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Overview

Volunteer Management Activity Project Partnerships Program

The Centre is seeking to partner with external organisations to deliver projects that will provide advice, support, and resources to help enable volunteering by members of identified groups. Projects will build the capacity of volunteer managers and volunteer involving organisations (VIOs) to better engage diverse volunteers and will enhance volunteer management.

Coming Soon – Project Partnerships Program 2024-25

Applications for the 2024-25 Project Partnerships Program will be opening soon. Learn more below, and be kept up to date with project opportunities:

Volunteer Management Activity

The Centre for Volunteering is delivering the Volunteer Management Activity (VMA) on behalf of the Australian Government’s Department of Social Services (DSS). The objective of the VMA is to increase opportunities for people to participate in the social and economic life of their community through volunteering. Excellent Volunteer Management is key to the volunteering experience.  

The focus of the VMA is:   

  • The delivery of online services in volunteer management to build the capacity of volunteer-involving organisations;  
  • Breaking down barriers to volunteering faced by identified groups*; and  
  • An increase in service coverage across regional, rural, and remote areas. 

One element of The Centre’s implementation of the VMA in NSW is to partner with community experts through the Project Partnerships Program. 

See information on:

2022-23 Project Partners 

2023-24 Project Partners 

 

Partnering with The Centre through the Project Partnerships Program to break down the barriers to volunteering 

A major element of The Centre’s implementation of the Volunteer Management Activity is commissioning community experts to deliver projects through the Project Partnerships Program.   

The Centre for Volunteering will commission specific projects with external providers annually, for the duration of the Volunteer Management Activity.   

Project must align with the focus of the Volunteer Management Activity.  

Identified groups include: 

  • First Nations Peoples   
  • Newly Arrived Migrants 
  • People with Disability 
  • Vulnerable Women  
  • Young People 
  • People who are unemployed. 

About the Project Partnerships Program 2024-25

The 2024-25 Project Partnerships Program will adopt a refreshed approach to engaging with the sector to deliver projects that will build the capacity of volunteer managers and VIOs.  

The Centre will identify and scope specific projects and requirements (i.e. timeframe, deliverables, approximate budget) and advertise these opportunities via a ‘Project Board’ on The Centre’s website and through other communication channels such as social media and targeted emails.   

Parties interested in delivering a specific project can submit a detailed project tender by the assigned submission closure date. Project tenders will then be assessed for eligibility by a selection panel, measured against the project criteria and scope. Partnerships will be entered into with organisations who can deliver the projects in line with the project scope.    

This refreshed approach aims to: 

  • better address the needs of the sector by ensuring resource gaps are met; 
  • avoid duplication of resources across the sector; 
  • help smaller community organisations engage with the Project Partnerships process with more information and collaboration and clear project scope; 
  • remove the chance of community organisations applying for project funding for resources and services which already exist/are in development, and projects that are, therefore, ineligible;   
  • provide more information and communication during the application process; 
  • maximise opportunities for sector; and   
  • provide a streamlined application and approval process.

Download the Guidelines for Project Partnerships 2024-25

A link to the ‘Project Board’ will be added here when the first project for the 2024-25 is announced.  

Register your interest via the contact form below to be advised when the next commissioning commences and to keep up to date about future project opportunities.  

Current partnerships within the Volunteer Management Activity

Beyond Project Partnerships, The Centre is also partnering with an extensive number of organisations in the design and delivery of online best-practice volunteer management tools, training, resources and support. Partnerships include: 

Register your interest to be kept up to date about future project opportunities. 

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Contact

If you have any further questions regarding this opportunity, please email the VMA team:

Email vma@volunteering.com.au

This project is funded by the Department of Social Services through the Volunteer Management Activity.

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