Volunteering and Mandatory Community Service

Volunteer Canada has produced three documents in this series on mandatory community service:

Exploring the Theme is the first paper in the series. This document is an overview that highlights the central concepts connecting mandatory community service and volunteering.

A Discussion Paper is the second part of the series. This document takes an in-depth look at mandatory community service, the evolving definition of volunteering, and the importance of language to how citizens understand volunteering and subsequently act – or do not act – toward it. It includes a lengthy reference list.

Implications for Volunteer Program Management, the third paper, suggests adjustments that may need to be made to best practices in volunteer coordination and to organizational management systems to effectively engage mandatory community service participants.