Online magazines
Blue Avocado
www.blueavocado.org
Blue Avocado is a nonprofit online magazine for community nonprofits published every third Tuesday through an HTML newsletter delivered to more than 50,000 subscribers. You can acess the past articles from their website as well.
Videos
GoodTube
www.goodtube.org
GoodTube is an internet community dedicated to Good, a video sharing site for non profit organizations and people involved in volunteering worldwide. It provides charities with a way to showcase their work, reach potential donors and inspire viewers. It is a place for video enthusiasts with a Good message to connect with a global audience. GoodTube is a non profit, non religious enterprise, and it is 100 percent free.
Volunteer England’s YouTube channel
www.youtube.com/user/VolunteeringEngland
Posted videos are from events and campaigns organised by Volunteering England. They document variety of issues related to volunteering and could serve as an inspiration for everyone interested in visual campaigning.
Links to NZ Government Departments and Agencies:
Department of Internal Affairs
www.dia.govt.nz
Ministry of Social Development
www.msd.govt.nz
Office for the Community and Voluntary Sector (OCVS)
www.ocvs.govt.nz
Department of Labour
www.dol.govt.nz
New Zealand Employment Relations
www.ers.govt.nz
Department of Conservation
www.doc.govt.nz
Land Transport NZ – Factsheet for Volunteers Transporting Passengers
www.nzta.govt.nz/resources/factsheets/18/
Good Practice Participate – Hosted by OCVS, this website helps public servants engage successfully with community, voluntary, iwi and Maori organisations when decisions are being made
www.goodpracticeparticipate.govt.nz/
Community Net Aotearoa – Online resource in supporting communities in New Zealand supported by Dept. of Internal Affairs
www.community.net.nz
Charities – under DIA
www.charities.govt.nz
Family and Community Services
www.familyservices.govt.nz
Inland Revenue – Information for Not-for-profit groups
www.ird.govt.nz/notforprofits/
Ministry of Youth Development
www.myd.govt.nz
Office of Ethnic Affairs
www.ethnicaffairs.govt.nz
Office for Senior Citizens
www.odi.govt.nz
Statistics New Zealand
www.stats.govt.nz
Social Policy Evaluation and Research (SPEaR)
www.spear.govt.nz
NGO links in New Zealand
Association of Non-Governmental Organisations Aotearoa (ANGOA)
www.angoa.org.nz
Funding Information Service
www.fis.org.nz
Health Care Aotearoa
www.hca.org.nz
NZ Council of Social Services (NZCOSS)
www.nzcoss.org.nz
Philanthropy NZ
www.philanthropy.org.nz
Public Health Association of NZ
www.pha.org.nz
NZ Federation of Voluntary Welfare Organisations (NZFVWO)
www.nzfvwo.org.nz
NZ Blood Service
www.nzblood.co.nz
Refugee and Migrant Service
www.refugeeservices.org.nz
Trees for Survival
www.tfsnz.org.nz
NZ Trust for Conservation Volunteer
www.conservationvolunteer.org.nz
Volunteer Services Abroad (VSA)
www.vsa.org.nz
VolunteerNet
www.volunteernet.org.nz
Global Volunteer Network
www.globalvolunteernetwork.org
Links to International Organisations and Resources
Australia: www.volunteeringaustralia.org.au – Volunteering Australia
www.ozvpm.com – OzVPM
www.pfts.com – People First Total Solutions
North America: www.energizeinc.com – Energize Inc.
http://ccss.jhu.edu/ - John Hopkins University Centre for Civil Society Studies
Canada: www.volunteer.ca – Volunteer Benevoles Canada
www.imaginecanada.ca – national voice for Canada’s charities and non-profits
www.cavrcanada.org – Canadian Administrators of Volunteer Resources
England: www.volunteering.org.uk – Volunteering England
www.ivr.org.uk – Institute of Volunteering Research (England)
www.ivo.org – Connecting people and organisations who want to change the world
Scotland: www.volunteerscotland.org.uk – Volunteer Scotland
Ireland: www.volunteer.ie – Volunteer Ireland
