Research Digest

Research Digest

The Impact of Volunteering on a Young Person’s Life

This research offers a significant contribution to the definition, understanding and development of secondary school volunteering in both the New Zealand and global context.

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Community Giving in First Nations Communities in Gippsland: Strengths, Barriers, and Opportunities

This project sought to understand the valuable ways that Indigenous peoples in Gippsland contribute to their communities and support and sustain each other.

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Good Sports – Why Sports need to Engage Female Volunteers

Sport volunteering attracts a less diverse population generally, with volunteers more likely to be male, white, and from a higher socioeconomic background. This study undertook exploratory research to find out more about the experiences of women as sports volunteers, with a view to understanding, and ultimately correcting, the gender imbalance.

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Building Community Resilience Through Youth Volunteering: Towards a New Model

Australian regional communities are changing. The combined impact of out-migration and ageing populations means that the capacity of regional communities to function as they traditionally have is challenged. In this context, volunteer effort remains a vital part of building community resilience and social capital.

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The Game of Life: Designing a Gamification System to Increase Current Volunteer Participation and Retention in Volunteer-based Non-profit Organizations

Games have been powerful tools in motivating human behaviours. Today, games have become integrated into social media as a means to engage and encourage user behaviour and also in the workplace to motivate employees

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Young People as Volunteers: A Guide to Moving from Traditional Practices

This research was heavily focused on practical outputs and strategies; aiming to provide organisations with tools to implement into their programs.

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Continuity and Change: Volunteering during the COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has had widespread consequences across all aspects of community life in Australia. This includes its economic consequences and the increased strain it has placed on community services, the health system, and individual wellbeing.

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Nursing and Allied Health Staff Perceptions and Experiences of a Volunteer Stroke Peer Support Program: A Qualitative Study

This study explored the perceptions and experiences of nursing and allied health staff of a volunteer peer support program for stroke inpatients using a qualitative case study design

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Volunteering: A Family Affair?

Family volunteering looks and feels very different in different families and organisations. It includes, but is about far more than, parents and children volunteering together within the same organisation.

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Building Equal and Inclusive Societies

This report discussed how to investigate the potential contribution volunteerism can make to building equal and inclusive societies.