Looking for Volunteers or Board Members?

Volunteers are the backbone of every charitable organisation. Volunteer South can help with advice, training and finding volunteers and board members to help community groups.

You can contact the team here.

Some other options to help find board members include:

• Appoint Better Boards - you can search and contact board members and place listings. Here are people in Otago who are looking for board roles
• You can list roles via Community Governance Aotearoa  https://communitygovernance.org.nz/join-a-board/current-opportunities/
• You can also reach out to corporate organisations to see if they might be open to providing a staff member who might have some skills to help you.  PwC Foundation, for example have a programme where they provide their staff to be on boards or act in an advisory role.   https://www.pwc.co.nz/about-us/pwc-foundation.html

Volunteering New Zealand has also created a super handy resource for anyone working with volunteers - The Best Practice Guidelines. Covering the whole volunteer journey, from recruitment and onboarding through to training, recognition, and exit, they give clear, practical tips on “what good looks like” and how to strengthen your volunteer programme. Developed with input from hundreds of volunteers and community leaders, the guidelines are easy to use, adaptable for any group, and designed to make volunteering a better experience for everyone. Check it out here.