Volunteer Managers

Better mental health in the workplace
These free online resources have been developed to increase understanding of mental health in the workplace and provide practical strategies to support you. Each resource takes up to 20 minutes to complete and can be used on desktop computers, laptops, and tablets.
Author: Beyond Blue
Jake Briggs story – retraining after disability
After an accident, carpenter Jake Briggs retrained with the support of his employer to create a new role and maintain a career.
Source : Australian Human Rights Commission
Inclusion and diversity in the workplace
This resource promotes and supports inclusion and diversity in the workplace, across all sectors and intersectionality.
Author: Queensland Government
Disability Action Plan Template
This document provides an outline to help you create an action plan for your organisation. It is intended for you to adapt to the context of your own organisation. Some of the sections may not be applicable or you may wish to include extra sections.
Author: Volunteering Alive
Guide to Co-Design with people living with disability
Co-design is an inclusive, collaborative process whereby a diverse range of people with relevant skills, experience or interests come together to provide advice and make decisions on a project, policy, program or initiative.
Author: Purple Orange
Age Friendly Audit Survey
This audit tool was co designed with community centre boards of management, staff, volunteers and centre users to help the centres better understand the experience of older people who access the centre, what barriers they face and where there is opportunity to improve their experience.
Author: City of Onkaparinga
Promoting and recruiting volunteers
Finding the right volunteers can sometimes be challenging but …. never impossible.
Advertise your volunteer roles in as many different places as you can to attract various applicants.
Try some of the strategies below to help you find a volunteer with the perfect fit for the role and for your organisation.
Author : Be Connected Network – Australian Government
Designing a successful volunteer recruitment advertisement
Taking the time and care to create an effective advertising campaign is crucial in the overall recruitment process. Getting your advertising right will improve success rates and speed up the process of finding suitable volunteers to involve in your organisation.
Author: Volunteering Ireland