WHAT KIND OF WORLD DO YOU WANT TO LIVE IN?Throwing a party. Preparing a meal. Sending an email. These are things you do all the time. How can they really make a difference? Ten Ways to Change the World in Your Twenties shows how to transform these everyday activities into world-changing events: Throw a party with a purpose. Prepare a sustainable meal. Send an email to your representative.An inspiring collection of ideas that can make the wo...

For readers of Three Cups of Tea; Eat, Pray, Love; and Wild comes the inspiring story of an ordinary American family that embarks on an extraordinary journey. Wide-Open World follows the Marshall family as they volunteer their way around the globe, living in a monkey sanctuary in Costa Rica, teaching English in rural Thailand, and caring for orphans in India. There’s a name for this kind of endeavor—voluntourism—and it might just be the future of travel....

Travel industry experts report that more and more people are combining vacations with volunteer work—the growing phenomenon called "voluntourism." Professionals predict this will be a key growth area for years to come; the voluntourists themselves find it a rewarding activity, good for body and soul. And nobody provides such a fun, inviting overview of the possibilities as savvy travel writer Pam Grout in the latest title in our 100 Best Vacations series. With its elegant two-color design,...

This eBook is designed to provide an important reminder for all organisations (although focused on new small, and emerging groups), to maintain good financial bookkeep as part of its overall organisational operation. This eBook edition purely provides screen shots of each of the five main spreadsheet headings that need to be kept and maintained on a monthly basis recorded all income and expenditure. This instruction guide on use accompanies the Excel template. &nbsp...

The Working Centre in the downtown core of Kitchener, Ontario, is a widely recognized and successful model for community development. Begun from scratch in 1982, it is now a vast network of practical supports for the unemployed, the underemployed, the temporarily employed, and the homeless, populations that collectively constitute up to 30 percent of the labour market both locally and across North America.Transition to Common Work is the essential text about The Working Ce...

The model Memorandum & Articles of Association for a Limited Company (under Guarantee) serves for a voluntary organisation registering both under the Charities Act and Companies Acts.  The author prior to the current legislation originally wrote this model but modified. It should be born in mind that the Charities Act 2011 was a consolidation Act, which brought together various Acts, including Charities act 1993 and Charities Act 2006. This did not alter the law, per say...

An introductory guidance to having a Volunteering handbook.  The following pages in this eBook serve as a guide model to use and should users can add, alter, or amend to mould into the organisation’s structure so as to be mutually suited for the organisation and volunteers.  It should not be treated as a definitive document as no ‘one-size fits all’ so should be modified and tailored accordingly.

The Essential Volunteer Handbook provides all the help you will need to find a rewarding volunteer experience in your local community. Easily read in one sitting, information is provided on locating and selecting opportunities that will make a difference while helping you grow as a person. The author shares philosophical insights, useful information and great stories about what you can expect from your helpful work and how it may change your life for the better.

This Handbook + Information + Contacts - Resource Data for Night Shelter Volunteers & Workers eBook simply serves to provide an outline guidance for ay group setting up a Night Shelter in their locality and some of the information, contacts, and resources that may help in the process of adopting their practice and procedures in their operation.  It is a general guide and will need to be modified to suit the particular Night Shelter, its venue(s), and those involved be th...

Why We Have A Policy? It will seem obvious that we should not breach confidences so why have a policy when the principles are obvious? The answer is that we have developed the guidelines that form our policy to:- A. Protect staff and volunteers
 B. Protect members and Service Users
 C. Ensure consistent good practice Confidentiality is important in order to build trust with persons using the [Insert name of Organisation],...

We live in very uncertain times. One only needs to turn their thoughts to 9-11 to witness just how uncertain the world has become.Not only are we facing disaster on a global level, individually thousands of us experience our own forms of disaster every day. Fires, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes and accidents remind us just how vulnerable we really are.What would you do if basic services--water, gas, electricity or telephones--were cut off? Local officials and re...

We are frequently asked to take Fundraising assignments on a commission-only basis.Whilst we have undertaken fundraisers assignments on a commission basis in the past with relative success and to mutual benefit the whole concept has fraught with potential problems.There are a decreasing number of fundraisers being prepared to undertake assignments on this basis.This eBook is a discussion on the principles and reasons behind our stance.