Calculating the economic value of your volunteers

This guide provides an overview of methods for calculating the economic value of volunteers. It explains how organisations can quantify volunteer contributions to better understand their financial and social impact.

The resource supports organisations to use data and evaluation approaches to strengthen reporting, advocacy and funding applications.

Benefits for volunteer managers

• measure volunteer contributions in economic terms
• demonstrate volunteering value to funders and stakeholders
• encourage and consider different types of volunteering.

How to apply this resource

This resource is most useful when measuring volunteer impact, preparing funding applications, or strengthening organisational reporting and advocacy strategies.