A Case of Human Service Dominance: Volunteer Centres in Finland. A paper by Peter Hilger, Department of Political Science, University of Helsinki (2008)

This paper analyses the way volunteer centres work in the Finnish context.

Promoting and developing volunteering Handbook. EFIL: european federation for intercultural learning, a handbook produced by EFIL with the help of the Council of Europe. Compiled by Sara Borgiattino. 2005.

This manual has been realised in order to give an overview of volunteer recruitment and strategies that might be adopted in volunteer work.

The value of volunteering Euro.Scout.Doc. This material was produced by the Adult Resources Core Group, WOSM European Region, World Scout Bureau - European Regional Office, 2007

On the safe side. Risk, risk management and volunteering, A research by Katharine Gaskin, Published by Volunteering England and The Institute for Volunteering Research, May 2006

Volunteers in Scouting toolkit, World Scout Bureau Education, Research and Development, 2006

Volunteers in Scouting toolkit 2. Recruiting & Retaining Adult Volunteers, World Scout Bureau Education, Research and Development, September 2009

The year of volunteers and volunteering: A Red Cross Red Crescent guide, National Society development department International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, 2010

This guide provides basic information to support you and your National Red Cross Society when starting to plan and prepare for 2011.

Volunteerism and NGOs in Latin America: Elements that enhanced long-term volunteer retention (CSD Research Report 08-01). by Jantzi, T. (with Rojas, F., Kroeker-Falconi, C., and Habitat for Humanity International). St. Louis, MO: Washington Unversity, Center for Social Development, 2008

Taking volunteers seriously. A Report published by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, November 2008