About us

Volunteering New Plymouth was established in 2002.
The main purpose of Volunteering New Plymouth is to assist ‘not for profit’ community groups in recruiting and retaining volunteers and to offer ongoing support to all community organisations and their volunteers. To do this we offer our service as a contact point for all volunteers and community agencies. We provide information about opportunities for volunteering, we raise community awareness of the importance of the work that is undertaken by volunteers, we organise recognition awards, we advocate on behalf of volunteers and community organisations at a local and national level and we provide a channel where resources can be shared, particularly in the training of volunteers and their coordinators/managers. We aim to help organisations recruit and retain volunteers and we support existing volunteers through free or low-cost training in order to increase their efficiency, effectiveness and capacity.

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Events and Trainings

Volunteering New Plymouth runs a number of events and trainings to support the not for profit sector. These include Volunteer Awareness Week activities, our annual Volunteer Recognition Awards, Volunteer Managers' recognition events, Volunteer 'snap shots' and the Volunteers Thank You event.

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Latest roles

Caring Volunteers required

Ref: #00564

NZBS are seeking volunteers from a cross section of the local community to help out when the mobile service is here in the New Plymouth area. We are in NP once every 4 weeks for 3 days so if you have some spare time, we would appreciate your help. Time commitment is usually 2.5 to 3 hours at a time. If enough people sign up then a roster will be developed so that you can confirm your times well in advance.

Daffodil Day Fundraising Committee

Ref: #00563

We are looking for a team of people to create a committee to work with our Fundraising & Events Coordinator to make Daffodil Day fun and exciting in the New Plymouth City. We are looking for people who can come up with some great fundraising ideas and can lead organizing them with the help of volunteers and the support of the Event Coordinator. This is one of our major fundraisers for the Taranaki Cancer Society and all funds raised go towards supporting people with cancer and their families in Taranaki.


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