Volunteer management capacity in New Zealand
In partnership with Volunteering New Zealand, Victoria University of Wellington undertook a nationwide survey of Managers of Volunteers between November 2009 and February 2010.
Funding for this survey was received from the Tindall Foundation.
The summary of the report titled "Managers Matter, Who manages New Zealand's volunteers " is available here (pdf document, 5KB) and the full report could be downloaded from here (pdf document, 448KB).
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Member Profile
Volunteering New ZealandVolunteering New Zealand (VNZ) is an association of volunteer centres and national and other organisations with a commitment to volunteering. Current member organisations cover emergency services, health, welfare, education, arts and culture, faith based services, community support, ethnic groups, sport and recreation, conservation, special interests, advocacy and international volunteering.
VNZ’s mission is to create an environment which supports, promotes, values and encourages effective volunteering by the people of Aotearoa New Zealand. It provides the national voice of volunteering and volunteers in this country.
The key steps VNZ takes to achieve its objectives include:
• Raising both an individual and collective interest in the value of volunteering and to create a well informed public.
• Communicating and working with Government, other organisations and individuals about issues related to volunteering.
• Providing and/or promoting services such as educational programmes and volunteer recruitment through organised groups including volunteer centres, other national and regional organisations and government agencies.
• Undertaking and/or promoting research and the publication and dissemination of material relevant to the development of volunteering.
• Participating in any other activities which are considered practicable and desirable in reaching the objects outlined above.
• Representing New Zealand volunteering internationally.
