Volunteer Resources

“Those who provide the spark often do not get to sit by the fire, yet they have the satisfaction of knowing they have brought warmth to others.”  Anon.

RAS Volunteer Handbook

• Volunteers Handbook September 2023

We are thrilled to advise that the RAS is now a member of Volunteering New Zealand, and are pleased to provide the following guidance to our members.

Please note – Volunteering New Zealand relationship and materials are exclusive to RAS members only.

• RAS Volunteer Role Description – Guidelines
• RAS Tip Sheet – Effective Recruitment & Retention of Volunteers
• RAS Tip Sheet – Having Difficult Conversations with Volunteers
• RAS 15 Ways to Celebrate NVW 2023
• RAS Useful Resources on VNZ Website
• CONFERENCE  2023 – PowerPoint Presentation: RAS Conference Session June 2023 with notes

International Volunteers Day

December 5^th is International Volunteers Day, and it is a chance for us to say a huge thank you to all the wonderful people who volunteer their time to support the showing movement. Without all those incredible people who help our members run their event, in and in some cases, their organisation across the year, the movement simply comes to halt. We also couldn’t function without people prepared to take on District and national roles. So again, thank you to you all – most people reading this will be volunteers and we appreciate your passion and commitment.

Thank you to our Volunteers – (3) Royal Agricultural Society of New Zealand | Facebook

Agricultural Shows Australia (ASA) Conference – Adelaide 2023

The following are presentations that were shown at the September 2023 ASA Conference held in Adelaide.  Thank you to these presenters who have given permission and made these presentations available to our members in New Zealand. These are on the members only page for our financial members to access, so you may need to ask whoever in your organisation has the login to send them to you.
Note: Some of these presentations have Australian specific information, but there will still be some relevant aspects for our NZ members.

• Insurance: Gallagher Insurance
  From Bronia Henty-Smith / Sales Leader – “I am happy for you to have the presentation but obviously there may be some parts of it that aren’t relevant perhaps?  Please see attachment above and if we can assist your shows over there I’d be more than happy to do so. We are actually just working with Showday Online to assist with the online waiver system as well.”
• Constitutional and Structural Changes to Show Societies: Constitutional and Structural change 2023
  Darren Zanow’s presentation.
•  Volunteers: Working with Volunteers from Different Generations – Australia 1
  Jennifer Glesike, CFE – President/CEO/Fair Manager, Washington Area Chamber of Commerce, Washington Town & Country Fair. This was a wonderful presentation covering what people of different generations are looking for from their experience as a volunteer and why they volunteer.