Confessions of Volunteers and the People Who Recruit Them
Trent Community Research Centre project highlights why people help out and what stops them By Lois Tuffin Over the past several months, Volunteer Peterborough was…
Category: Managing Volunteers
Providing advice on effectively managing volunteer teams, including volunteer onboarding, training, and recognition.
Lessons learned from 800+ eager volunteers
On May 6, Peterborough Square came alive with the voices of hundreds of volunteers at the Meet Your Match event. It gave more than 30…
Our volunteer listings help you – and they help us too!
When we set out on our mission to match organizations with volunteers, we did our research. We discovered the main reasons that people hedged or…
Volunteers add more value to a non-profit than you would imagine!
Do you wonder what volunteering will bring to your organization? Let me break it to you that volunteers are equally essential as employees to any…
Maximize How You Delegate to Volunteers (and Others!)
So, you want to get some items off your to-do list but you don’t know how to effectively delegate to volunteers. That’s exactly why Volunteer…
Balancing Volunteer Time with Other Demands in Your Life
Like everything in life, you spread out your energy in a sustainable, efficient way by balancing volunteering. It’s important to be realistic with the amount…