30 November 2018
2018 NSW Senior Volunteer of the Year With 45 years experience working for computer software company IBM, George Tillett has so much knowledge and so many skills to offer his peers and the community. George now spends much of his time volunteering for the Unique Solutions Service at TAD Disability Services in Sydney’s west, where...
30 November 2018
Local community leader Wendy Dalton has been selected at the 2018 NSW Adult Volunteer of the Year for her ongoing support for young aboriginal people, elders and aboriginal women around the Grafton and Brewarrina communities. The announcement was made in front of more than 300 community, business and political leaders and marks the end of...
30 November 2018
Colin Lott from St John Ambulance NSW is a true veteran of volunteering. He has volunteered for more than 40 years and is now the Assistant Commissioner for Metropolitan Operations at St John where he oversees 1,600 volunteers working over 30 divisions for St John Ambulance Australia (NSW). His tireless work coordinating the volunteer activities...
30 November 2018
The group of 12 volunteers from the Wellington Beyond Barbed Wire Volunteer Mentors has been selected as the 2018 NSW Volunteer Team of the Year for their support for mothers who are in or have been released from prison. The announcement was made in front of more than 300 community, business and political leaders and...
30 November 2018
Twenty-one year old Aimee Caulfield from Tamworth has been named the 2018 NSW Young Volunteer of the Year for her work supporting young people throughout the New England region. The announcement was made in front of more than 300 community, business and political leaders and marks the end of a state-wide six month search spanning...
30 November 2018
The Pfizer Cares volunteer team has been selected as the 2018 NSW Corporate Volunteer Team of the Year at a special ceremony in Sydney today. The announcement was made in front of more than 300 community, business and political leaders and marks the end of a state-wide six month search spanning 112,000 individual nominations across...
30 November 2018
Macquarie Foundation Ambassador, Gemma Marshall has been named the 2018 NSW Corporate Volunteer of the Year at a special ceremony in Sydney today. The announcement was made in front of more than 300 community, business and political leaders and marks the end of a state-wide six month search spanning 112,000 individual nominations across 20 separate...
27 November 2018
Hear from Denise North, Principal Consultant and Accredited Coach with Executive Central and Gemma Rygate, CEO of The Centre for Volunteering talk about The Centre for Volunteering and the key trends in the volunteering sector. In this interview Denise North and Gemma Rygate discuss: The Centre for Volunteering and it’s role as the peak body...
23 November 2018
A report released today by Australia’s largest food relief organisation, Foodbank, reveals that an alarming 4 million Australians have experienced food insecurity in the past 12 months. The report exposes a growing problem in country areas where, during the past 12 months, 1.5 million Australians have experienced the uncertainty of not knowing where their next...
19 November 2018
In 2010 the Productivity Commission (PC) reported that on best estimates more than 5 million Australians volunteered in 2007, 88% of them with not for profit organisations, contributing over 135 million hours with an estimated value of $14.6 billion in a single year. Around two thirds of those who volunteer do so with NFPs that...
4 November 2018
Leading volunteer managers and corporate volunteers were today recognised for their outstanding contribution to volunteering across the state, at the 2018 NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards at NSW Parliament House in Sydney. The NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards is an annual event run by The Centre for Volunteering and is the biggest celebration...
1 November 2018
See below the full list of finalists for the 2018 NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards. Southern Sydney Young Adult Senior Volunteer Team Overall regional winner Emily Jane Miles, Dress for Success Sydney from Narwee Paul Signorelli, Biaggio Signorelli Asbestos Foundation from Blakehurst Louise Temperley, Dress for Success Sydney from Sutherland Tradies Volunteers, The Sutherland...