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Volunteer firefighter honoured as 2020 NSW Volunteer of the Year

Volunteer firefighter honoured as 2020 NSW Volunteer of the Year

3 December 2020

NSW Rural Fire Service volunteer Kim Hill has been honoured as the 2020 NSW Volunteer of the Year for her courageous and dedicated support for bushfire impacted communities in the Macarthur and Southern Highlands regions. The 43-year-old volunteer, mother and health and well-being specialist has been volunteering since she was 14 and was chosen from...

Totally excellent volunteer manager tops list in 2020 NSW Volunteer Awards

Totally excellent volunteer manager tops list in 2020 NSW Volunteer Awards

3 December 2020

The volunteer coordinator for the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Foundation Kylie Elliott has taken out the 2020 NSW Excellence in Volunteer Management Award. Kylie has excelled over the past 12 months, helping to increase volunteer participation on the back of improved communication, management systems and engagement. The award was announced at a virtual ceremony for the...

Teamwork banks volunteer award for Greater Charitable Foundation

Teamwork banks volunteer award for Greater Charitable Foundation

3 December 2020

The 250 team members from the regionally based Greater Bank have earned the 2020 NSW Corporate Volunteer Team of the Year Award, for going above and beyond to help their nine charity partners over the past 12 months. The award was announced at a virtual ceremony for the 2020 NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards...

2020 Volunteer Award Stories

2020 Volunteer Award Stories

9 November 2020

about regional: WIRES Mid South Coast Branch a finalist in NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards Goulburn Post: Bryan Mulquiney awarded Senior Volunteer of the Year Bega District News: Tathra’s Carleen Maley named Senior Volunteer of the Year for South Coast Batemans Bay Post: WIRES Mid South Coast Branch in running for state award Coast...

Excellence in volunteering celebrated on International Volunteer Managers Day

Excellence in volunteering celebrated on International Volunteer Managers Day

5 November 2020

The efforts of our dedicated volunteer managers were celebrated today at a special virtual ceremony for the 2020 NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards. About 100 special guests, volunteer managers and community leaders came together for the virtual event to recognise and celebrate our professional managers of volunteer programs. Four finalists were announced at the...

Resources

Resources

28 October 2020

Volunteer work and mutual obligation requirements for unemployment payment recipients. Submission to the consultation on The National Preventive Health Strategy September 2020 – Volunteering Australia Lessons from lockdown – MOVE Report

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