What makes a Volunteer?
Volunteering Australia has released a definition of volunteering: volunteering is time willingly given for the common good and without financial gain. Explanatory notes can be found here.
Other recent articles on this topic include: Calling all Volunteers – What’s in a Name? (Probono Australia), Charities Working Overseas Dominate Volunteers – Report (Probono Australia) and How to: Assess whether a volunteer is actually an employee (Moores)
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NFP Law Information Hub: Working with others
NFP Law Information Hub has recently added a new section Working With Other Organisations. This includes helpful information on auspicing, MOUs, joint ventures and partnerships, and amalgamation and mergers.
Read more here: http://nfplaw.org.au/workingwithothers
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ATO CHECKLIST FOR NFP ADMINISTRATORS
The ATO has developed a very helpful new checklist to help not-for-profits hand over their tax affairs to a new administrator. The Handover checklist: not-for-profit administrators also provides a helpful list for current administrators. It covers the following topics: registrations, legal structure, tax concessions, your workers, reporting and paying tax, and record keeping.
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Volunteering Australia’s online tool
Volunteering Australia has launched a new online tool that organisations can use to implement the National Standards for Volunteer Involvement. The online tool streamlines the process — simply complete the online self-assessments and it tells you what additional actions your organisation needs to take to achieve compliance with the National Standard.
Access it at: www.volunteeringaustralia.org
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Considering Mergers?
Thinking Big: To merge or not to merge – that is the question is a new helpful guide for charities and not-for-profits considering mergers.
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Crisis Communications
A guide to addressing communication issues in managing a crisis from Jonathan Bernstein, read it here.
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The ACNC is now providing regular online training sessions for charities through their webinars. Check back often to see when new ones are posted, and if you’ve missed any videos and presentation slides of completed webinars are also available for download.
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Conflicts of Interest; A Good Practice Guide has been produced by the Northern Ireland Audit Office, but is very relevant to the Australian context and may help your organisation better manage real or potential conflicts of interest.
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Cross Cultural Insights
A great resource for those working or travelling in the Top End: “Indigenous Ministry in the Top End – Cross Cultural Insights,” compiled by Rachel Borneman & Chris Garner, is a handy guide to some of the cultural differences. This is an introductory pack of information to meet the needs of people new to cross cultural work in the Top End of the Northern Territory.
The information in this free resource has been compiled from various sources and from information gathered from people who have worked in partnership with Indigenous people around the Top End and with input from Indigenous people. It has been written and compiled as a support for ministry teams, churches, Christian schools and individuals seeking to support kingdom work in partnership with Indigenous people.
You can download a free e-version of the book below, or buy a hardcopy here.
Attachment: Indigenous Ministry in the Top End Cross-Cultural Insights
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