The annual membership fee to join Volunteer Victoria is: $30 – Individual Annual Membership for persons interested in supporting the mission of Volunteer Victoria $180 Annual Membership for charitable organizations and registered non profit agencies with budgets under $2 million…
April 7th to 13th, 2019 is Canada’s National Volunteer Recognition Week Volunteer Victoria is hosting a number of events and activities this week to celebrate volunteerism and for members to participate in. National Volunteer Week “Thank You Volunteers” Recognition ads…
Volunteer Victoria was delighted and grateful to be chosen as the Charity of Choice at Social Media Camp last week. (Thanks Social Media Camp!) If you have never heard of this annual gathering, it is an amazing opportunity to learn about the latest…
Volunteer Victoria is pleased to launch a new report on youth volunteerism in Victoria. 624 local youth between the ages of 15 and 25 responded to a survey between April 2014 and February 2015. Funded by the United Way of Greater Victoria,…
You might occasionally note a Friday the 13th or remember March 15th (“Beware the Ides of March” the notorious date of the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BC and the turning point in Roman history.) But, sandwiched between the…
Social Media Camp is Canada’s largest social media conference, offering three days of world class education, networking and idea sharing in a fun environment. People converge on Victoria for this annual event from across North America. Similar events happen in…
The day is finally on the horizon when we will be saying goodbye to VolWeb – the platform that our member agencies have used for some time to create their volunteer recruitment ads that then populate our website. Effective March…
We Got Engaged – Building Workplaces with Intention March 24, 2015 – 8:00 am to 4:30 pm Victoria Marriott Inner Harbour What if we. created workplaces with intention? developed organizations that were holistic – healthier, happier and more harmonious? nurtured…
As someone pointed out yesterday, 2015 started with a bang! After nearly a decade of stable service, the “much loved” and much used database VolWeb suffered a major technical breakdown. We knew more than a year ago that VolWeb was facing increasing…
Volunteer Victoria turned 40 this week. Today we are officially 14,602 days old! Relative to agencies like the Cridge Centre – Western Canada’s oldest non profit which formed in 1876 – we are still a baby. Still, 40 years of business…
