Resources

# Becoming Volunteer Ready

# Volunteer Management

# Volunteer Recruitment

# Inclusive Volunteer Practices

# Governance & Non-for-profit Management

If you want to engage with volunteers but don’t quite know where to start, these resources can help you set up structures for welcoming volunteers.

• Organisation Info Pack - A comprehensive overview of what Volunteering Northland offers and how we can help you engage with volunteers.
• Rights and Responsibilities of Volunteers - Legal frameworks for volunteers in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
• Rangatahi Te Mahi Tūao – Youth Volunteers - Support Guide for Community Groups to Engage Youth as Volunteers

• Developing Your Volunteer Programme - This guide for managers of volunteers by Volunteer Wellington contains practical tips, tools and resources to help organisations develop their volunteer programmes.
• Ministry of Justice Checks and Police Vetting Process - New volunteers might require MoJ checks or police vetting. You can find more information about the process here.
• Health & Safety Factsheet: Keeping Your Volunteers Safe - Your volunteers are a vital part of your organisation and you are required to keep them safe.

• Using Volunteering Northlands Online Services: Volunteer Role Portal Connect Slideshow - An overview with step-by-step pictures of how to use Volunteering Northland’s Connect system and member login to advertise for volunteers.
• Using Volunteering Northlands Online Services: Volunteer Role Portal Connect Fact Sheet - An introductory text of how to use Volunteering Northland’s Connect system and member login to advertise for volunteers.

• A Guide to Promoting Inclusive Volunteering - VolunteerPro article about asking the right questions and how to create inclusive volunteering spaces.

• Volunteering Best Practice Toolkit - Volunteering New Zealand's Best Practice Guidelines for Volunteer-Involving Organisations (the Guidelines) are central to how organisations transform themselves into catalysts of community change.
• Explore Good Governance - 14 Recorded Webinars - These webinars on governance are for anyone who is, or wants to be, on the board of a Northland community organisation.