Leading With Standards Volunteer Management Program

2013 Leading with Standards Program participants

Volunteering Geelong have developed the Leading with Standards Program which promotes a model of best practice in volunteer involvement based on the National Standards for Involving Volunteers. The Leading with Standards Program assists an organisation to implement these standards within their own individual workplace setting. 

Throughout 2009, 2010,2011 and 2012, 80 organisations from Geelong, Melbourne and surrounding regions have undertaken this innovative 6 month program .

2013 program participants include Volunteer West, Australian Masters Games, Volunteers of Banyule, Wimmera Volunteers, Wimmera Health Care Group, Whittlesea Community Connections & DIVRS.

Please contact Alison Duff or Gail Rodgers at Volunteering Geelong for more detail on becoming involved in this program in the future or access the 2013 Leading with Standards flyer.

Broad Program Outline (flexible components available)    

Organisations that participate in the program will receive the following training and support components:

• 2 day workshop for the organisation’s representative or Volunteer Manager/Coordinator which will provide the detail required to implement the National Standards for Involving Volunteers.
• A series of workshops that will bring participants together to network, share ideas and concerns, strategies and documentation.
• Provision of practical support to organisations by providing examples of best practice in similar organisations (relevant to size, sector etc)
• At least 6 months support (including up to 3 site visits) from the Training & Development Manager from Volunteering Geelong to assist with the implementation process, based on the needs of each individual organisation.

 Participants in the Leading wtih Standards Program (past & present) can access project resources in the Volunteer Management area of website (login via Geelong Volunteer Network area).

To participate in the Leading with Standards Online Forum and Chat area access this link. You are required to be a participating member of the project team to access this area.

Best Practice Basics Program (Abridged version of Leading with Standards)

Young People and Volunteering: A Series of Tip Sheets

This is a series of tip sheets developed and supported by Youth Affairs Victoria

They provide information for community organisations and groups to better enable them to involve young people as volunteers.

The series also includes information sheets for young people about volunteering and how to get started as a volunteer as well as an information sheet for parents about youth volunteering.

Not for Profit Compliance Support Centre website is published by the Victorian Government's Office for the Community Sector unit within the Department of Planning and Community Development.

The Not for Profit Compliance Support Centre aims to reduce the regulatory compliance burden for not for profit community organisations and increase productivity within the sector. It seeks to achieve this by:

• saving search time for NFP organisations in finding regulatory and compliance information which apply to their activities
• increasing use of existing regulatory tools that are available
• increasing regulatory awareness within the sector leading to greater compliance
• increasing understanding of NFP organisations about the benefits of compliance
• generally increasing productivity within the sector.