Over 40 people attended the 'Celebrate Success' evening recently held at Geelong's Skilled Stadium. Participants completing the flagship Leading with Standards Pilot Project were congratulated by United Way's CEO, Adam Charleston and Volunteering Geelong's Manager, Gail Rodgers. They were then presented with certificates and mingled with participants from the recently launched 2010 program.

Leading With Standards

May 2010 workshop

With support from United Way Geelong Region, Volunteering Geelong has developed and implemented the Leading with Standards program which supports a best practice system for involving and managing volunteers. The program has been intentionally created with several components, enabling different levels of participation by community organisations from across our local region.

The 2010 ‘Leading with Standards’ Program has commenced and participants in the 6 month program include Create (Geelong) Inc, Gateways, Pastoral Health Care Network, Wombat's Wish, United Way, Boroondarah VRC, Eastern Volunteers, Royal Geelong Agricultural Show and Geelong Regional Library. Please contact Alison Duff or Gail Rodgers at Volunteering Geelong for more detail on future programs.

Project Objectives

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 facilitated by Teresa Forest, which will provide the detail required to implement the standards.
• Membership of a network of organisations to provide support, share resources, discuss issues/barriers, celebrate success etc.
• Access to a myriad of resources and templates to assist with the implementation of or change to policies, procedures and other documentation requirements.
• At least 6 months support from the Training & Development Manager from Volunteering Geelong to assist with the implementation process, based on the needs of each individual organisation. Support will be one-on-one within organisations on a regular basis.