Training & Development

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.

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.

Free online training about health and safety

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.

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’s Research Director Dr Johann Go guides us through key insights from the Statistics NZ data about volunteering. This was from the 2023 General Social Survey, released March 2025.

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.

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

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, 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.

Volunteering in Aotearoa New Zealand remains strong, yet the volunteering experience can differ across regions. In this webinar Volunteering New Zealand research director Johann Go unpacks new insights into regional differences and challenges as outlined in the State of Volunteering Regional Report.

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

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.

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.

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.