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Engaging Senior Volunteers

5 July 2021 | News

In the Marlborough region, there are many mature volunteers...seniors, if you will...who want to volunteer and many organisations and groups wanting t...

Writing Great Role Descriptions (Part 2)

30 June 2021 | News

One of the key steps in volunteer recruitment is having a good role description. They're the foundation of a number of important processes like recrui...

Writing Great Role Descriptions (Part 1)

28 June 2021 | News

One of the key steps in volunteer recruitment is having a good role description. They're the foundation of a number of important processes like recrui...

NVW - How Do You Thank Your Volunteers?

16 June 2021 | News

We encourage managers / coordinators / leaders of volunteers to make sure you are recognising and rewarding the volunteers within your organisation th...

Volunteer Handbooks (Part 3): What else should you include?

14 June 2021 | News

We have now established that a volunteer handbook is an essential part of the productivity of your organisation and of risk management. The people who...

Volunteer Handbooks (Part 2): What should you include?

11 June 2021 | News

A volunteer handbook is an important investment in the productivity and risk management of your organisation. People who are giving their time, energy...

My Experience as a Board Trustee

9 June 2021 | News

In late 2020, I formally joined the Board of Top of the South Neighbourhood Support (TSNS), an organisation dedicated to creating safe, resilient, and...

Volunteer Handbooks (Part 1): Why Have One?

7 June 2021 | News

A volunteer handbook can be an essential organisational resource. High-performing organisations often require that all staff, paid or volunteer, work...

Inclusion - What is it really?

4 June 2021 | News

When we ask people to define inclusion, some of the definition we get are: the act of creating environments in which any individual or group can feel...

Board Members - They're Volunteers Too!

2 June 2021 | News

Fun fact - those people sitting around the board room table, acting as trustees for our community organisations, they're volunteers too! It's somethi...