- Measuring Change Project to track
impact of volunteering activities in Western Australia
- Toolkit will be available for WA
volunteering involving organisations
- Project developed by Volunteering WA
and supported by $375,000 Lotterywest grant
Volunteering Minister Don Punch has today presented a $375,000
Lotterywest grant to Volunteering WA for the development of a new toolkit to
measure and communicate the positive impacts of the volunteering sector in
Western Australia.
The Measuring Change Project aims to provide an easy-to-navigate
approach for the volunteering sector to effectively measure their impact on
communities, organisations and volunteers.
Understanding the impact is essential for service improvement,
showcasing the success of initiatives, and to guide future planning activities.
The toolkit is being developed to address the gap in capacity and
resources for volunteering involving organisations to effectively measure their
impact.
An Expression of Interest (EOI) is being held by Volunteering WA for up
to 10 volunteering organisations to participate in the second phase of the
project's development including live testing, refining and evaluating the
prototype tool.
The organisations will help shape the final toolkit which will be
available to all Western Australian volunteering involving organisations.
The EOI for the Measuring Change Project closes at midnight on 27
September 2024. Visit www.volunteeringwa.org.au/volunteer-management/programs-and-projects/measuring-change-project for more information.
Comments attributed to Volunteering
Minister Don Punch:
"The Measuring Change Project will provide volunteering involving
organisations with a fit-for-purpose toolkit to effectively measure the impacts
of their activities and programs.
"This toolkit will help volunteering involving organisations better
showcase the positive impacts they have on Western Australian communities,
organisations and volunteers.
"The Cook Government values the thousands of volunteers across our State
who contribute countless hours every year to making our communities a better
place to live."
Comments attributed to
Volunteering WA CEO Tina Williams:
"As the peak body for volunteering,
Volunteering WA aims to address an identified gap of effectively measuring the
impact of volunteer programs.
"Through co-design, we will develop an
innovative, fit-for-purpose toolkit for measuring outcomes of volunteer
programs that is designed by the sector, for the sector.
"The project will build organisational
capacity to make impact-led decisions, increase the value perception of
volunteering, and help organisations effectively allocate resources.
"With support from Lotterywest and the WA
Government, Volunteering WA will test, develop and deliver an impact
measurement tool for the WA Volunteering sector, starting with a seven-month-long
co-design phase with volunteer involving organisations."
