To help fund and empower organisations that are focused on helping others the Honda Foundation provides: Grants for financial assistance to charities and organisations working across a range of social and environmental issues, including supporting the disadvantaged, disabled or those […]
COVID-19 update for Service Providers
Personal protective equipment in the workplace With an increase in the number of positive cases being reported, DCJ has prepared a Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) matrix which we thought would be worth sharing with you and your staff as a […]
Have your say about COVID-19 rules.
We know that it’s hard for many of your clients to follow the COVID rules. The Department of Communities and Justice wants to understand the barriers for people using our services, and ways we can better assist them to stay […]
Reforms to the Sex Discrimination Act and Fair Work Act
Recent reform to the Sex Discrimination and Fair Work (Respect at Work) Amendment Bill 2021 are a step in the right direction to protect volunteers. However, The Centre for Volunteering supports Justice Connect and Volunteering Australia in their position, which […]
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 calling on people to lend a hand during the COVID-19 public health emergency. We […]
State of Volunteering Report reveals the true value of volunteering to NSW is $127 billion
The true value of volunteering to communities across NSW has been uncovered in a first of its kind report showing a massive $127 billion in annual social and economic benefits from volunteering across the state. The findings were contained in […]
Volunteering While Under Stay at Home Order
What do the current Stay At Home Restrictions mean for volunteering? Public Health (COVID-19 Temporary Movement and Gathering Restrictions) Order 2021 and Public Health (COVID-19 Temporary Movement and Gathering Restrictions) Amendment (No 4) Order 2021 “The Order also imposes additional […]
Mandatory COVID-19 vaccination of residential aged care workers
Advice has now been issued to the sector about the scope to implement the National Cabinet decision to establish mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for Residential Aged Care Facility (RACF) workers (please see below). The Australian Health Protection Principal Committee (AHPPC) has […]
Mission Australia Youth Survey
The 2021 Mission Australia Youth Survey is now open. The Mission Australia Youth Survey is Australia’s largest online youth survey, providing a platform for young people aged 15 to 19 to ‘speak up’ about the issues that really concern them. […]
COVID-19 Portal
The below resources and links have been curated and collated to help navigate the ever-changing COVID-19 requirements. Refer back to this page regularly for updated resources. Re-engaging and Rebooting Volunteer Seminar Series As the state of NSW begins to emerge […]