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://resources.tnpr.ca/TopicAssets/1000/sample_volunteer_program

_procedural_manual.doc

Generic policy statements, by Nan Hawthorne of CyberVPM.com

Volunteering Development Tools from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies http://www.ifrc.org/voluntee/development/tools.asp
Though focused on the Red Cross, these .pdf files provide guidelines and survey sheets for all volunteer programs.

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

5/27/08

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