Training & Development

In this interactive session, you'll hear more about the Best Practice Guidelines Practice Area 7 - Exit volunteers. There will be opportunities to engage with others in the room, learn from each other and share ideas.

Volunteering New Zealand has obtained this previously unreleased volunteering data from StatsNZ. Join Volunteering New Zealand’s Research Director Dr Johann Go who will guide us through key insights from this data

Unlock Financial Confidence in your Community Organisation! Join us for Financial Skills Workshop for Community Organisations, a full-day workshop designed to help board members and employees strengthen their financial understanding. Led by a Chartered Certified Accountant this session will cover and demystify essential financial skills.

Volunteering New Zealand presented key themes from the State of Volunteering 2020, and the 2021 Wellbeing Hauora sector report on the impact of Covid on volunteering. Also included a very brief sneak preview of the State of Volunteering research 2022.

Reflections from young leaders working in the voluntary sector about the future of volunteering and youth, facilitated by Tania Jones. Panellists are: Teana MacDonald, Joanna Li, Chantelle Coby and Matthew Goldsworthy.

Dr Halahingano Rohorua, from the Ministry of Pacific People, shares key insights from The Pacific Economy Research Report on Unpaid Work and Volunteering in Aotearoa.

Volunteer managers from six organisations share their practices for recognising and rewarding volunteers.

What are we seeing, what is working? Rose Hiha-Agnew (Community Governance New Zealand) facilitated a panel discussion with Michelle Huang, Donald McIntosh and Dante Dawes.

In this session we heard from Research Director, and SOV 2022 report writer Johann Go on key insights from the ‘State of Volunteering in Aotearoa New Zealand 2022 Report’.

In this webinar Volunteering New Zealand research director Dr Johann Go discusses highlights of the State of Volunteering Report 2024.

The Community Resilience Coordinators from Christchurch Civil Defence Emergency Management (CDEM) will provide a talk on emergency management and personal preparedness. This presentation will cover the role of CDEM in an emergency, the CDEM team here in Ōtautahi Christchurch, the hazards that can affect us here in Aotearoa New Zealand, how to keep ourselves safe during an emergency, and where to get information from during an emergency.

This workshop will look at why charities and not-for-profit organisations should engage youth volunteers, and how to do so, including the benefits and challenges.

Recruit. Retain. Recognise. While ‘giving back’ is a key motivator for volunteering, the top reason people don’t volunteer is a lack of time. With many organisations depending on volunteers, what makes yours stand out? How do you retain the ones you’ve got? This 1-hour workshop is hosted by Selwyn District Council, facilitated by Volunteering Canterbury and presented to anyone involved in volunteer management within community organisations.

In this webinar, a panel of volunteer-involving organisations spoke of their experiences of Volunteer Management Systems. Panel members included: Gail Marshall, co-founder Community Comms Collective; Carey Buck, volunteer coordinator for IHC Friendships Programme Wellington and Hutt Valley; and Jo Guest, contract event volunteer coordinator, Wanaka. Facilitator: Heidi Quinn, Volunteer Management Lead, Volunteering New Zealand.