Objective: Stimulate initiatives for URCS youth, volunteer and membership development and management for increased self-reliance.

The Youth, Volunteer Management and Membership Department falls under the Programs and Projects docket in the 2011-2015 Strategic Plan.

In the five years, more initiatives towards youth, volunteer development as well as membership expansion, management, retention, facilitation and motivation shall be emphasised.

Particular interest will be placed on raising both the numbers and profile of volunteers and members further to attract and retain more professionals and other categories of persons that may bring additional resources to the Society. Follow up activities for trained, retained and motivated volunteers and active members shall be critical in this.

Expected to be garned is more quality service and commitment of volunteers and members. Some of the key tasks for this department include:

• Mobilise, recruit, develop and retail youth as the most active volunteer force to respond to their vulnerabilities and needs of other vulnerable people in the community.
• Mobilise, recruit and expand a professional volinteer membership alongise a strengthened wider volunteer force for the Society.
• Develop and implement systems to raise quality of membership for improved productivity and self-sustenance.