Social Media Tiles
CISVic has designed a suite of ready-to-use social media resources for members. These materials are designed to be engaging and relevant to help promote volunteering opportunities more effectively. These are designed to target the right audiences and highlight the value and impact of volunteering.
These materials are editable on Canva via the links below.
How to use the templates
- Select the Facebook or Instagram template.
- The template will open in Canva.
- Create a copy and customise it for your organisation.
- Download and publish your completed tile.
Please download this PDF instruction sheet, which outlines how to use the resources and guides on what to do.
Choose the right social media tile
The templates are grouped into three categories to support different parts of volunteer promotion and recruitment.
Show the personal and community benefits of volunteering, including making a difference, building skills and meeting new people.
Organisation & Recruitment Tiles
Promote volunteer roles, introduce your organisation, share volunteer stories and encourage people to apply.
Use locally focused messages that reflect regional pride, community connection and the importance of local volunteers.
Volunteer Motivation Tiles
This category of tiles was created to help members attract volunteers by addressing the motivations behind people’s decisions to get involved. These tiles hope to inspire people to volunteer through emotional and personal drivers.
1. Impact & Purpose
These posts highlight the real difference volunteers make. Focusing on impact builds emotional connection, increases engagement, and drives action by showing meaningful outcomes rather than just organisational needs.
1.1 Statistics infographics
These tiles are created based on real research and data gathered at CIS Vic. These can be edited to reflect your organisation’s impact.
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| Facebook template (940 x 788 px) | Instagram template (4:5) |
| Click here to view the template | Click here to view the template |
1.2 Impact
These tiles aim to reflect the impact organisations have, encouraging volunteers to ‘be a part of the impact’. These tiles also help volunteers understand their individual impact by showcasing ‘your hours = impact’, which can be edited based on volunteers within your organisation.
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| Facebook template (940 x 788 px) | Instagram template (4:5) |
| Click here to view the template | Click here to view the template |
1.3 Did you know?
These tiles aim to engage viewers by showcasing facts about volunteering. Members are encouraged to create their own ‘did you know?’.
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| Facebook template (940 x 788 px) | Instagram template (4:5) |
| Click here to view the template | Click here to view the template |
1.4 Making change
These are just visuals that encourage audiences to make a difference. These are more visual, and you are encouraged to use your own photos to reflect your organisation.
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| Facebook template (940 x 788 px) | Instagram template (4:5) |
| Click here to view the template | Click here to view the template |
2. Skills & Personal Development
These tiles position volunteering as a growth opportunity. By emphasising skill development and personal improvement, organisations can attract students, career changers, and professionals seeking development.
2.1 Develop new skills
These tiles focus on developing new skills for those without prior experience. This would be helpful if you wanted to attract younger volunteers.
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| Facebook template (940 x 788 px) | Instagram template (4:5) |
| Click here to view the template | Click here to view the template |
2.2 Build skills
These tiles focus more on upskilling volunteers through training and further experience, exploring building skills rather than developing new ones. This would be helpful if you wanted to attract older volunteers.
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| Facebook template (940 x 788 px) | Instagram template (4:5) |
| Click here to view the template | Click here to view the template |
2.3 Shared experience
These tiles focus on older demographics, showcasing the option to share their experience with others, which will be valued.
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| Facebook template (940 x 788 px) | Instagram template (4:5) |
| Click here to view the template | Click here to view the template |
3. Career & Professional Benefits
Career-focused messaging broadens your volunteer pool by appealing to those motivated by employability and networking. It helps position volunteering as valuable professional experience, not just community service.
3.1 Career-focused tiles
These tiles are solely for people who want to start or change careers and see volunteering as a way to achieve their goals. These tiles have resume insights, kick-start career, network, explore your career early and stand out in your industry.
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| Facebook template (940 x 788 px) | Instagram template (4:5) |
| Click here to view the template | Click here to view the template |
3.2 Flexible & Easy Volunteering
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| Facebook template (940 x 788 px) | Instagram template (4:5) |
| Click here to view the template | Click here to view the template |
4. Community & Connection
These posts promote belonging and social connection, which increases volunteer attraction and retention. When people see volunteering as a way to build friendships and community, they are more likely to commit long-term.
4.1 Connection
These tiles are grouped to showcase community, belonging and social connection. These tiles showcase creating change through connection.
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| Facebook template (940 x 788 px) | Instagram template (4:5) |
| Click here to view the template | Click here to view the template |
4.2 Friendship
These tiles focus on the opportunity to create friends through volunteering with like-minded people.
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| Facebook template (940 x 788 px) | Instagram template (4:5) |
| Click here to view the template | Click here to view the template |
4.3 Organisation impact
These tiles focus on behind-the-scenes content, which could be highlights of what your organisation does to help support the community and showcase your team’s community.
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| Facebook template (940 x 788 px) | Instagram template (4:5) |
| Click here to view the template | Click here to view the template |
Organisation & Recruitment Tiles
These posts help build trust in your organisation while making volunteering opportunities feel clear and accessible. By showing who you are, what you do, and how people can get involved, these posts can support recruitment and increase confidence in applying.
1. Recruitment & Role-Based Posts
These tiles focus on specific volunteer opportunities and what each role involves. They help audiences better understand the different ways they can get involved and what to expect from volunteering.
1.1 Recruitment Posts
These tiles promote specific volunteer roles and encourage applications by clearly introducing new opportunities.
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| Facebook template (940 x 788 px) | Instagram template (4:5) |
| Click here to view the template | Click here to view the template |
1.2 About Us
These tiles focus on building trust and credibility by explaining who your organisation is, what you do, and the services you provide. These tiles help audiences understand your purpose and the impact of your work.
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| Facebook template (940 x 788 px) | Instagram template (4:5) |
| Click here to view the template | Click here to view the template |
1.3 Volunteer Recognition & Appreciation
These tiles focus on building trust and credibility by explaining who your organisation is, what you do, and the services you provide. These tiles help audiences understand your purpose and the impact of your work.
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| Facebook template (940 x 788 px) | Instagram template (4:5) |
| Click here to view the template | Click here to view the template |
1.4 Testimonials & Personas
These tiles focus on sharing volunteer stories and experiences. These tiles help create authenticity and relatability, allowing potential volunteers to see themselves in the role.
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| Facebook template (940 x 788 px) | Instagram template (4:5) |
| Click here to view the template | Click here to view the template |
1.5 General Awareness & Advocacy
These tiles focus on raising awareness about volunteering and the importance of community support. These tiles help keep volunteering visible, encourage involvement, and reinforce the value of giving back.
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| Facebook template (940 x 788 px) | Instagram template (4:5) |
| Click here to view the template | Click here to view the template |
1.6 Storytelling carousel
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| Facebook template (940 x 788 px) | Instagram template (4:5) |
| Click here to view the template | Click here to view the template |
Regional Specific
These tiles are designed specifically for organisations operating in regional and rural Victoria. They highlight local pride, community connection, and region-specific challenges to increase engagement and relevance.
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| Facebook template (940 x 788 px) | Instagram template (4:5) |
| Click here to view the template | Click here to view the template |
Where to next?
If you have any questions about CISVic and the work we do, please get in touch. Alternatively, you can continue to explore our website for the resources you need.