Rural Volunteerism: Impacting Development and Sustainability
A report on the impact of volunteering on rural communities.
Author: Volunteer Ireland, NUI Galway
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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.
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
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
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
Information on the impacts of volunteering on mental health and wellbeing, and what the implications of this is for volunteer management.
Author: Volunteering Victoria
Research into the impact of volunteering onto a person's health and wellbeing.
Author: Volunteer Ireland
Information on the review of the definition of volunteering undertaken in 2013-2015.
Author: Volunteering Australia
The State of Volunteering in Queensland 2021 Report is the inaugural report into the status, and the economic and social value of volunteering in Queensland.
Author: Institute of Project Management, Volunteering Queensland
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