Refreshed National Standards for Volunteer Involvement
The National Standards for Volunteer Involvement have been refreshed to ensure they are contemporary and inclusive of the diversity of volunteering and volunteers. The National Standards are a best practice framework to guide volunteer involvement. They can be used flexibly, recognising that volunteering takes place in highly diverse settings and ways.
The development of the refreshed National Standards was informed by a sector wide consultation process conducted across each state and territory in 2023. Thank you to everyone who contributed.
Insights gained through the National Strategy for Volunteering consultations also informed the refresh as well as insights from overseas and other ‘national standards’ arrangements. The project was funded via the Australian Government’s Volunteer Management Activity.
All organisations and groups can implement the refreshed National Standards at any time. The refreshed National Standards have retained the core aims and principles underpinning the previous standards and the eight broad focus areas of the National Standards are the same.
Read more in our quick links or head to Volunteering Australia’s website.
A tool to help you meet the National Standards for Volunteer Involvement
Would you like to find out how your volunteer involving organisation is tracking against the National Standards for Volunteer Involvement? A new tool has been designed to help you.
The tool steps you through a self-assessment process on each Standard, providing you with the opportunity to both identify and action areas for improvement. It also provides easy access to a range of resources to assist you throughout the process.
Once you have completed the self assessment, you have the option of progressing to an accreditation process.
If you are interested in complimentary access to this fantastic new tool, please submit an expression of interest.
