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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 on volunteer leaders, with the purpose of better understanding how to strengthen and support volunteer leadership.
Author: Ministerial Council for Volunteers, Victoria State Government
A national study of volunteer involvement in the health sector.
Author: Bendigo Health
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
An international study on how volunteering supports social inclusion.
Author: Making it Matter
A research report that explores how to involve and manage older volunteers.
Author: School of Management, Edith Cowan University
A research report on the involvement of migrant participation in sports volunteering.
Author: Volunteer Ireland
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
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
A summary report of research into volunteering involvement in Canada. Identifies volunteer motivations and barriers to involvement.
Author: Volunteer Canada, IPSOS
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
Volunteering Resource Hub is an initiative of Volunteering Australia, funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services.