A strong research and evidence base is essential to our purposes to promote and build a vibrant, strong volunteering community that is inclusive, respected and sustainable.
A robust evidence base ensures that our advocacy, policy and operational work is all underpinned by current best practice.
Research and service delivery go hand in hand to ensure Volunteering Victoria can continue to effectively support the volunteering sector.
State Interest
Investigating the role of volunteering in protecting against loneliness in rural populations (current research)
Tara Williams – PhD Research, LaTrobe Rural Health School
LOHVE Benchmarking Infographic 2021
LOHVE Network – Bendigo Health
State of Volunteering Report 2020
Volunteering Victoria, in partnership with the Victorian Government, produced a Victorian State of Volunteering report. The report is a flagship initiative of the Victorian Volunteering Strategy.
LOHVE Benchmarking Report
LOHVE Network – Bendigo Health
The Economic Value of Volunteering
Victoria Government, 2012
Leadership in Victoria Survey: Key findings and improvement opportunities
Ministerial Council for Volunteers, 2016
Key Facts about Volunteering in Victoria
Volunteering Victoria, 2018
National Interest
National Volunteering Research Network
Volunteering Australia, 2021
Volunteering Australia recently establishing a new National Volunteering Research Network. The network aims to facilitate the sharing of information and knowledge between researchers and members of the wider volunteering ecosystem. The National Volunteering Research Network should lead to greater collaboration and enhance research translation and policy engagement to advance volunteering in the Australian community.
Volunteering Australia is keen to hear from the volunteering research community on would be useful from a network. The first meeting of the network was held on 23 September with 40 attendees, including Co-Chairs Professor Kirsten Holmes and Associate Professor Leonie Lockstone-Binney. People interested in attending or learning more should contact Maddie Dorin ([email protected]).
Information on research undertaken by members of the network will be listed here as soon as it becomes available.
COVID-19 Community Sector Impact Survey
Our Community, 2021
Research Briefing: Volunteering during the first year of COVID-19
Volunteering Australia, 2021
RE-ENGAGING VOLUNTEERS AND COVID-19
Volunteering Australia, 2021
Giving Australia
Charities Aid Foundation, 2019
The Social and Economic Sustainability of WA’s Rural Volunteer Workforce
Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, 2019
State of Volunteering in Australia
Volunteering Australia, 2016
Human Resources and Volunteer Management: A shared approach
Volunteering SA and NT, 2018
Statistics
ABS General Social Survey: Summary Results 2019
This ABS report and accompanying data cubes are the main source of detailed statistics on voluntary work in Australia. It includes rates of participation in voluntary work, characteristics of people who volunteer, the reasons people volunteer, information on the nature of the voluntary work undertaken and reimbursement.
ABS Voluntary Work 2010
This ABS report has mostly been superseded by the 2014 General Social Survey but it contains the most recent data about the number of volunteer hours by age and gender demographic in Australia.
