Volunteering Waikato - Te Ohu Tuuao o Waikato have developed a free interactive workshop to help you discover what volunteer best practice looks like for your organisation, based on the latest version of the Best Practice Guidelines | Te Anga Whaitake.
- Workshop: Wednesday 6 September, 9:30am - 12:30pm, Trust Waikato, Hamilton Central
Volunteering New Zealand | Tuuao Aotearoa launched its original Best Practice Guidelines for Volunteer-Involving Organisations in November 2012. These were were designed by a national cross-sector working group, in-depth consultation, and piloted with regional organisations.
These were recognised locally and globally as ground-breaking and world leading. Until their release, there had been few, if any, guides - nationally or internationally - as to what 'best practice' looked like in volunteer-involving organisations.
The guidelines were updated in 2015, and in 2017 an online tool was launched for individuals to complete and receive a report with actions and resources.
Te Anga Whaitake - Tuuao | Volunteer Best Practice Guidelines 2023, sits alongside these existing tools, and provides a simplified accessible framework, and corresponding resources and tools to support self-led learning.
The guidelines identify seven key evidence based good practice areas for volunteer involvement.
They are:
The Best Practice Guidelines workshop - facilitated by Chris Atkinson and Emma Newman of Volunteer Waikato - Te Ohu Tuuao o Waikato - will help to outline areas of strength and areas for improvement in your organisation, and how you could pivot to meet any new requirements and ideas.
For more details and to register for the workshop, head to our event page here: Workshop Registration
To read the guidelines, head to Tuuao Aotearoa | Volunteer New Zealand's website here: Best Practice Guidelines | Te Anga Whaitake
