New Plymouth Volunteer Centre

State of Volunteering in Aotearoa New Zealand Report 2024

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Important Information for INCORPORATED SOCIETIES

Are you involved in an incorporated society, if so the society was probably incorporated under the rules laid down in the 1908 Act. In October 2023 a new act came into force and this means you will have to make some substantial changes to your rules and then reregister. Failure to reregister by April 5^th 2026 will result in your organization being removed from the register, in other words it will no longer legally exist.

PDF here: Important Information for INCORPORATED SOCIETIES

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Best Practice Guidelines sourced from Volunteering New Zealand

Best Practice Guidelines

The following links open as PDFs:

A Health and Safety Toolbox: Creating Your Health and Safety Plan - Resourced from Community Waikato

Becoming Volunteer Ready - Resourced from Volunteer Wellington

Best Practice Guidelines - Resourced from Volunteering New Zealand

Competencies for Managers of Volunteers - Resourced from Volunteering New Zealand

Contract for Online Delivery of Criminal Conviction Histories - Ministry of Justice

Criminal Conviction History (CCH) Request Web Service: Third Party Administrator Guide: V1 March 2021 - Ministry of Justice

Criminal Conviction History (CCH) Request Web Service: Third Party User Guide: V1 March 2021 - Ministry of Justice

Invoice Form - Ministry of Justice

Dealing with Performance Issues - Resourced from Volunteering Waikato

Developing your Volunteer Programme: A Guide for Managers of Volunteers - Resourced from Volunteer Wellington

Engaging volunteers with disabilities - Resourced Volunteering Waikato

Exiting a Volunteer - Resourced from Volunteering Waikato

FACT SHEET: Checking Criminal Records - Resourced from Volunteering Waikato

FACT SHEET: Information for Volunteers - Resourced from Worksafe NZ

FACT SHEET: Reimbursement of Volunteers Expenses - Resourced from Volunteer Wellington

FACT SHEET: The Recruitment of Volunteers and the Human Rights Act (1993) - Resourced from Volunteering Waikato

FACT SHEET: Using Online Services: A Guide for Member Organisations - Resourced from Volunteering Waikato

FACT SHEET: Volunteer Recruitment: Pre-employment Checks - Resourced from Volunteering Waikato

Finding the Right Volunteer - Resourced from Volunteering Waikato

Generic Volunteer Coordinator Manager Manual for all Organisations and Community Groups - Resourced from Volunteering Hawkes Bay

Information Kit: How your Organisation can benefit from Volunteers, Appropriate Training, Resource and Support - Resourced from Volunteer Wellington

Matching Volunteers to Roles - Resourced from Volunteering Waikato

SAMPLE: Volunteer Agreement - Resourced from Volunteer Wellington

SAMPLE: Volunteer Exit Survey - Resourced from Volunteer Wellington

TEMPLATE: Writing a Role Description - Resourced from Volunteer Wellington

Vetting Volunteers: why its important and tips for doing it - Resourced from Volunteering New Zealand

VNZ Introduction to Volunteering 01.06.2021

Volunteer Management Questionnaire: Adding value to your Organisation Toolkit - Courtesy of Dudley CVS Volunteer Centre UK

Volunteer Management Check-list - Resourced from Volunteering Waikato

Volunteer Reference Checks - Resourced from Volunteering Waikato

Volunteer Retention - Resourced from Volunteering Waikato

Worksafe Information for Volunteers 14.09.2020

Workplace - COVID-19 Vaccinations and Employment - Resourced from employment.govt.nz

Medicines to treat COVID-19 Sept 2022 - opens as a PDF

Medicines for treating COVID-19 Sept 2022

COVID-19 Actions

Resourced from Volunteering New Zealand on 21 September 2021

For Volunteers

Register your offer of support to volunteer.

For organisations

How we can help you find volunteers.

Vaccines and volunteers

Vaccines are being rolled out in a phased approach from March 2021 onwards. Here is what we know.

For Volunteer Managers

Find out how to manage your volunteers during COVID-19

Useful Resources

We have compiled an extensive range of COVID-19 resources

Volunteering Stories

Read inspiring volunteering stories from the COVID-19 response.

COVID-19

Here are some helpful links from Volunteering New Zealand:

COVID-19 Actions https://www.volunteeringnz.org.nz/covid-19-actions/
For volunteers https://www.volunteeringnz.org.nz/covid-19-actions/for-volunteers/
For organisations seeking volunteers https://www.volunteeringnz.org.nz/covid-19-actions/organisations-seeking-volunteers/
Register with VNZ https://www.volunteeringnz.org.nz/covid-19-actions/register-vnz/
For Volunteer Managers https://www.volunteeringnz.org.nz/covid-19-actions/for-volunteer-managers/
Useful Resources https://www.volunteeringnz.org.nz/covid-19-actions/useful-resources/
Volunteering Stories https://www.volunteeringnz.org.nz/covid-19-actions/volunteering-stories/

Social Services Providers Aotearoa

The Update - September

COVID19: Engaging Volunteering Level 3 (2020) - Resourced from Volunteering Auckland

COVID19: Guidelines for Community Organisations Working with Volunteers under Alert Level 2

COVID19 planning: Tips for Non Profits and Volunteer Engagement Leaders 16.03.2020

COVID19: Volunteer Guidelines - Resourced from Volunteering Waikato

COVID19: Volunteer Guidelines for Alert Level 2

COVID19: Volunteering in a new normal 18.03.2020