Membership Requirements

  1. Any non-profit, charitable organisation, or group offering volunteer placement can register as a member with Volunteering Mid and South Canterbury provided that these groups have reasonable volunteer programme policies, or are actively working towards creating and implementing these policies
  2. Social enterprises or other entities/ groups / joint ventures can apply for membership provided that the majority of their profit or surplus is reinvested in a mission that is social, cultural or environmental
  3. Volunteering Mid and South Canterbury will only accept membership from organisations that have a current health and safety policy and plan. All referred volunteers must be orientated to the organisation and their roles – this must include a health and safety induction
  4. Organisations with multiple branches or projects in separate locations need to register each individual branch or project individually
  5. Member organisations are expected to provide all volunteers with job descriptions, training, supervision, support, recognition and the reimbursement of agreed out-of-pocket expenses
  6. Organisations not conforming to legislation on human rights will not qualify for membership
  7. Volunteers will be referred to organisations to supplement, extend or reinforce services. Volunteers must not take the place of paid staff or fill positions for which funding is available or was a paid position within the previous six (6) months
  8. Volunteering Mid and South Canterbury reserves the right to decline membership to, or to remove or suspend membership of, organisations that do not meet the above criteria.
  9. We also require a completed Organisational Release https://vmsc.org.nz/files/organisational-release-2021-1.pdf

If you do not meet all of the above criteria - please get in touch. Volunteering Mid and South Canterbury is happy to provide information and support to strengthen your volunteer programme, and help you move towards meeting our membership requirements.

Membership Fees for 2021/2022
$30.00 incl GST for Tier 4 organisations with income under $125, 000
$60.00 incl GST for Tier 3 organisations with income between $125, 000 and $500 000
$100.00 incl GST for Tier 2 organisations with income between $500, 000 and $2, 000, 000
$150.00 incl GST for Tier 1 organisations with income over $2,000.000

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