Coopers Brewery Foundation provides one-off payments of up to $30,000 to charities that aim to improve and protect the quality of life of Australians in one the following focus areas: Medical research and health care; Youth education; Aged care; Fostering […]
National Volunteer Week Resources
Join The Centre for Volunteering as we celebrate National Volunteer Week 2022 (NVW). National Volunteer Week is a chance for all of us to celebrate and recognise the vital work of volunteers and to say thank you. Together, through volunteering, we […]
Celebrating Harmony Week: A look at Diversity in NSW Volunteering.
More than 1 in 4 people in NSW people in NSW were born overseas. Almost half of us have a parent who came to Australia from another country. The contribution of so many cultures to communities across Australia can’t be […]
All the latest free volunteer management resources.
Free Training The Centre for Volunteering has a number of free Professional Development sessions coming up. These sessions are intended to support you and your volunteer organisation, as well as help you develop and grow your programs. The upcoming sessions […]
Conference Speaker Details
Keynote Speaker: Dylan Alcott AO Not many people can lay claim to being a Paralympic gold medallist and world champion whilst still being in their teenage years. Then again, there aren’t many people like Dylan Alcott AO. Australian of the […]
2022 State of the World’s Volunteerism Report: Building Equal and Inclusive Societies
The United Nations 2022 State of the World’s Volunteerism Report (SWVR) explores the ways in which volunteer–state partnerships can help to address urgent development challenges, from climate change, to ecosystem and biodiversity loss, to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
COVID-19 Emergency Volunteering
Volunteering can provide vital support to people in the community who are impacted in an emergency – that’s why we’ve launched a new emergency volunteering website for volunteers to submit their interest in assisting during emergencies in New South Wales. […]
National Standards help Starlight Children’s Foundation shine brighter
Many organisations, even those that already offer well-established volunteering programs, can benefit from implementing the National Standards for Volunteer Involvement, as Starlight Children’s Foundation discovered. Kylie Semple, a Volunteer Advisor at Starlight Children’s Foundation, shared her experience of and reflections […]
COVID-19: Rental housing and homelessness policy impacts 2021 Report
The Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) is a national advocate for people affected by poverty, disadvantage and inequality, and the peak council for community services nationally. The new research by the ACOSS and UNSW Poverty and Inequality Partnership, looks […]
Heartbeat of Rural Australia – study of not-for-profits in remote, rural and regional Australia
The Foundation for Rural Regional Renewal (FRRR) has recently released their commissioned the Heartbeat of Rural Australia study, exploring how not-for-profits and community groups in remote, rural and regional Australia are faring in the wake of nearly two years of constant disruptions. […]