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

Volunteer Assistant Manager

Ref: #00670

The Volunteer Assistant Manager plays a vital support role in the day-to-day operations of the charity shop. This position assists the Shop Manager in delivering a high standard of retail service, supporting and supervising volunteers, and ensuring the smooth and safe running of the shop. The role includes sole charge responsibility when the Shop Manager is not present. Minimum of 12 hours per week. Days negotiable, may include occasional weekend work.

Member of Society

Ref: #00669

In general this will involve attending and contributing to discussions at monthly meetings of the organisation. The aim being to support our paid staff and ensure the society is being run in an efficient and sustainable manner. There are also various responsibilities which members may chose to undertake on a regular or one off basis. These include such tasks as helping the smooth running of courthouse procedures.


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