Training Manual

As part of the Commonwealth's CALD Implementation Project, the State Volunteer Centres have assisted the Australian Multicultural Foundation, Judith Miralles & Associates, and Volunteering Australia with developing a Training Program and Manual to help not-for-profits with recruiting and supporting volunteers from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

Trainers are encouraged to customise and add to the material to meet the needs of each client organiastion.

A Guide to Engaging Business for Youth Mentoring Organisations (2008) was written by Whitelion on behalf of the Victorian Government. It has been developed in partnership with the Victorian Youth Mentoring Alliance, youth mentoring organisations and business.

When did you last thank your mentors for their fabulous contribution to their young person, your organisation and the broader community?

Why not download this certificate and show your mentors you appreciate their contribution?

This guide has been published by the Office for Youth, Department of Planning & Community Development.

It includes good practice principles, an overview of each stage in the program management cycle of a youth mentoring program, and also includes a number of useful checklists & resources.

This guide has been published by the Office for Youth, Department of Planning & Community Development.

It is a practical resource for those involved in funding and supporting youth mentoring programs. It includes good practice principles, an overview of how to establish and implement programs and how to build the capacity of programs. It also includes a series of tools and checklists for practitioners of youth mentoring programs.

The benchmarks are a set of principals that outline effective mentoring practices which is recommend for use in establishing and managing effective mentoring programs and is designed for use by mentors, managers, and government and other funding agencies.

Consulting Young People about their Ideas and Opinions.

A Handbook for Organisations working with Young People
The Taking Young People Seriously handbooks, produced in 2004, are a series of resources exploring young people's participation in their communities. They were developed by the Youth Affairs Council and the Office for Youth, Department for Victorian Communities as the product of a partnership project called Participation in Practice.