Motivating and thanking volunteers

This guide provides practical advice on how to motivate volunteers and recognise their contributions. It highlights the importance of acknowledging volunteer efforts and creating a positive and supportive environment.

The resource supports organisations to implement meaningful recognition practices that foster engagement, satisfaction and long term participation.

Benefits for volunteer managers

• recognise and motivate volunteers
• strengthen volunteer engagement and satisfaction
• increase volunteer retention through positive experiences
• create a supportive and inclusive volunteer culture.

How to apply this resource

This guide is most useful when designing recognition strategies, improving volunteer engagement practices or strengthening organisational approaches to motivation and retention.