Volunteering Canterbury is an incorporated charitable trust that promotes, supports and upholds the integrity of volunteering.

Do you need a volunteer?

If you are a not-for-profit non-government organisation or project which involves or requires volunteers, contact us to request an agency registration kit. This includes pamphlets and we need a postal address to send it to you.

Advocacy services

We provide an advocacy service for volunteers and not-for-profit organisations. This includes responding to issues arising in the community which affect volunteers, promotion of debate, and lobbying of decision makers.

Support and training for volunteers and co-ordinators of volunteers

For more information on these services and events, or to obtain a training registration form, please e-mail us.

• Low cost learning workshops
• Personal consultation service
• Volunteer Co-ordinators' Network with free monthly support sessions
• Supervision for Volunteer Co-ordinators and for Managers of Not-for-profit organisations

Volunteer management manuals

We have available copies of "Volunteers - A Guide for Volunteers and their Organisations" by Mary Woods, Hazard Press, 1998, price $25.00 (inc. GST) plus postage and packing.  This is written by a New Zealander (a Cantabrian) and offers relevant, practical information and advice..

Items for sale

• Pads, 12.5 x 9.5 cm, 50 pages, printed in red with the V logo in the background and Valued Volunteer at the bottom.  Price $1.20 each or $5 for five (plus postage and packing)
• Pens with "V" logo and "Valued Volunteer" $1.00 (plus postage and packing)

VOLUNTEERING CANTERBURY
Christchurch Community House
Te Whakaruruhau ki Otautahi
141 Hereford Street, Christchurch, New Zealand
Box 13-698, Christchurch 8031
Phone: (03) 366-2442   Fax: (03) 366-0117
E-mail: vc@volcan.org.nz