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Supporters and partners

Our partners help us deliver our work to organisations and people across Aotearoa New Zealand. We are grateful for the support from these partners; they play a key role in strengthening and supporting volunteering across Aotearoa.
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International Volunteer Day 5 Dec

Let’s join with all volunteers across the globe to recognise the power of volunteering. A huge thank you to all volunteers who make an impact in our communities across Aotearoa!

International Volunteer Day (IV Day) is held annually on 5 December.

Let’s join with all volunteers across the globe to recognise the power of volunteering. A huge thank you to all volunteers who make an impact in our communities across Aotearoa!

#IVDAY24 – start promoting today. Create your own International Volunteer Day graphics

Use these shareable editable Canva templates to create your own social media graphics and printed pieces to celebrate your volunteers. Add your own photos, quotes, facts, messages of thanks.

Access your ready-to-post + editable digital/social templates.
Download here. See the examples below:

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Download editable certificates

To mark IV Day, we’ve selected our top five VNZ resources, tools and research to support managers of volunteers.

1. Best Practice Guidelines

Volunteer Best Practice Guidelines cover seven areas of the volunteer life cycle. Delve into one area or have an overview of them all. There are practical resources to help you implement changes in each area.

2. Best Practice Guidelines Workshops

Attend a webinar introducing you to the Best Practice Guidelines, then decide which practice area(s) you’d like to work on and sign up for future online workshops.

3. Regional training and events

We collate upcoming training and events from across the motu. Many are online and free, giving you access to learning wherever you are.

4. Volunteers and the law
There are a range of laws that have implications on how organisations interact, treat and manage volunteers. We have collated information about employment, health and safety, volunteer rights and volunteer expenses.

5. State of Volunteering reports

Read the Key Findings of the State of Volunteering report, from Sep 2024. Or you may be interested in volunteering statistics.

Any questions about these resources?

Please contact us at office@volunteeringnz.org.nz.