Events & Training

Team Wellbeing Session Online | 13 Oct | 12pm - 1pm | Free Bring Your Team Together for Mental Health Awareness Week with HumanEx This Mental Health Awareness Week, Socialink is partnering with HumanEx to offer a free practical and inclusive webinar for charities and not-for-profit organisations across our

Growing Great Volunteer Teams Do you wish you had more people helping out, more often? Do you attract a steady stream of volunteers but find they never stick around for long? When it comes to volunteering, people are spoiled for choice. There is no shortage of organisations to get

Microsoft Word - The Essentials Using the most essential Word tools well to create great documents When Thursday 15th October 2026 9:30am - 1:30pm Where  The Kollective - The Classroom, 145 Seventeenth Avenue, Tauranga Who Cathi Barker This course covers the essential skills all Microsoft Word users need to

AI for Charities Fundsorter | Oct 29 start (6 weeks) Six weeks, 2 hours a week, 100% online and 100% free - built specifically for people working in the charity and community sector in Aotearoa and Australia. No technical background needed, just curiosity. Our first cohort left people with

Sustainable Funding Online workshop delivered by Exult over 2 sessions Part 1: Tuesday 3 Nov 2026, 9.30am-12.30pm Part 2: Tuesday 10 Nov 2026, 9.30am-12.30pm Are you sick of scrambling from one funding round to the next? Would you like your organisation to have a reliable income, but are unsure

LeadMe Free Online Self-Assessment The LeadMe tool is designed for you to take charge of your leadership journey. If you are a leader in any capacity in a volunteer programme this tool can help you hone your skills. It has been fully revised and updated to align with the

Netsafe Training for those working/volunteering with young people “Can I tell you something that happened online?” When a young person opens up like this, it’s not always clear what to say or do next - especially when it involves cyberbullying, harassment, or the sharing of intimate content. Netsafe offers

Here are short (<5 minute) videos introducing each of the Best Practice Guidelines practice areas.  The guidelines are a tool for volunteer managers to improve volunteer engagement. There are seven practice areas, from the moment a volunteer hears about your organisation, to when they leave. Each practice area includes

Presented by Natalia Sexton, (Ngāti Kahungunu, Rongomaiwahine). An exploration of research, practice and indigenous insights about mahi aroha in 2025. This is a recorded session from Tūao Aotearoa’s Volunteering Changemakers Hui 2025. Filmed and edited by the Community Research kaimahi. To watch any time, click here

The social and cultural factors that impact on social service delivery and volunteering. Presented by Professor Emeritus Paul Spoonley – Massey University. This is a recorded session from Tūao Aotearoa’s Volunteering Changemakers Hui 2025. Filmed and edited by the Community Research kaimahi. To watch any time, click here

A Session with David Kirk Chair of NZ Rugby, NFP Kiwi Harvest, and former Chair of the NZ Food Network. David, who also captained the All Blacks to victory in the 1987 Rugby World Cup, shares his insights and experiences. Watch any time by registering here: click here