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Commitment to Volunteer Involvement
A guide on what to consider when setting out organisational commitments to volunteer involvement. This resource includes a self-assessment checklist.
Author: Volunteering Australia
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Making it Happen: Good practice in building local capability to manage spontaneous disaster volunteers
This resource identifies who may be responsible for spontaneous volunteers, including how to set up a response team and risk management considerations. Note: Some information is specific to the Queensland context. This resource is also accompanied by the Making it Happen: Toolkit, which provides useful tools for volunteer management of spontaneous volunteers.
Author: Volunteering Queensland
Managing Older Workers: What can we learn from managers of older volunteers?
A research report that explores how to involve and manage older volunteers.
Author: School of Management, Edith Cowan University
Managing Volunteers for Retention
A high level guide on best practice volunteer management to support higher retention rates.
Author: Volunteering Victoria
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
Recognising Volunteering in 2017
A summary report of research into volunteering involvement in Canada. Identifies volunteer motivations and barriers to involvement.
Author: Volunteer Canada, IPSOS
Sample Messaging
Provides a series of recommended social media posts to use at various stages of response and recovery to support messages regarding the need or non-need for volunteer assistance.
Author: Volunteering Queensland
School Leavers and Volunteering
A guide to involving school leavers who are living with a disability.
Author: Victoria ALIVE, Volunteering Victoria
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
Steps for Setting up a Volunteer Programme
A brief list of actions to consider when setting up a volunteer program.
Author: Volunteer Ireland
The Principles of Volunteering
The key principles of volunteering and how this impacts upon an organisation's volunteer involvement.
Author: Volunteering Victoria