About us

Volunteering New Plymouth was established in 2002.
The main purpose of Volunteering New Plymouth is to assist ‘not for profit’ community groups in recruiting and retaining volunteers and to offer ongoing support to all community organisations and their volunteers. To do this we offer our service as a contact point for all volunteers and community agencies. We provide information about opportunities for volunteering, we raise community awareness of the importance of the work that is undertaken by volunteers, we organise recognition awards, we advocate on behalf of volunteers and community organisations at a local and national level and we provide a channel where resources can be shared, particularly in the training of volunteers and their coordinators/managers. We aim to help organisations recruit and retain volunteers and we support existing volunteers through free or low-cost training in order to increase their efficiency, effectiveness and capacity.

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Events and Trainings

Volunteering New Plymouth runs a number of events and trainings to support the not for profit sector. These include Volunteer Awareness Week activities, our annual Volunteer Recognition Awards, Volunteer Managers' recognition events, Volunteer 'snap shots' and the Volunteers Thank You event.

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Latest roles

Financial Mentors/Budget Advisers

Ref: #00660

The Budget Advisory Service in Taranaki provides a free, confidential and non-judgmental, one to one assistance for their clients. This is in consultation rooms throughout North Taranaki. Volunteer Financial Mentors/Advisers can assist in preparing a household budget, work to reach agreements with creditors, provide information about banks and accounts, and much more. Full training for all these positions is definitely part of these very special positions, as well as ongoing training every year volunteers are able to increase their skills in areas such as consumer rights, insolvency law and identifying addictions – and all this while receiving the satisfaction of helping people who are in real need of support. Volunteers are being sought to commence training for this important and rewarding work. As a volunteer you will receive a comprehensive initial training of approx. 30 – 40 over a period of weeks in a supportive environment and you will work with a friendly team of experienced, skilled advisers. The benefit of these roles is that they are flexible, so it can work around the hours that you have available. So if you are reading this and thinking - "I could do this!", and you have spare time available then I would encourage you to make contact.

Treasurer Position

Ref: #00659

We would welcome someone with Book keeping of finances and basic accounting skills. This being the aim of becoming our Treasurer. For someone with Banking background or experience this would suit you well. Accountability and good management of the accounts essential.


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