Volunteer Work category: 192 books

With so many injustices, small and great, across the world and right at our doorstep, what are people of faith to do? Since the 1930s, organizing movements for social justice in the U.S. have largely been built on assumptions that are secular origin—such as reliance on self-interest and having a...

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Most of us want to make a difference. We donate our time and money to charities and causes we deem worthy, choose careers we consider meaningful, and patronize businesses and buy products we believe make the world a better place. Unfortunately, we often base these decisions on assumptions and emotions...

If you care about social change but hate feel-good platitudes, Do It Anyway is the book for you. Courtney Martin’s rich profiles of the new generation of activists dig deep, to ask the questions that really matter: How do you create a meaningful life? Can one person even begin to make a difference in our hugely complex, globalized world?

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...

Bill Shore has written a wise and inspiring book that shows us how to make the most of life and do something that counts. Like the cathedral builders of an earlier time, the visionaries described in this memoir share a single desire: to create something that endures. The great cathedrals did...

This book covers several topics including: Chapter 1: What Is Abundance Chapter 2: Passions Place In Abundance Chapter 3: Direction Is Required For Abundance Chapter 4: The Importance Of Giving Chapter 5: Karma and Abundance-What Is It? Chapter 6: The Art Of Giving Chapter 7: The Rules...

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...

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,...

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...

This book is a guide to help those seeking to make a difference in the lives of a younger person, through mentoring will find this book a helpful and informative guide on their journey to become effective mentors. This book will provide a simple and effective method on how mentoring can help youths...

Gudence on using the Internet as a medium to engage in charitable fundraising for new, small, and emerging voluntary organisations/groups.

You want to make a difference in the world, but don't know where to begin. Now you can. Here is just the guide to lots of exciting ways that are more personal and fun than merely writing a check. For every day of the year, 365 Ways to Change the World is packed with information and ideas that don't...

Guidance and key pointers on writing a voluntary sector grant-aid application - things to consider and include from both an organisation applicant and potential grant-aid funder perspective be they a Trust, Foundation, Statutory, or Private Sector. This e-book also gives help in how to mail...