Research

Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management, 2020. Volunteer Coordination in CDEM provides a broad overview of volunteer coordination, with a particular focus on CDEM-trained volunteers (community members who are registered, screened and trained during readiness), and spontaneous volunteers (who emerge during response).

We have collated key volunteering data resources and highlighted some of the key insights drawn from this data. We have also captured key volunteering measures tracked by the public sector.

Katene, Rahui. Playcentre Journal, 2010. This document contains a speech made by Rahui Katene, Member of Parliament for Te Tai Tonga, on the importance of every family’s contribution to our children’s and communities’ successful future. The speech also delves into how the volunteer base is supported. An online copy of this document is currently unavailable.

Migration Policy Institute, 2019. The report offers a few ways in which policymakers can help fill gaps, including by creating policy frameworks that allow agencies to engage volunteers or sponsors where they would add the most value; and provide dedicated resources to establish and maintain effective community engagement.

Gates, Trevor; Russell, Elizabeth; Gainsburg, Jeanne. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services 2016. The study found that LGBTQ+ volunteers are motivated primarily by their personal values, mission of the organisation, and desire to develop and maintain social relationships with the LGBTQ+ community. Implications for volunteer resource management and research are explored.

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Drawing on 25 in-depth interviews with young volunteers in Canterbury, New Zealand, this paper finds volunteering in established organisations can be a conflicted participatory space for young people. The analysis suggests organisations should be responsive to the aspirations young people strive to enact through their participation.