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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 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
A report on the impact of volunteering on rural communities.
Author: Volunteer Ireland, NUI Galway
A comprehensive resource on spontaneous volunteer management, covering planning prior to an emergency, during an emergency and after an emergency. This resource also covers management frameworks and communication strategies.
Author: Australian Red Cross, Australian Government Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
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
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
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
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
Research into the benefits of inclusive volunteering, both for volunteers and service users.
Author: Volunteer Scotland
A research report into the economic value of volunteering in Victoria, published in 2012.
Author: Department of Planning and Community Development
A research report on the relationship between volunteering, health and wellbeing.
Author: Volunteer Scotland, University of Stirling
Volunteering Resource Hub is an initiative of Volunteering Australia, funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services.