Volunteers

Volunteers are a great way to get free support for your organization, whether you need help for a special event or project, or administrative assistance. Use this page as a resource to help you find and manage volunteers to fulfill your organization’s needs and better serve your community.

If you have any resources that you’d like to share with the nonprofit community, please email a brief description, and link or PDF to Melissa Harris.

 

Local Resources

The Volunteer Center of Southwestern Fairfield County

United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut’s Volunteer Solutions

Volunteer Connecticut

Volunteer Opportunities in New England

 

Don't forget that college interns can be volunteers too! Interns can be a great way to get extra free or low-cost support for your organization, and give a bright young mind a chance to earn some relevant work experience! CT Nonprofits is proud to host an intern every semester*, and we encourage all nonprofits to support their local institutions of higher education by mentoring our workforce's next generation!

CT Conference of Independent Colleges

CT State University System

CT Community Colleges

University of Connecticut

 

Resources

Volunteer's Legal Handbook

Nonprofit Risk Management Center

IdeaEncore Network

How to Maximize and Extend Your Volunteer Resources: This is an interactive workshop for executive and senior leadership. Through volunteer management strategies of recruitment, selection, orientation, training, retention and recognition, you will learn the “foundation building” for your volunteer program. We will include designing job descriptions, getting your staff on board, providing supervision and recognizing volunteers of all ages.

Volunteer Position Description Template
This document offers a template for developing volunteer position descriptions, which is the first step in the recruitment process. It guides the organization to be clear about the contribution the volunteer will make, as well as the qualifications and deliverables required. It also lets the volunteer know what responsibilities and benefits will be available through the position. (Free)

 Managing Volunteers: Balancing Risk and Reward

This booklet contains information to help better manage volunteers. Topics covered include volunteer recruitment, screening and selection, as well as training, supervising and disciplining volunteers. Includes a brief explanation of volunteer liability and types of coverage available.

 A People Lens - A discussion paper on how your organization can adopt a people-first philosophy

Find Volunteers

Volunteer Match

Idealist.org has a Volunteer Management Resource Center

Serve.gov - "United We Serve" initiative

Do Something

Charity Focus.com

Energize, Inc.

GiveSpot.com

Network for Good

Points of Light Foundation

ServeNet

 

Develop Volunteers

Where to place volunteer ads

Managing Volunteers within the Law

Value of Volunteer Time

Independent Sector

Resources for Volunteer Leaders of Community Organizations

Volunteer Consulting Group, Inc.

Nonprofit Good Practice Guide

Management Assistance Program- Volunteers

 

Volunteers Bookshelf

Leadership and Management of Volunteer Programs : A Guide for Volunteer Administrators

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* If you are interested in a communications internship with CT Nonprofits, please send your resume to Melissa Harris. We accept one intern for each semester - fall, spring and summer.

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