Promoting Generosity - Incentives for volunteering and philanthropic giving
Philanthropy
New Zealand, Volunteering New Zealand and the OCVS are spearheading the Generosity
Project to explore ways to encourage individuals and businesses to participate
in their communities and local community organisations by giving time, money
or in-kind donations. Representatives from the community and private sectors
and other government departments form the wider working hub and advisory group.
Many community and voluntary organisations state that a lack of resources and volunteers impacts on their ability to achieve their goals. An increasing body of research suggests individual and company generosity is most likely to occur when it:
- is promoted in a number of ways
- recognises the unique character of a local community and the wide diversity of potential donors and volunteers within it
- creatively uses multiple strategies to cultivate giving within diverse populations.
In 2002, Government made a commitment to support volunteering through the Government Policy on Volunteering and associated work programme. The OCVS is working to complete this work programme by June 2008. This includes research into Pacific peoples’ cultural obligations around unpaid work.
This new initiative will develop and implement a multi-sectoral plan to encourage giving and volunteering.
The following people/organisations are on the project hub/working group:
- Elliot Strange (Signify Ltd)
- John Prendergast (Community Trust of Southland)
- Joy Sylvia (Volunteering Mid & South Canterbury)
- Kat Paton (OCVS)
- Kate Frykberg (Thinktank Charitable Trust)
- Kitty Hilton (Fundraising Insititute)
- Liz Hampton (IBM)
- Mark Cassidy (Guardian Trusts)
- Melanie Gregg (Department of Internal Affairs)
- Nick Jones (Nick Jones & Associates)
- Rachel Ritchie (Whanganui Community Foundation)
- Richard Till (chef, radio personality and host of community dinners)
- Robyn Scott (Philanthropy NZ)
- Sangeeta Singh (The Chinmaya Mission New Zealand)
- Tania Mataki (Te Puna Oranga)
- Tim Burns (Volunteering NZ)
- Tyron Love (Massey University).
» Generosity project information sheet - 261kb
» Read the How Do New Zealanders Give summary report - published June 2008.
» For more information on the Incentives for Giving and Volunteering project, contact Kat Paton.