☰

Creating a Youth-Friendly Volunteer Program (ORG 2.2)

This module guides organisations in creating youth-friendly volunteer programs that are engaging, accessible, and safe. It covers designing meaningful roles, promoting opportunities through youth-preferred channels, supporting young volunteers through onboarding and interviews, and meeting legal and safety requirements. By following these strategies, organisations can build positive, confident, and lasting youth volunteering experiences.

Welcome to Creating a Youth-Friendly Volunteer Program. This lesson is designed to help organisations understand and respond to the unique needs, motivations, and expectations of young volunteers. Young people are contributing to volunteering in diverse ways—from micro-volunteering and online roles to advocacy and creative projects—but they engage most when opportunities are meaningful, flexible, and clearly aligned with their interests. This lesson will provide practical guidance on designing roles, promoting opportunities effectively, supporting young volunteers through onboarding and interviews, and ensuring safety and compliance.

Learning Intentions

By the end of this lesson, participants will be able to:

  1. Understand the youth volunteering landscape – Recognise current trends, motivations, and barriers affecting young people’s participation.
  2. Design youth-friendly volunteer roles – Create roles that are meaningful, flexible, and engaging for different volunteer motivation profiles.
  3. Promote opportunities effectively – Use youth-preferred channels and involve young people in content creation to increase visibility and engagement.
  4. Onboard and support young volunteers – Implement youth-centred interview, induction, and mentoring practices that build confidence and competence.
  5. Ensure legal and safety compliance – Identify and apply relevant safety, legal, and child protection measures for youth volunteers.

Topics

  1. Designing Engaging Youth-Friendly Roles
  2. Crafting Programs That Engage Today’s Young Volunteers
  3. Bringing Young Volunteers Onboard With Confidence
  4. Safety First: Foundations for Youth Volunteering Compliance

Visitors don't have access to this module. Please login or register an account to get started.

To start this module

Login

or

Register
In the spirit of reconciliation, EV acknowledges the Wurundjeri people as the traditional owners of the land and pays respect to its elders past and present.

We are an inclusive organisation supporting Culturally and Linguistically diverse people, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Transgender, Queer, Intersex and Asexual Communities.
The Australian Aboriginal FlagThe New Pride FlagThe Australian Flag
EV is funded by the State and Federal governments of Australia. The material contained herein does not necessarily represent the view or policies of either the State or Federal governments.