About Volunteering Hawkes Bay

Volunteering Hawkes Bay is an independent non-profit organisation that provides a service to organisations and volunteers. We place individuals into voluntary positions that provide opportunities for work experience, gaining new skills, new ideas and a chance to make a difference in the community.

We provide training in management of volunteers,organise network fora for managers of volunteers and offer advice and consultancy services in the establishment of volunteer programmes. In addition we facilitate corporate volunteering to promote business involvement in the community and foster a more civil society.

What we do

• Maintain a comprehensive range of quality voluntary work opportunities from our network of non-profit organisations
• Recruit and refer volunteers to jobs suited to their interests and goals
• Advise and train organisations that use volunteers in volunteer management
• Promote the benefits and value of voluntary work
• Support networks of volunteers and voluntary organisations in Hawkes Bay
• Promote and facilitate corporate volunteering

Our Mission Statement

To encourage community cnnectedness by providing services to volunteer organisations and volunteers.

Our Vision

Inclusive communities through volunteering

Our Purpose

Volunteering Hawkes Bay undertakes to:

1. Promote, recruit, educate and support volunteers
2. Provide professional volunteer services training, support and consultative services to member organisations.
3. Advocate for the rights and responsibilities of volunteers and recognition of what they do.
4. Raise the awareness of volunteers and promote volunteering as a worthwhile way of contributing to the well-being of the community.
5. Encourage people to increase their participation in community life through volunteering.
6. Work in a multi-cultural manner and acknowledging the contribution that Tangata Whenua make to voluntary work throughout our region of operation.

Volunteering Hawkes Bay is an incorporated Charitable Trust registered in Hawkes Bay in June 2006 and is recognised by the IRD as a charitable organisation.

Board of Trustees

Volunteering Hawkes Bay has a Board of Trustees who meet monthly.

The current Trustees are:

Volunteering Hawkes Bay is a Member of Volunteering New Zealand