- Host a volunteer information stall at the Volunteering Awareness Forum

- National Volunteer Week Events

- Book now for the 2010 Ignite Volunteering Conference: 21 May 2010

- Volunteer training news from the School of Volunteer Management

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- Latest national and international volunteering news

Be part of the Volunteering Awareness Forum's NFP information stalls

Are you a member of The Centre for Volunteering? Advertise for volunteers and promote your organisation at The Centre's upcoming Volunteering Awareness Forum on Monday, 10 May 2010 at Parliament House, Sydney.

After the forum, attendees will have the opportunity to browse a number of information stalls, providing them with information on becoming a volunteer with The Centre's member organisations. Tables will be arranged by volunteering type, such as environmental, community etc. You can either:

• Send printed promotional material to The Centre for distribution to attendees OR
• Send a staff member or volunteer to promote your cause and hand out information

Email Kristin Romanis or phone 0412 313 359 before noon, Thursday, 6 May to express your interest and include how you would like to participate.

All promotional material needs to be received before noon Friday, 7 May - deliver to:
Kristin Romanis, The Centre for Volunteering, 2/228 Pitt St, Sydney, 2000.

National Volunteer Week Events Calendar launched

Volunteering Australia is pleased to announce the launch of its new online Events Calendar. Here is your chance to tell the world what you are doing to celebrate National Volunteer Week. New features include being able to provide more details around your event, improved search capacity for people looking for NVW events and you can add your event or organisation's logo.
List your event

Nepean Volunteer Services Inc. Volunteer Expo
When: Wednesday, 12 May 2010, 10am onwards
Where: Suite 106, 114-116, Henry Street, Penrith

Nepean Volunteer Services Inc. will be holding a Volunteer Expo with information sessions about volunteer opportunities on Wednesday 12 May from 10am.Tea and coffee will be provided.
Phone 47316523 or 47217572 for more information.

Skilled Diversity Project Launch
When: Thursday, 13 May 2010, 10am−12noon
Where: Strangers Function Area, Parliament House, Macquarie Street, Sydney

Attend the launch of a new initiative of The Centre for Volunteering, Highly Skilled Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (HS CALD) Volunteer Utilisation project, tagged Skilled Diversity: Not-for-profit organisations are the key – helping them will help volunteers.

• View Event Summary
• View Event Agenda
• Register Online

Registrations are now open for our upcoming training conference. This training conference is aimed at volunteer managers and coordinators within the community sector.

The Ignite Volunteering Conference will comprise a mixture of plenary sessions, interactive workshops, panels, case studies and sector networking sessions to enable you to:

• Developing skills to better manage volunteering as a resource
• Discussing issues within the non-profit environment
• Access tools and resources to facilitate effective volunteer management
• Develop more contacts within the community sector

Book now as numbers are limited and online registration is essential

For more information and to register online, please visit The Centre's Website.

Email enquiries can be directed to the Event Organiser

• Enrol in Effective Meetings – Tuesday, 11 May 2010
• Enrol in Speaking with Impact for Board Members – Thursday, 27 May 2010
• Certificate II in Active Volunteering now available
• New Registered Training courses planned for this year
• Low cost training for managers of volunteers
• Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (TAA40104) online
• Volunteer Training and Training Resources

Catch The Centre on TEN's News at Five with Tim Bailey

Make sure you tune in to Tim's Weather on TEN's News at Five with Bill Woods and Deborah Knight on Monday, 10 May. Resident weather man and community advocate, Tim Bailey will be joined by The Centre for Volunteering and volunteers from around Sydney to celebrate National Volunteer Week for his 5.55pm report.

Don't forget to tune in…and set your video or DVD recorders!

Interview with Lynne Dalton
PlaceforPeople

Lynne Dalton discusses the main goals of The Center, its challenges, what motivates volunteers and how The Center helps raise awareness about volunteerism…"I am amazed at the commitment and contributions that volunteers make in their community when in reality they have no rights or protection in law. Often, volunteers are unrewarded, unacknowledged and sometimes even abused but they have nothing to protect them. We need to do something more to change this, to bring awareness about this aspect of volunteerism." Read more

Free fuel give away for volunteers

BP Australia is offering free petrol vouchers to volunteers to help with the cost of fulfilling their volunteering duties. Applications must be made by the volunteers themselves by following the link below.

Applications close 5pm, Friday, 7 May 2010. Successful applicants will be notified and will appear on www.talkstoppedlongago.com.au by 30 June 2010.

Find out more

Solo ambo crews too risky: union
Natasha Wallace, Sydney Morning Herald, 4 May
"Paramedics are urging the Ambulance Service of NSW to drop a plan to introduce volunteer drivers for one-person crews in the Hunter, saying it would place them and patients at risk. The Health Services Union will meet the service in the next two weeks to try to resolve the matter, which is before the Industrial Relations Commission." Read more

If you are concerned about your organisations volunteer roles check out Volunteering Australia's National standards for involving volunteers in not for profit organisations.

New report – Addressing social disadvantage through volunteering
Centre for Social Impact in NSW
Last year the Federal Government commissioned a report on volunteering. The report – Addressing social disadvantage through volunteering by Dr. Debbie Haski-Leventhal of the Centre for Social Impact in NSW – reviews the current state of volunteering in Australia, particularly volunteering by socially disadvantaged groups. Download report

New report examining corporate volunteering in education
City of London Corporation
"Corporate volunteering in education offers significant financial benefits for business", says City of London. The City of London Corporation commissioned Corporate Citizenship to undertake research to assess the skills and competencies developed by employees involved in corporate volunteering schemes as well as the financial value accrued by businesses running such schemes. The report – Volunteering: The Business Case – tracks the learning and development of 546 employees from 16 major City firms volunteering in schools and colleges across the UK. Download the report

Henry Review threatens delivery of charity services
Pro Bono Australia
The Community Council for Australia (CCA) has warned the government that wholesale removal of benefits to the not-for-profit sector would have severe consequences for Australians' ability to choose how they allocate their welfare dollars. Read more

Techie simplifies Productivity Commission Report
Pro Bono Australia
A Sydney technology information designer has come up with a way to explore, search and comment on complicated documents online – and he's started with the Productivity Commission Report on the Contribution of the Not for Profit sector as a way of giving back to the community. Read more

National Compact reaches 150 partners
Pro Bono Australia
The Rudd Government's Compact with the Third Sector hit a milestone this week with the 150th organisation signing on. Read more

Ever thought of becoming a Foster Carer?
Have you ever thought about opening up your home and your heart to a foster child? Currently there are more than 16,525 children in out-of-home care in NSW. That number is expected to rise to more than 24,000 by 2012.
Visit Fostering NSW

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