Funded by the Australian Government Department of Family &Community Services and the State Department of Ageing, Disability & Home Care

Aims:
- to promote volunteering
- to assist organisations in developing sound volunteer management practices, in conjunction with the Volunteering Australia Standards for volunteer involving organisations
- to enhance dissemination of information about volunteering
- to assist in the development of training programs for volunteers

Assistance and Information is provided on:
- national standards for volunteer involving organisations
- setting up a volunteer program
- policy and procedure development
- volunteer supervision
- volunteer insurance
- volunteer job descriptions
- rights and responsibilities for organisations and volunteers
- confidentiality issues
- orientation and training
- recruiting and retaining volunteers
- management committee training
- governance and operational issues
- establishing a volunteer resource agency for your community
- state, national and international volunteer initiatives
- OH&S training for volunteers

Can this service assist your organisation?
If your organisation fits these criteria you can be assisted;
- non profit community based organisation
- an organisation which involves volunteers
- the organisation has volunteer insurance
- has an Occupational Health and Safety Policy which volunteers are trained in during the orientation process
- located in the Central West or parts of the Orana Far West regions

Related Links

Volunteering Australia
www.volunteeringaustralia.org

National Volunteer Skill Centre
www.nvsc.org.au

GoVolunteer (online volunteer vacancy site)
www.govolunteer.com.au

Ozvpm (Australian based volunteer program management discussion group)
www.ozvpm.com

Cybervpm (International based volunteer program management discussion group)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cybervpm/