD (photo Liam Madden)](http://irishartblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/volarts2-300x199.jpg)
The very readable brochure gives practical advice and tips to voluntary organizations with special focus on the arts. Among the topics covered are: recruitment & retention of volunteers, expenses, insurance and copyright.
For more information see Voluntary Arts and Volunteer Ireland websites.