Leep create connections & build inclusion in volunteering communities

National Volunteer Week Sponsorship Packages

Leep will be offering 10 sponsorship packages to organisations to assist with the costs of hosting a volunteer recognition event in May / June 2019.

In order to be eligible for sponsorship, your organisation needs to operate within the following LGA’s – Blue Mountains, Penrith, Hawkesbury, Blacktown, Parramatta or Cumberland.

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Leep believe that volunteering is a gift, which builds and activates local communities and transforms volunteers’ health, well-being, perspective and opportunities.

Leep works with local partners from Parramatta, Cumberland, Blacktown, and Nepean LGAs to create connections and build inclusion in volunteering communities, ensuring that the benefits of volunteering are available and accessible to all.

Leep connect volunteers with roles that matter, and work with Volunteer Involving Organisations to provide tools and frameworks that create effective volunteer management and retention.

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Become a Volunteer

Leep works with a diverse range of organisations in Western Sydney, and can help you find volunteer roles that fit your passions and interests.

Leep is especially committed to recruiting volunteer Digital Mentors who can support people to build digital skills and confidence, and improve their access to social and economic opportunities. You don’t need to be an IT whiz for this role – you just need basic technology skills and some patience.

Based on our successful Leep in Lab model in Penrith, we are setting up Digital Learning Hubs right across Western Sydney and Western NSW, and are recruiting volunteer Digital Mentors now.

Become a Digital Mentor

If Digital Mentoring doesn’t suit you right now, enquire about other volunteering roles.

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Empowering Volunteer Managers

Leep works in partnership with Volunteer Involving Organisations (VIOs) from Parramatta, Blacktown, Cumberland, and Nepean LGAs to build robust systems that meet the needs of an ever changing volunteer pool.

Our capacity building services are designed to assist VIOs to recruit, maintain and manage volunteers effectively and provide an opportunity for organisations to learn from each other.

Find Volunteers

Leep’s community driven promotional strategies drive volunteer engagement and can help you find unique and enthusiastic volunteers.

If you have a volunteer opportunity based in Parramatta, Blacktown, Cumberland, or Nepean LGAs you would like to promote, fill in our form by clicking the button above and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.

Advice and Services

Our expert Volunteer Solutions team can provide over the phone support and linkages, to assist organisations to meet volunteer engagement best practice.

We also offer bespoke services at affordable rates to address the specific needs of our clients. Services include:

Corporate Volunteer Engagement
Event Volunteer Management
Tailored Volunteer Education Programs
Volunteer Program Development Workshops and Consultations

Networking Events

Events designed specifically for Volunteer Managers provide space to nurture vital professional networks and build skills for the future.

Skill Up Volunteers

Leep’s volunteer education sessions provide volunteers with the confidence and skills to fulfil their role and achieve their personal volunteering goals.

Conducted in an open and engaging environment, Leep’s volunteer trainings provide valuable opportunities for volunteers to build their networks and meet like-minded individuals.

Sessions are run regularly throughout the year on a range of topics, and are FREE for volunteers throughout Western Sydney to attend.

Topics covered include:

advice on becoming a better volunteer,
setting boundaries,
self care,
the volunteer’s role as accidental counsellor; as well as
disability inclusion and working across cultures.

Upcoming Training & Events

Resources for Volunteer Managers

Tips for Recruiting Volunteers

This webinar unpacks a variety of methods for recruiting volunteers using practical examples.

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Harnessing Volunteer Motivation

This webinar explores the various reasons why we volunteer, and provides strategies to harness volunteer motivations; identify best practice volunteer management across the volunteer life cycle and maintain volunteer engagement through recognition and acknowledgement.

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Debunking Skilled Volunteering: How to Tap into Skilled Corporate Volunteers

This webinar explores the idea of skilled and corporate volunteering, identifies platforms that VIOs can engage with to recruit skilled volunteers and provide space to consider the value they might add to a volunteer program.

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Building Innovation in Volunteerism through Digital Inclusion

This webinar considers how organisations that adapt, create roles that harness volunteer leadership and embrace digital inclusion can strengthen their ability to build and activate volunteer programs.

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6 Steps to Volunteer Management Success

This webinar unpacks the content of the infographic included in our Innovation and Volunteerism in Australian Communities White Paper – Part I: The Changing Face of Volunteering. The nature of volunteering is changing. People who are looking to volunteer are wanting more diverse roles that match their interests and make use of their skills.

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