Safety for Event Volunteers

Volunteering Australia is the national peak body working to advance volunteering in the Australian community.  Its role is to represent the diverse views and needs of the volunteer sector while promoting the activity of volunteering as one of enduring social, cultural and economic value.

Their website provides a number of guides, booklets and articles about topics of interest for volunteers and volunteer organisations including risk management, safety and insurance issues.

Risk Management for cultural and sporting events is currently quite a hot topic and effective selection, training and management of volunteers for these events is crucial to the success of the event.

Event volunteering is a form of volunteering that is attracting people in increasing numbers. There are significant differences between the event volunteer experience and ongoing volunteer experience, and these have implications for organisations’ recruitment strategies, the management of risk, and skills development and training. Some resources in this guide use the terms ‘short-term volunteering’ or ‘episodic volunteering’, rather than ‘event volunteering’.  Whichever one is used, all the resources listed are about issues to do with event volunteering, rather than ongoing volunteering. SEE THE FULL GUIDE

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