Measuring success - Involving Volunteers

You may find below a useful starting point for measuring the success of your efforts to involve volunteers.

Engage with (xx number) community organisations over the first three-months of the involving volunteering activity to assist in establishing volunteering opportunities for your volunteers
Work with (xx number) community organisation to recruit (xx number) volunteers within an (xx time) month period
Work with (xx number) community organisation to conduct orientation and training with (xx number) volunteers within an (xx time) month period
Work with (xx number) community organisation to support (xx number) volunteers within an (xx time) month period
Work with (xx number) community organisation to recognise (xx number) volunteers for their volunteering efforts within an (xx time) month period.

Post volunteering training (survey completed by participants pre/post training)

As a result of completing the involving volunteering training:

(xx number) volunteers will demonstrate an increase in knowledge of alcohol and other drug-related harms
(xx number) volunteers will report an increase in understanding of their role as a volunteer
(xx number) volunteers will report an increase in confidence in completing their volunteering activity.

Short-term impacts of volunteering activity (one month after volunteering activity)

As a result of the completing the involving volunteering training, (xx number) volunteers will be engaged in (insert number) volunteering opportunities
Through engagement with (insert number) volunteering opportunities, (xx number) volunteers will demonstrate an increase in knowledge of alcohol and other drug-related harms
Through engagement with (insert number) volunteering opportunities, (xx number) volunteers will report feeling increased levels of self-confidence
Through engagement with (insert number) volunteering opportunities, (xx number) volunteers will report experiencing positive social connections in their community.

Longer-term impacts of involving volunteers activity (on completion of the involving volunteering activity)

(xx number) volunteers will demonstrate further increases in knowledge of alcohol and other drug-related harm
(xx number) volunteers will report greater feelings of increased levels of self-confidence
(xx number) volunteers will report experiencing greater positive social connections in their community.

Other things you can do to support young people:

Engage with community organisations to deliver a strong and connected communities activity: see Strong and Connected Communities toolkit
Work with your community to participate in a liquor licensing activity: see Community Participation in Liquor Licensing toolkit
Participate in a community liquor licensing activity: see Community Liquor Licensing toolkit for WA, SA, ACT, and QLD.