The UDARTA Field Guide on Volunteer Engagement is a practical toolkit for nonprofits of all sizes, with explainer guides, frameworks, ready-to-use templates & trackers, and planning tools you can adapt to your context.

Built on the UDARTA Everyday Giving study, India’s first collaborative research on everyday giving, this guide helps nonprofits build volunteering systems that not only recruit, onboard, engage, recognise and retain volunteers, but also turn volunteers into advocates, ambassadors and future staff members .

As per the study, 93% of Indian nonprofits who engage volunteers say it is worth it. The hard part is building systems that make them stay. This guide shows you how. 

The Volunteer Engagement Field Guide includes five toolkits covering the entire volunteer journey from first contact to lifelong championing:

1. Setting Up Your Volunteer Programme: Establishing clear systems, processes, and volunteer pathways.
2. Volunteer Onboarding: Supporting volunteers from their first interaction through successful integration.
3. Volunteer Recognition: Strengthening engagement through meaningful appreciation and feedback mechanisms.
4. Volunteer Management and Tracking: Tracking volunteer participation, contributions and programme performance.
5. Volunteer Referral: Enabling volunteers to become ambassadors and bring new supporters into the organisation.

This resource is recommended for nonprofit leaders, volunteer managers, programme teams and organisations seeking to build structured, sustainable volunteer engagement programmes.