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Measuring the Impact of Volunteering
A guide on how to measure the impact of volunteers.
Author: Volunteer Scotland
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Achieving Excellence in Your Volunteer Program: Volunteer program management guidelines
A guide on how to engage with volunteers, particularly through the recruitment process, as well as how to advocate for volunteer involvement to the organisation.
Author: Swan Volunteer Resource Centre, City of Swan
Calculating the Economic Value of Your Volunteers
A guide on how to quantitatively calculate the economic value of your volunteers.
Author: Volunteer Scotland
Giving Australia 2016: Background Paper
Background paper for the 2016 Giving Australia Report, including literature review and survey data.
Author: Department of Social Services, Commonwealth of Australia
Giving Australia 2016: Business Giving and Volunteering
Research into business giving through corporate volunteering, payroll giving and community sponsorships.
Author: Department of Social Services, Commonwealth of Australia
Giving Australia 2016: Giving and Volunteering - the nonprofit perspective
Research into not-for-profit fundraising and volunteer engagement, including how charities facilitate giving and volunteering, and how innovations in technology and communication are influencing changes.
Author: Department of Social Services, Commonwealth of Australia
Giving Australia 2016: Individual Giving and Volunteering
Research into trends in individual giving and volunteering, identifying how people give and volunteering their time and what the future of giving and volunteering looks like.
Author: Department of Social Services, Commonwealth of Australia
Giving Australia 2016: Literature Review and Summary Report
A literature review and survey summary report for the 2016 Giving Australia Report.
Author: Department of Social Services, Commonwealth of Australia
Giving Australia 2016: Philanthropy and Philanthropists
Research into philanthropic giving, identifying trends and making predictions of the future.
Author: Department of Social Services, Commonwealth of Australia
Including Volunteer Contributions in Grant Applications
Information on how to including the contirbution of volunteers into the narrative and budgeting of grant applications.
Author: Volunteering Australia
Invest for Success: The Real Value of Volunteering
Research into the value of volunteering in Scotland, providing information on how to measure impact and build volunteering into funding.
Author: Scottish Volunteering Forum, Scottish Government
Key Facts and Statistics About Volunteering in Victoria
An information report on key volunteering data for Victoria. Highlights trends in volunteer involvement.
Author: Volunteering Victoria
Key Statistics about Volunteering in Australia: The General Social Survey
An overview of the key statistics on volunteering in Australia, derived from the Australian Bureau of Statistic's 2019 General Social Survey.
Author: Volunteering Australia
Measuring the Impact of Volunteering
A guide on how to measure the impact of volunteers.
Author: Volunteer Scotland
NSW State of Volunteering Report
The Centre for Volunteering, in partnership with the Department of Communities and Justice, is pleased to launch the inaugural New South Wales State of Volunteering report. This in-depth analysis showcases the characteristics of volunteers, volunteering and volunteer-involving organisations. It produces a detailed cost-benefit analysis of the social, cultural and economic impacts of volunteering on communities in NSW. The report was undertaken by the Institute of Project Management which surveyed more than 1,100 volunteers and received more than 1,000 responses from volunteer-involving organisations. Discover the value of the nearly 4.9 million residents across NSW who gave more than 1.5 billion hours of volunteering in 2020; the benefit of which is approximately $127 billion.
Author: Institute of Project Management, The Centre for Volunteering
NSW State of Volunteering Report 2023
The State of Volunteering Report presents a detailed examination of the characteristics of volunteers and volunteer management in NSW. It highlights the strength of the volunteering sector, and the immense benefits volunteering contributes to the state.
Author: Institute of Project Management, The Centre for Volunteering
Research Briefing Volunteering during the first year of COVID-19
Volunteering Australia worked in partnership with the ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods (CSRM) to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on volunteering.
Author: Volunteering Australia
Rural Volunteerism: Impacting Development and Sustainability
A report on the impact of volunteering on rural communities.
Author: Volunteer Ireland, NUI Galway
So What? Volunteering Impact Measurement - Top Tips to Get You started
A guide on how to demonstrate the impact of volunteer involvement to your organisation.
Author: Volunteer Scotland, Scottish Volunteering Forum, Scottish Government
State of Volunteering in Queensland 2024
Commissioned by Volunteering Queensland, this comprehensive report offers a timely overview of the State of Volunteering in Queensland in 2024. It serves as an invaluable resource for policy and decision makers, community leaders, volunteer managers, volunteer involving organisations and engaged citizens and groups with an interest in volunteering alike.
Author: Institute of Project Management, Volunteering Queensland
State of Volunteering in Queensland 2024 Youth Report
This report, prepared for Volunteering Queensland, gives a detailed overview of the volunteering of young people aged 15 – 24 (youth) in Queensland. It uses information from one of the biggest surveys focused only on volunteering in the State, which included 1,516 people and 833 volunteer managers.
Author: Institute of Project Management, Volunteering Queensland
State of Volunteering in Victoria: 2020
A research report into the volunteering sector in Victoria. This report sheds light on volunteering characteristics, including motivations, barriers, recruitment, retention and trends.
Author: Volunteering Victoria, Institute of Project Management, Victoria State Government
State of Volunteering South Australia 2023
The inaugural State of Volunteering Report provides a comprehensive, rich, and practical snapshot of the volunteering landscape in SA, offering insights into the volunteering sector, volunteering behaviour and the economic and social value of volunteering.
Author: Institute of Project Management, Volunteering SA&NT
The Compass: Your Guide to Social Impact Measurement
A comprehensive guide on how to report on social outcomes and their impact.
Author: The Centre for Social Impact
The Economic Value of Volunteering in Victoria
A research report into the economic value of volunteering in Victoria, published in 2012.
Author: Department of Planning and Community Development
The State of Volunteering in Queensland 2021 Report
The State of Volunteering in Queensland 2021 Report is the inaugural report into the status, and the economic and social value of volunteering in Queensland.
Author: Institute of Project Management, Volunteering Queensland
The State of Volunteering in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) 2024
The State of Volunteering in the ACT Report offers a comprehensive overview of the current state of volunteering in the ACT. It shows that in 2023, 279,000 ACT residents contributed over 63 million hours of their time to volunteering, generating $14.1 billion of value for the Canberra Region.
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Value of Volunteering Wheel
A visual tool demonstrating the benefits of volunteering to building confidence, competence, connections and community.
Author: Volunteer Canada
Volunteering and the Early Impact of COVID-19
Research and key statistics on the impact of COVID-19 on volunteering in Australia.
Author: Volunteering Australia
Volunteering in Australia 2022: The Organisation Perspective
As part of the Volunteering in Australia research, this report provides an important contribution to the evidence base on contemporary volunteering to inform the development of the National Strategy for Volunteering. The focus of this report is the organisational perspective. We explore the characteristics of volunteer involving organisations and the challenges they are facing. The research draws on a literature review and several data sources. New data collection was undertaken through a survey and focus groups during May-June 2022.
Author: Kirsten Holmes, Patrick D. Dunlop, Leonie Lockstone-Binney, Amanda Davies, Hawa Muhammad Farid, and Callan Lavery
Volunteering to Support Older People's Health and Care
Research on how volunteering enhances older people's health and care.
Author: Volunteer Development Scotland
WA State of Volunteering Report 2023
The report draws its insights from two extensive surveys within the volunteering sector. The first, a Public Survey, involved a random sample of 1,000 WA residents, while the second, a Volunteer Manager survey, included 613 WA volunteer managers from across metropolitan, regional and remote locations. The findings underscore the resilience of the volunteering sector and emphasise the substantial benefits it brings to WA. In addition, Western Australia benefits from strong connection with corporate volunteering which further adds to this significant volunteer contribution. The report provides some high-level information from Volunteering WA’s Corporate Volunteering Program.
Author: Institute of Project Management, Volunteering WA