Volunteer West Pathways to culturally diverse volunteering towards COVID-19 recovery (2021)
The Department of Families, Fairness, and Housing through the local Brimbank Melton Area commissioned Volunteer West to conduct a focused study to better understand the critical success factors for volunteer engagement among culturally diverse groups.
Study Melbourne LIVE Volunteers Pilot program
Study Melbourne LIVE Volunteers was a year-long pilot project to explore volunteering by international students with community-based organisations across Victoria.
Study Melbourne LIVE Volunteers was supported under the volunteering part of LIVE, which aims to enhances the employability skills of international students by developing soft skills, building social connectedness and confidence, through experiencing local workplace culture, and expanding support networks and contacts.
Volunteering Naturally (2021)
The Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning has released a Volunteering Naturally report that gives information on trends and activities of environmental volunteer groups and organisations in Victoria.
Victoria has a strong history of environmental volunteering, with volunteers contributing enormously to improving our environment, our local communities and our economy.
State of Volunteering in Victoria (2020)
The Victorian government has commissioned Volunteering Victoria to develop a report that provides new insights on the economic, social and cultural benefits that volunteering brings to Victoria; along with a snapshot of volunteering characteristics, barriers and motivations.
Volunteering provides significant benefits for Victoria, and supports the health, social and economic recovery from the pandemic. In 2019, the value of volunteering to Victoria was $58.1 billion in 2019. This includes $19.4 billion in replacement labour costs and an $8.2 billion contribution to Victoria’s Gross State Product; and represents a return on investment of $3.70 for every dollar invested.
AMES Australia Volunteering in CALD communities (2020)
This paper identifies existing barriers to volunteering for people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds. It discusses policy options for fostering increased and sustained CALD participation in formal volunteering and explores potential contributions from informal volunteering.
Competency framework for leaders of health volunteers (2020)
This framework will help health organisations to understand the types of competencies required to effectively manage volunteers to maximise efficiency and quality of the volunteer and patient experience.
The report also explored factors that influenced the volunteer’s intention to stay within health services and provides recommendations for health organisations.