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Develop better volunteer management
Volunteers are a valuable resource in the play, active recreation, and sport sector. We need to hold onto these amazing people to ensure their continued involvement.

Our resources aim to help organisations understand volunteers' motivations for becoming involved and keep them at the heart of the sector. Read more information, insights and ideas to assist your organisation to find and look after volunteers who can help to deliver your sport or activity.

Getting Started
Aktive volunteer management toolkit

How can you find and hold on to these amazing people who help your organisation thrive? 

Volunteer management toolkit
Getting Started
Sport rage tips

Advice and tips to create a safe, fair and inclusive environment for all. 

Sports rage tips
Volunteers and young team smiling and running at indoor club
Advice and templates for recruiting and managing volunteers

An overview of the volunteer recruiting process, things to consider when planning a volunteer management programme, and templates to get you started.

Recruiting and managing volunteers
Research
Research
Finding and keeping volunteers

Research-based information to help organisations develop better volunteer management practices. 

Finding and keeping volunteers
Research
Volunteers: the heart of sport

The experiences and motivations of sports volunteers 

The experiences and motivations of sports volunteers

External resources

Volunteering New Zealand

Comprehensive tools and resources to get better outcomes for volunteers and communities 

Volunteering New Zealand
Police vetting

Provides criminal history checks and other relevant information on potential and current volunteers to Approved Agencies 

New Zealand Police
Australian Sports Commission

Australian Government agency responsible for supporting and investing in sport and physical activity at all levels. 

Sport Australia
Aktive Sector Development Toolkits

Resources developed to help boost clubs’, codes’ or groups’ capability 

Aktive sector development toolkits
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Coaching and development

Coaching is a great way to express passion for sport and enrich the lives of New Zealanders. It's exciting and satisfying, and helps keep people actively involved in developing others.  

Coaching and development
Club management

Resources and templates to help sporting clubs set up their organisations and identify areas of improvement. 

Club management
Parents and caregivers

Provide support and put the child’s needs first – that way they’ll get more out of participation in play, active recreation and sport. 

Parents and caregivers
Integrity

A suite of resources to help everyone increase their capability to prevent and deal with the many aspects of maintaining the integrity of play, active recreation and sport.

Integrity
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