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Attracting and Retaining Volunteers

How to attract and retain volunteers is one of the biggest challenges for many voluntary organisations.  The articles below offer ideas on how to overcome the hurdle of finding and keeping great volunteers.

 

All about VolunteerNow - a website offering you a place to start your volunteer search.

Valuing Volunteers - Should We Try To?  A great article from Hayes Knight about how to include the value of your volunteers in your financial statements.

How to Invite Participation - Successfully!  It can be a struggle to encourage people to give up their time for your cause, but the way you ask them can make all the difference. 

Finders and Keepers - SPARC's research into how to get great volunteers  Not just for sports clubs, this is a must-read for all organisations that rely on volunteers.

 



Community Awards

The TrustPower Community Awards are run in 25 regions around New Zealand to recognise and reward the outstanding contribution voluntary groups and organisations make in our communities.

 

Enter a voluntary group online now!

 

Here you will find all you need to know About the Awards, including When Entries Open in your region, How to Enter a voluntary group for the Awards, where to find and complete an Information Form, who the Regional Winners are and, of course, all about our National Community Awards.

 

 

The Denniston Heritage Trust and Trev's BBQ with the Joint Supreme Award from the 2011 TrustPower National Community Awards.  Click here to find out more.