Research Digest

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Reimagining Volunteering: Strategy 2030

The research was written to help direct Red Cross New Zealand’s ‘Reimagining Volunteering’ project which is due to complete in 2022.

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You Thought That This Would Be Easy? Seeking an Understanding of Episodic Volunteering

Episodic volunteering refers to people committing their services for a one-time event or activity. The dynamic is different to relying on active members or ongoing volunteers.

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To Serve and Protect: Bringing Diversity to Australia’s Emergency Services

Both the number of people involved in formal volunteering, and the number of hours individuals are dedicating to these roles, have declined in recent years.

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The Future of Sport Volunteering

Sport is commonly recognised as a key part of the Australian identity. Sport could not have become so firmly embedded within the social fabric of Australia without its volunteers.

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On solidarity and volunteering during the covid-19 crisis in Denmark: The impact of social networks and social media groups on the distribution of support

As an immediate reaction to the pandemic, many countries issued far-reaching lockdown measures and closed their borders.

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Leading and Managing in Tasmania’s Volunteer Sector

Across Tasmania, volunteers provide a range of services that protect, support, and enhance the wellbeing and development of individuals, enterprises, places, and communities.

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EPISODIC VOLUNTEERING: A Rapid Literature Review

This review integrated data from 33 relevant reports/articles. It included academic and grey literature from Australian and international literature, primarily from 2007 onwards. Key points include:

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BEST PRACTICE IN VOLUNTEER GOVERNANCE: A Rapid Literature Review

Ten recommendations were put forward; for example, ensuring that the key aspects of effective volunteer governance are included in any volunteer management framework.

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Volunteer work and its links to the labour market experiences of young people

This paper looks at how volunteering can benefit young people at the start of their careers. It uses existing literature and undertakes further longitudinal analyses, including the effects of volunteering on young people as they seek to access good jobs.

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Volunteering for Climate Action

The paper is structured around the four IVCO 2020 themes of advocacy and awareness, adaptation and resilience, capacity building, and policies and systems. It draws on a review of the literature in this area and primary research findings from a 2020 survey of volunteer involving organisations.