Volunteer Policy Development

Books on this topic

Articles and book excerpts on this topic:

• Benefits of Policies, from the book By Definition
• Citizen Involvement in Boulder County Government, Colorado
• Get It Right from the Start : Volunteer Policies - the Key to Diverse Volunteer Involvement (pdf file), from the National Centre for Volunteering, UK
• Model Policy on Volunteering from Wales Council on Voluntary Action (MS Word file)
• Model Volunteer Handbook, from the book Model Volunteer Handbook
• Volunteer Fundraising Code, from the Institute of Fundraising, UK (2005)
• Volunteer Policies Basic Development from Volunteering Ireland
• A Volunteer's Bill of Rights, samples compiled by John Lipp
• Working with Volunteers:  A Human Centred Approach, by Mark Creyton, Stephen McGarrigle and Debra Olive, Volunteering Queensland Inc. (12 principles)

Web sites with articles on this topic:

Minnesota Historical Society Policies and Procedures

http://www.mnhs.org/about/volunteers/polproc.pdf

Excellent sample document.

Sample Volunteer Program Procedural Manual

http://www.jewishresource.net/index.cfm-method=manual%20Management.htm

Generic policy statements, by Nan Hawthorne of CyberVPM.com

For information on this topic specifically relating to the Australasian region please visit our friends at OzVPM :

http://www.ozvpm.com/resourcebank/resource_policydevt.htm

3/27/09

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