Policy
Development
Start
Smart Tool Kit for Policy Development
Writing
policies and procedures for your volunteer program
can seem like a difficult and time consuming task. Start
Smart is a tool kit developed by Volunteering
Australia which shows you how to develop policies
and procedures that will be relevant to the specific
needs and situation of your organisation and the volunteers
who work with you.
It
explains the three stages of the policy process, answers
some commonly asked questions, and provides a step-by-step
guide to get you started.
Volunteering
Australia's Model Code of Practice
Volunteering Australia's Model
Code of Practice for involving volunteers is a useful
document for setting policy parameters.
Volunteering
Australia National Standards
During 2001, Volunteering Australia
released the National Standards for involving volunteers
in Not for Profit Organisations as well as a companion
Implementation Guide to the standards. The national
standards are a must for all agencies involving volunteers,
and are available for purchase from Volunteering Australia.
More details and an order form are available on the
Volunteering Australia web site
Volunteering
New Zealand Codes of Practice
The Volunteering New Zealand
web site also lists a number of 'codes of practice'
that may be useful in the formation of volunteer policy.
Included on their site is a Code of Practice for both
volunteers and volunteer involving organisations,
as well as guidelines for appropriate volunteer positions.
Volunteer
Rights
The Volunteering Australia web
site features a list of 'Volunteer Rights' which outlines
the rights of volunteers in undertaking voluntary
activity within a volunteer involving organisation.
International
Resources on Policy Development
Additional links and
information on this topic from around the world courtesy
of our friends at Energize
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