This article first appeared in Volunteer Victoria’s E-Link newsletter on August 26th, 2011. Sign up for E-Link and keep current with news and information from Volunteer Victoria. The Ministry of Social Development recently announced additional funding for the Community Volunteer Supplement Program (CVS). The CVS…
This article first appeared in Volunteer Victoria’s E-Link newsletter on July 29th , 2011. Sign up for E-Link and keep current with news and information from Volunteer Victoria. A Question of Accountability The national media recently turned its attention to charitable spending and…
Each year Volunteer Victoria works with a wide variety of trainers to deliver workshops for our community participants. As the Manager of Training and Outreach for Volunteer Victoria, I’m pleased that we are able to offer a good cross-section of…
Happy Valentine’s Day! Today seems a very appropriate day to kick off Random Acts of Kindness Week. We invite everyone (individuals, companies, schools, service clubs, etc.) to join us and take part. Share your story and/or your ideas here on our…
I would like to thank this week’s guest blogger, Janis La Couvée, for once again sharing her insights with us. If you are at all familiar with the social media scene in Victoria, you will definitely have heard of Janis. Janis is a…
Earlier this week, the Victoria Foundation released the fifth anniversary edition of Vital Signs®, an annual report card that provides a snapshot of the livability and well-being of life in the Capital Region. A combination of public opinion and statistics,…
On behalf of myself and the rest of our team, I would like to welcome and introduce Alan Piffer. Alan is one of our Volunteer Media Generalist/Writers here at Volunteer Victoria and this is the first of many posts he…
Our sector, in fact all sectors are experiencing an era of profound change. In many ways, this is a period of great uncertainty. We are seeing new non-profit leaders emerging, and long-term leaders starting to transition out. Community leadership is also…
NOTE: This post is part of the Embracing the Future-Leading for Change post regarding our Annual General Meeting. We’d like to thank Mitchell Temkin for delivering the following thought-provoking speech on community leadership at Volunteer Victoria’s Annual General Meeting on June 24,…
NOTE: This post is part of the Embracing the Future-Leading for Change post regarding our Annual General Meeting. We would like to thank Sandra Richardson for the following very informative speech she gave at Volunteer Victoria’s Annual General Meeting on June 24, 2010. Sandra’s…
