By Tara MacDonald
NewsFlash
This post first appeared in Volunteer Victoria’s Youth Volunteer Connections newsletter. Please email tara@volunteervictoria.bc.ca to sign up for the NewsFlash and hear about new volunteer opportunities, events and workshops happening in Victoria.
VOLUNTEER:
Child Care Worker: The James Bay Community Project needs someone to help take care of children while their parents learn to cook. Shifts would be for 3 and a half hours a week for 6 weeks between April and June. If you would be interested, then contact Catriona at 250-388-7844 or e-mail ccampbell@jbcp.bc.ca
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By Beth Cougler Blom
A couple of weeks ago we offered a free training session to our member agencies on “The Ins and Outs of Criminal Record Checks” with presenter Denise Girvin from the Victoria Police. Girvin, a criminal records specialist with the Victoria Police for the last seven years, gave us detailed information to help clarify our understanding of the criminal records check process and how it works within the City of Victoria in particular.
To apply for a criminal record check, an individual wishing to volunteer who lives in the City of Victoria must go in person to the Victoria Police and fill out a form, providing identification …
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By Volunteer Victoria
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With the Internet at our fingertips, we tend to look on-line for our information and resources these days. However, Volunteer Victoria has a very comprehensive library of non-profit resources. These include publications on board development, non-profit management, fundraising, volunteer management, organizational development and more.
The Management of Nonprofits
At the top of our reading list this month is The Management of Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations in Canada, second edition. Written by …
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