Canadian Code for Volunteer Involvement

Canadian Code for Volunteer Involvement 
The CCVI was designed to present a setting in which organizations can discuss and support volunteer engagement. It puts forward a key statement about the value of volunteerism in Canada, identifies principles to guide organization, and volunteer partnerships and presents 12 standards to evaluate your volunteer program.  An important element of the code is to initiate a conversation about the volunteer program in the organization and to identify volunteer involvement as an organizational asset to consider, discuss and assess.

To help you succesfully implement the code, Volunteer Alberta has generously provided meeting agenda templates and an example code of conduct that can be adapted to suit your organization's volunteer program.

The Canadian Code for Volunteer Involvement: An Audit Tool
The audit has been developed for nonprofit and charitable organizations that have adpoted the code to assess and evaluate an organization's volunteer program. The audit tool includes worksheets that review each aspect of the code to help you identify key areas in your volunteer program that requires development.

Last updated: June 29, 2009