Resources
This resource page brings together useful, evidence-based and current best practice resources to support effective volunteer management.
Let’s Talk Cultural Inclusion in Volunteering
Volunteering
Cultural Safety
Cultural Inclusion
Download the Video Discussion Guide to kickstart conversations about the videos and how your organisation can ensure you are welcoming a diverse and inclusive team.
Quicklinks
Value of Volunteering Calculator
For help with using this calculator, please click on the i tab, or contact us.
What is 'replacement cost'?
The replacement cost of an individual's time is calculated with reference to the Australian Bureau of Statistics' data for on the average part-time wage earnings of each age cohort, indexed for employer on-costs. This is added to the cost of relevant resources acquired by the individual in pursuit of their volunteering.
In other words, it is the amount of money a organisation would have to spend to replace the overall contribution of the individual volunteer.
What is 'value'?
The value a volunteer-involving organisation delivers to the community is a different measure to replacement cost. It aggregates the commercial and civic benefits created by each act of volunteering.
You can use the replacement cost and value calculators interchangeably for individuals and organisations; however, the value calculator is not sensitive to age differences.
Where can I learn more?
The methodology used to motivate these calculations is fully disclosed in , published by the Institute of Project Management.
For more information on the findings and how you might use this information to promote the value of your activity in , please contact .
