Supporting volunteers with experience of mental illness: A literature review.

All organisations would like to provide a healthy work environment and get the most out of their volunteers or employees. However, for many volunteer coordinators, mental health issues among volunteer staff are a worrying unknown. This review summarises the literature around managing people with experience of mental illness. The information is not intended as a guide for voluntary organisations, rather it is as summary of the available literature so that volunteer coordinators may decide for themselves how to approach mental health issues.