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Staff vs Intern vs Volunteer
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This article helps volunteer organisations understand the definitions of volunteering, internships, and employment to help ensure they manage unpaid work arrangements correctly and continue to benefit from valuable volunteer contributions.
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Clearinghouse for Sport - Volunteering Research
Explore research on sport volunteer participation by age, region, activity, and sport. Discover benefits, management tips, and recognition strategies.
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Engage Journal – The global voice of leaders of volunteer engagement
Engage is a subscription based online journal designed for people who manage volunteers in charities and non-profit organisations. ENGAGE publish articles and features from around the world to keep volunteer managers up-to-date on the latest ideas and best practice.
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International Youth Volunteering Resources
This collection of resources by the International Association for Volunteer Effort (IAVE) explores the role of youth volunteering in social change and personal development.
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SEEK Volunteer helps connect people to volunteering opportunities that enrich their communities, lives and careers.
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Volaby
Volaby is an end-to-end volunteer and people management platform, enabling organisations to do more with less! Built from the collective voice of our volunteer managers using the platform, Volaby helps you automate and simplify the volunteer and manager experience to save time and scale impact.
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Be Collective
A volunteer management & community engagement platform. Be Collective is all about empowering volunteering and the organisations supporting volunteering to build stronger, more sustainable networks for doing good.
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Plain and Easy English Language - Part 2 (31 July 2025)
People with intellectual and cognitive disability are often overlooked in the pursuit of website accessibility. This 2 part workshop, facilitated by The Centre for Accessibility Australia, will provide tools in optimising online content for readability to significantly improve access to information.
- Volunteering Victoria
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Acknowledging Country
In this session, facilitated by Tania Harris from the Health Consumers' Council, you will learn about and will have the opportunity to gain an understanding of why and when to do an Acknowledgement of Country, Yarn and ask any questions you may have.
- Volunteering WA
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- This session is for all leaders of volunteers who regularly facilitate an acknowledgement to Country. Please note : Only 15 spaces available for this session
Writing Successful Grant Applications
Whether you are new to grant writing or looking at increasing your knowledge, this information session will enable you to start writing grants with confidence.
- Volunteering WA
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- Free for VWA full members, Others $30