About Volunteer Alberta
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Volunteer Alberta members are Alberta’s essential organizations and powerful investors in Alberta's communities.
We encourage the establishment of Volunteer Centres in Alberta's communities to serve volunteer engaging organizations in a broad range of sectors, including: health, recreation, arts, sports, faith, community development, and social services.
Volunteer Alberta provides services that help our members meet the many challenges confronting them.
- NEW! Volunteer Alberta's Strategic Directions 2010-2013
- Financial Statements 2009
- Annual Report 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005
- Become a Volunteer Alberta member today!
Connect
- Connects with national organizations, including Volunteer Canada and CAVR (Canadian Administrators of Volunteer Resources)
- Encourages participation in provincial and national programs such as National Volunteer Week (NVW) and International Volunteer Day (IVD)
- Connecting future volunteers with opportunities through govolunteer.ca.
Stay Current
- Distributes Sector Connector - Volunteer Alberta’s email newsletter on current trends, issues, news, events, and provincial and federal policies and initiatives affecting the voluntary sector.
- Works to raise awareness of the issues facing volunteers and the organizations they work in and strives to find support to remove these barriers.
Access Funding
- Provides Enhancement Funding to communities celebrating NVW through a partnership with Alberta Culture & Community Spirit.
Provide HR Benefits
Expand Professional Development Opportunities
- Provides networking and professional development opportunities to persons and organizations working in the nonprofit/voluntary sector.
- Request a Speaker
Use Communication Tools
- Easy access to planning and communications resources (including samples and templates of a media campaign, best practices, worksheets, and other resources) to assist planning Volunteer Week or other volunteer recognition activities.
Establish Best Practices
- Volunteer Alberta hosted the Alberta Network of the Canada Volunteerism Initiative (CVI) 2003-2007, and provides access to the wealth of knowledge created during this initiative. (Funding for the creation of this website was provided by the Alberta Network of the Canada Volunteerism Initiative.)
Consulting Services
Volunteer Screening Program Audit
Volunteer Alberta will provide an external, objective analysis of the current volunteer program and practices of your organization. Recommendations, tools and resources for priority areas needing development and/or improvement will be provided. Opportunities to analyze specific sections of the Volunteer Screening Program Audit can be negotiated (for example, making the volunteer program more culturally sensitive).
Cost: $8000 for VA members, $8800 for non-members
Time-Frame: 3 – 5 months
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