Hijacking Volunteering – For Fair Means or Foul?
AGM and Forum
Save the date for our upcoming AGM and Forum:
10am – 4pm
Thursday 23 October 2014
The Hall, NAB, 700 Bourke Street,
Melbourne.
Our AGM will be followed by an afternoon Forum –
Hijacking Volunteering – For Fair Means or Foul?
Further information to follow.
Please don’t hesitate to contact us on 03 8327 8500 or info@volunteeringvictoria.org.au
Recruiting and Retaining Volunteers
How can you compete in the increasingly tight market for volunteers? Or encourage people to volunteer more of their time?
What about recruiting Gen Y’s? And, once you’ve got them, what’s the key to making them want to stay?
With volunteering rates decreasing and people volunteering less time and with less flexibility, volunteer-involving organisations cannot afford to ignore these questions. This module provides usable strategies for finding volunteers – and keeping them.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the workshop participants will be able to:
• Understand recruitment and retention in line with the National Standards for Involving Volunteers in Not for Profit Organisations
• Develop your own comprehensive recruitment channels
• Learn strategies for recruitment and retention for any demographic
• Develop positive networks
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If you are just getting started, this training module can guide you through all aspects of establishing a successful volunteer program, including how to recruit, manage and retain volunteers; best practice in volunteer program management; and legal and regulatory obligations around volunteering.
Workshop Aims
At the end of the workshop participants will:
Advanced Volunteer Management Workshop with Andy Fryar Tuesday 18 November, 2014 10.00am to 1.00pm followed by lunch and optional Volunteer Impact briefing What Does it Take to Be An Advanced Volunteer Manager?
Let Andy walk you through the characteristics that he has observed are common in advanced level practitioners over his 30 year involvement in the not-for-profit sector. See how you compare and learn how you can work to continually advance your knowledge and development. Lunch will be provided after the workshop. Click here for more information or to book your place. Volunteer Impact Database Demonstration with Andy Fryar Following Andy’s workshop, why not stick around for an extra hour and have him walk you through a demonstration of the online volunteer management database, Volunteer Impact. Used by thousands of organisations right around the world, Volunteer Impact is a cost effective tool that helps Volunteer Managers collate records, communicate with their team, generate reports and create rosters and schedules. This is your chance to see this product up close and to ask questions in an obligation free environment. For more information about the database visit betterimpact.com.au Andy’s workshop and the database demonstration are being presented by Volunteering Victoria in partnership with VolunteerWest.
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New butterfly project in the Glenfern Valley Bushlands. The first Glenfern butterfly field trip will be on Friday morning, 26th September at 10 am to 12 mid-day.
Our intention is to identify the butterfly species that can be found in Glenfern. We want to document these butterflies and provide materials so that visitors to the reserve can gain a better understanding of what butterfly are to be found there.
What is needed is for a small group to collect the butterflies. Just a handful of volunteers would be enough. This group will be led by Jennifer Scott, a member who just happens to know all about butterflies and how to document them.
We are not sure how many field trips will be needed – but they need to be done over spring/summer when the butterflies are about. No special skills are needed so long as you have an interest in the project we can learn the rest of on the job. We have a limited number of butterfly nets and identification charts to support the activity. Most of us have not done it before – so it is a great chance to join in.
We are meeting for the first butterfly field trip on Friday morning, 26th September at 10 am up at the main gate on Glenfern Rd. We will finish by mid-day. Best to be equipped with sturdy shoes and long slacks/ trousers and a hat. Bring a flask so we can have a cuppa and a chat at the end of the session.
You are invited to join us for a meal of soup, rolls and nibbles while we watch the presentations ‘From Rubbish Dump to Bush Haven’ – the inspirational story of Glenfern Valley Bushlands and ‘A Gallery of Glenfern Birds’ – a short film by Mike Sverns that showcases some of the birds (including the Powerful Owl) he has photographed at Glenfern. If you like to stay on this will be followed by our AGM and a brief general meeting.
Want to know more about agriculture in the Sydney Basin?
Join the Central Coast Primary Industries Centre (CCPIC) and the Ag Institute to learn about agricultural production within the Greater Sydney Basin and explore the exciting new facilities at Ourimbah.
HIGHLIGHTS:
Agriculture on the Urban Fringe allows you to hear from experts in NSW working in the various areas of the peri-urban agricultural environment:
· Urban planning and sustainable agribusiness.
· Challenges faced by this sector of agriculture.
· The unique training needs of this industry.
Delegates attending the event will also have the exclusive opportunity to tour the $6 million facilities including the Centre of Excellence in Market Access and Greenhouse Horticulture. Research areas of focus include:
· Horticultural services
· Protected cropping
· Legume inoculant testing
· Field vegetables and new crop investigation
· Soil health
· Fisheries compliance; and
· Biometrical services.
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Living with Bushfire: A Community Conference will explore the wide range of issues relating to fire and the effect it has on our community and natural resources.
The event is a joint initiative of:
Federation University Australia
Department of Environment and Primary Industries Country Fire Authority
Latrobe City Council
Parks Victoria
About the conference
Living with bushfire is a reality in Gippsland and the resilience of the community relies on shared learnings and an understanding of how fire behaves, as well as its impact on the environment.
To explore the issues related to fires and the community, “Living with Bushfire: A Community Conference” will be held at Federation University Australia’s Gippsland campus in Churchill on Friday 3 October and Saturday 4 October 2014, with a separate field trip session taking place on Sunday 5 October.
The Gippsland region has a special connection to our forests and natural resources. Over two thirds of the Gippsland region is forested public land (National Parks or State Forests) with many small communities living in close proximity to these forests, but the risk of bushfire, exists right across the landscape and preventing fires from occurring and preparing for bushfires is everyone’s responsibility.
Over the past 15 years the area has experienced a number of significant bushfires causing loss of life and property. Both the response to and recovery from these events has required a team effort with everyone contributing and working together.
Various agencies are responsible for the management and suppression of bushfire in the landscape. Some also work with communities during recovery after fire. The knowledge gained by these agencies, by local people from Gippsland communities and from researchers over the past 15 years has changed how we approach fire. This information will be shared and discussed at a forum promoting interaction and knowledge exchange between agencies, the community and researchers.
Whilst the protection of life and property are of prime concern, bushfire also plays a significant role in the health of our forests and wildlife. How community members and our natural environment cope with fire are the principal themes of this conference
The conference will provide an opportunity for community members, fire agency staff, researchers and students to explore issues relating to fire in our region.
The conference aims to engage with all interested people and raise awareness in the community of the threat of bushfire and how best to prepare for the summer fire season. It also aims to provide a deeper understanding of the effect of fire on natural resources and to provide better opportunities for networking between researchers, agencies and the community.
Topics:
This is part of a discussion group exploring sustainable farm practices as part of “Demonstrating Sustainable Farm Practices in Western Port, Port Phillip and Yarra catchments” project.
As Landcare celebrates a quarter-century since its launch as a national initiative – and looks at how the grass-roots movement can continue to tackle important questions of land and water security – this year’s National Landcare Conference, taking place in Melbourne from September 17th to 19th, promises to be the key knowledge sharing event for everyone involved in caring for Australia’s natural environment and its productivity
Based around the theme: Celebrating our history, growing our future, the diverse program will include robust discussions and analysis of the future of Landcare by pioneers, leaders of NRM bodies, scientists, academics, government, and environmental, climate and biodiversity experts.
Highlights announced to date include:
Also featured will be the 2014 National Landcare Awards – which will be held during the Conference – including the presentation of the prestigious second-ever Bob Hawke Landcare Award.
Delegates are also invited to experience a taste of local natural resource management across Victoria – the birthplace of Landcare – through field trips to sites and projects such as the inspirational Bellarine Landcare’s work on the peninsula, Indigenous land management in the city, bushfire recovery sites, and a nature corridor that includes corporate volunteering reinvigoration in a creek catchment that is a major tributary to the Yarra River.
Click here to read the conference program to date.
Early bird registrations for the National Landcare Conference has been extended and will now close on August 25th.
The 2014 National Landcare Conference is proudly supported by the Australian Government.
