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Leadership in Volunteering Survey: Key Findings and Improvement Opportunities

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

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LOHVE: Volunteer Sector Benchmarking Study

A national study of volunteer involvement in the health sector.

Author: Bendigo Health

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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

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Making it Matter: The impact of volunteering on social inclusion

An international study on how volunteering supports social inclusion.

Author: Making it Matter

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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

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Migrant Participation in Sports Volunteering in Ireland

A research report on the involvement of migrant participation in sports volunteering.

Author: Volunteer Ireland

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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

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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

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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

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Retired Professionals Rural Volunteering Project: Linking Retirees with Professional Skills and Rural Grassroots Agencies.

Research findings and recommendations on the involvement of retirees in rural volunteering projects.

Author: Queensland University of Technology, Australian Government Australian Research Council, Queensland Government Department of Communities, La Trobe University

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