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Research resources include reports of research findings that may be of interest to volunteer management professionals. These resources include research reports on volunteering impact, recruitment, and leadership as well as different types of volunteering such as inclusive, youth, corporate, spontaneous and virtual volunteering.
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
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
A literature review and survey summary report for the 2016 Giving Australia Report.
Author: Department of Social Services, Commonwealth of Australia
Research into philanthropic giving, identifying trends and making predictions of the future.
Author: Department of Social Services, Commonwealth of Australia
Information on engaging with students, identifying the key criteria for successful student engagement in volunteering programs.
Author: Volunteering Queensland
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
Volunteering Australia's National Steering Committee's Issues Paper relating to the review of the definition of volunteering.
Author: Volunteering Australia
An information report on key volunteering data for Victoria. Highlights trends in volunteer involvement.
Author: Volunteering Victoria
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
A snapshot of key facts and statistics about volunteering in Australia.
Author: Volunteering Australia
Volunteering Resource Hub is an initiative of Volunteering Australia, funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services.