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Nominations are now open for two exciting Australian awards

The Centre for Volunteering in NSW is currently seeking nominations for this year's '2010 NSW Volunteer of the Year' awards. Awards are presented in several different categories and close on Sept 30. To nominate someone today visit the awards page on the Centre's wesbite

AAVA have also opened nominations for the 2010 'Volunteer Manager of Excellence' Award. Nominations for this award close on September 10 - so get cracking!

To learn more visit the AAVA website

New Volunteer Management Report about the impact of Vol Mngmnt in New Zealand

Victoria University in partnership with Volunteering New Zealand have released a report titled 'Managers Matter', which is the result of a study into the impact that sound VM practices make to effective volunteering

Download the Report Summary Here

Download the full report Here

National Volunteering Strategy Consultation Paper now available

The Federal Government has been progressing with plans to develop a National Volunteering Strategy. This Strategy will shape the government's vision for volunteering over the next ten years.

The strategy will be released to mark the 10 year anniversary of the United Nations International Year of Volunteers (IYV +10) which will be celebrated through the world in 2011.

The strategy development is now at the community consultation phase and Volunteering Australia would like to encourage you to provide comment to government on the strategy.

Click here to view the strategy slide show that will give you an overview of what the National Volunteering Strategy is all about.

Click here to download the consultation paper.

Please note the deadline for your input is Wednesday 30th June 2010.

World Conference in our region

The International Association for Volunteer Effort World Conference is being held in Singapore in January. Click on the image above to learn more

New National Compact Signed

A new national compact was signed this week (mid March) outlining the working relationship between the Australian Federal Government and the not for profit sector. Learn more about it at

http://www.nationalcompact.gov.au/

THIS MONTH'S FEATURE BOOK

What we learnt (the hard way) about SUPERVISING VOLUNTEERS

Packed with the advice, wisdom, and experience of over 85 real-life, on-the-job supervisors of volunteers, this guide offers a crystal clear analysis of what works and what doesn't in supervision.

Welcome to OzVPM

- the Australasian Volunteer Program Management web site

Our site has been developed to assist those who have a responsibility for the management / coordination of volunteer groups.

This involves a diverse range of people, including the leaders of scout & church groups, environmental projects, sporting clubs, service clubs and not-for-profit board members.

At OzVPM, we aim to give you access to a wide range of resources that will assist you to:

support volunteer management in your organisation
professionally develop as a Volunteer Program Manager
find up-to-date and relevant resources about volunteerism
link with others working in the field

Our site is also designed to cater for all levels of experience - from new coordinators, wanting to learn the basics, right through to experienced volunteer program management professionals, wanting to keep abreast of the latest trends.

We trust you'll enjoy your OzVPM experience

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Attention US & UK Visitors

OzVPM Director and Founder Andy Fryar is a frequent visitor to both the USA and the UK, where he regularly provides volunteer management training on a range of topics.

Please let us know if we can be of assistance to you