Volunteering Canterbury Registration

Become a Volunteering Canterbury member to receive:

• Referral of potential volunteers (including Employee Volunteers)
• Information and support on involving and supporting volunteers
• Training (our workshops are cheaper for members)
• Networking opportunities
• Advocacy
• Recognition for volunteers

Already a member and want to list a volunteer position? Download a position description form now.

How-to Guide for Leaders of Volunteers

Download the Guide

Events Calendar

Latest training and events

Volunteering Canterbury Newsletters

Download our latest newsletter for the latest news, views and events from Volunteering Canterbury

Other Links

Australasian Volunteer Program Management

Keeping it Legal

Management for Volunteers

New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants

Office for the Community and Voluntary Sector

Volunteering New Zealand

Networking opportunities

We administer a Volunteer Co-ordinators' Network which meets twice monthly. Anyone who is involved in supporting/managing volunteers is welcome to attend, and there is no charge.

One meeting is held at lunchtime (12.30-2.00pm). The first half hour is social, followed by a focussed discussion, often with a guest speaker.

Co-ordinators bring their own lunch, and tea and coffee are provided.

The other meeting is the VC Social Hour, 9-10am, on the last Thursday of each month. Both of these are great opportunities to meet other co-ordinators, discuss issues, and get peer support.

The Not-for-profit Managers' Peer Support Group meets on the third Friday of each month and is open to anyone who manages a not-for-profit organisation.

Our Chair, Jan Harrison, facilitates a Chairs' Peer Group.

Details of all these meetings can be found on the Events Calendar.

Resources which may help you

• Avoiding Discrimination

• Board members' Appraisal Form

• Checking Criminal Records

• Complaints Procedure

• Exit Interview

• Facebook - using Social Networking to Recruit Volunteers

• Financial Policies

• Forms for Volunteer Managers

• Health and Safety Policy

• Interviewing Tips

• Keeping Volunteers Safe

• Practice Guidelines for Voluntary Organisations & Projects

• Practice Guidelines for Volunteers

• Privacy

• Publications Legal Requirements

• Recognition

• Reimbursement of Volunteers' Expenses

• Rights and Responsibilities of Volunteers

• Role Descriptions

Social Media & Cybersafety

• Supporting the mental health of Volunteers

• Tax Questions Answered

• Volunteer Agreement

• Volunteer Driver Policy

• Volunteer Satisfaction Discussion

• Volunteers Transporting Passengers

• When the Role Doesn't Suit the Volunteer

• Working with Volunteers with Disabilities

• Your Project and its Outcomes

Resource use policy

You can copy, distribute, display, and use the above resources to make derivative works under the following conditions:

• You must acknowledge Volunteering Canterbury as the source
• You may not use this work for commercial purposes
• If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under the same conditions
• For any re-use or distribution, you must make clear to others the above conditions
• You use these resources at your own risk