Eyes on Craigdarroch Castle

By Leanna Hill

The following is a guest blog post written and researched by one of Volunteer Victoria’s volunteer writers, Gwen Hill. Gwen is one of two Volunteer Victoria Media Copy Writers and she has been with us for just over a year. She says she “has been writing for pleasure and craft since she figured out how to hold a pen”.  Gwen maintains a blog on managing depression, which you can visit by clicking on this link.”  Enjoy!

It was first a lavish Victorian home. Then a military hospital. A college, a school board – And now, it’s Craigdarroch …

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February 29th, 2012 | Tags: , , | Category: Featured Members, Latest News, Special Events, Volunteering | 2 comments

Strategic Volunteering for Job-Seekers

By Beth Cougler Blom

Over the years I’ve worked for Volunteer Victoria I’ve done many presentations on the topic of volunteering to adult groups. (My colleagues in the youth program make presentations to youth groups.) Lately, I find myself talking a lot – especially to people in career transition – about strategic volunteering.

While this may be a new term to some of you the concept isn’t that hard to grasp. Essentially it means that while volunteers are offering their time and talents for free to an agency that needs their help, they are in turn receiving something that is important to them. Since we know …

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February 18th, 2012 | Tags: , , , | Category: Volunteering | 2 comments

BC Societies Act Update

By Lisa Mort-Putland

The Ministry of Finance released a discussion paper in December 2011 regarding proposed amendments to the BC Society Act. The proposed amendments are drafted to “recognize the unique nature of societies and aim to balance societies” need for flexibility with broader concerns of accountability and integrity.

The Government Non Profit Initiative website notes that the paper “does not reflect government policy at this stage, but rather is intended to stimulate discussion on a possible direction for reform.”

 
The proposed amendments could have significant impacts on all of the 26,000 non profit organizations operating in BC. The adoption of a new corporate law framework would …

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February 6th, 2012 | Tags: | Category: Latest News | Leave a comment