State of Volunteering Reports
These bi-annual reports measure and explain volunteering. Volunteering NZ uses the information to:
• Provide sector leadership, strategy advice, and reliable statistics
• Advocate for volunteering to decision-makers and government
• Provide training and resources for the sector.
In 2022 the state of volunteering in Aotearoa was reported to be generally healthy, however there were opportunities for more support for volunteers and volunteering.
Organisational survey
Please tell us about your experience as a leader in an organisation involving volunteers.
• What are your biggest challenges and opportunities?
• How are your volunteer onboarding and exiting processes?
• How healthy is the State of Volunteering for you?
Take the organisational survey
volunteeringnz.typeform.com...
Volunteer survey
What is your experience of volunteering in New Zealand?
• For volunteers with organisations AND informal/ direct volunteers
• Help us identify key issues and trends affecting volunteering.
• We can better advocate for support for volunteering.
Please complete the Volunteering New Zealand survey to help with understanding of the current state of volunteering.
The surveys are anonymous, mostly multi-choice with some places to provide free text answers. They will be up until (estimated) 29 February – we encourage volunteers to do them over the holiday period.
Take the volunteer survey
volunteeringnz.typeform.com...
Do you volunteer or know someone who does?
It's NZ Volunteer Week (16-22 June) and we know there are real good sorts in your community.
Often these kind acts and regular volunteering efforts go unnoticed but let's put a stop to that.
Let us know below who is making a difference in your neighbourhood so we can all appreciate them for the great work that they do!
Riddle time neighbours! Can you crack this?
What has a head and a tail but no body?
Do you think you know the answer to our daily riddle? Don't spoil it for your neighbours! Simply 'Like' this post and we'll post the answer in the comments below at 2pm.
Want to stop seeing riddles in your newsfeed?
Head here and hover on the Following button on the top right of the page (and it will show Unfollow) and then click it. If it is giving you the option to Follow, then you've successfully unfollowed the Riddles page.
Green manure crops
GREEN MANURE CROPS are fast growing crops (like Blue Lupin, Crimson Clover, Mustard) grown within a rotation for the purposes of:
* covering the bare soil and great substitute for weeds that will otherwise appear
* building soil organic matter and soil structure.
* supplying nitrogen, carbon and other nutrients for a following crop.
* preventing soil erosion and leaching of soluble nutrients from the soil.
I use it on a small scale raised bed gardens in between the crops over winter. Mustards spreads, crimson clover is beautiful to see and blue lupin gives me the most biomass. If I have time to dig it in green - it contributes nitrogen to the soil, if l just leave it chopped and dropped on the soil - it contributes carbon - all happy and I do not berate myself of not doing it on time.
Loading…
