Doing Good Well: Engaging Senior Volunteers
From Singapore's National Center on Volunteering and Philanthropy, this
30-page guide shows how organizations have benefited from the skills and commitment of senior volunteers in a wide range of jobs, with tips distilled from NVPC's discussions with NPOs and senior volunteers.
Engaging 50+ Volunteers:
A Resource Guide for Agencies
Developed by the Renaissance 50+ project in Ottawa, Canada (French version also available).
Keeping Baby Boomers Volunteering – A Research Brief on Volunteer Retention and Turnover, Corporation for National and Community Service, 2007.
Volunteer Transitions among Older Americans, by Barbara Butrica, Richard W. Johnson, and Sheila R. Zedlewski, from the Urban Institute (2007).
Age Discrimination
and Volunteering
http://www.ivr.org.uk/age.htm
On the Institute for Volunteering
Research site (UK).
Baby Boomer Volunteer Resources
http://www.allianceonline.org/boomers.page
The Alliance for Nonprofit Management has gathered resources to help nonprofits develop the capacity they need to take advantage of the full spectrum of talents that Baby Boomers have to offer as volunteers.
Boomers in Action
http://www.boomersinaction.net
RSVP of North Central Iowa project, with Boomer volunteer stories.
Boomers Leading Change
http://www.rcfdenver.org/initiatives_blc.htm
A project of the Rose Community Foundation. Site gives research reports and links.
Coming of Age
http://www.comingofage.org/nonprofits/
Free reports on volunteering by Boomers, developed by this program from the Temple University Center for Inergenerational Learning.
Regeneration: Recruiting Older Americans to Serve the Public Good
http://philanthropy.com/regeneration/
Compilation of many articles about senior volunteers, Boomers, etc.
Senior Corps Tech
Center
http://seniortechcenter.org/
Resources for American
Senior Corps programs focusing on the use of the Internet for recruitment
and training.
Senior Volunteers
http://www.worldvolunteerweb.org/browse/volunteering-issues/senior-volunteers.html
Examples of senior volunteering around the world, compiled by United Nations Volunteers.
Volunteering and
Healthy Aging
http://www.volunteer.ca/volcan/eng/content/older-adults/canada_adults_report_toc.htm
Paper by Dr. Neena Chappell
written for Volunteer Canada.
Volunteering in the Third Age (VITA)
http://www.wrvs.org.uk/vita/home.htm
UK program
to promote the value, impact, and numbers of over 65s volunteering by removing barriers across the voluntary and community sector. See various reports and research in the "Resources" section.
