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Newly Revised Handbook for Starting a Volunteer Centre in Your Community

posted on 3:06 PM, February 9, 2010
Volunteer BC is pleased to announce the publication of the newly revised Volunteer Connections: Starting a Volunteer Centre in Your Community - The quintessential handbook for new volunteer centres.

First published in 1993, this new edition (2009) has:
  • Updated templates and forms to help centres pull together their administrative, human resources, recruitment and program processes;
  • Updated resource sections pointing readers to the latest and greatest tools in volunteer management;
  • Expanded media and external relations section;
  • New tools like the Readiness Assessment grid and the Volunteer Centre Planning Check List for centres in formulation;
  • Tips on using the internet to recruit volunteers;
  • Lots more!
Emerging and existing volunteer centres in BC who are members of Volunteer BC enjoy free access to the digital version of the handbook. Contact volunteerbc@gmail.com to receive your copy today.

Visit Volunteer BCs website for more information about starting a volunteer centre.