We had such a great time meeting everyone in person at the 2021 NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards State Gala Ceremony. Please download or share photos of your favourite volunteers, using the hashtag #NSWVolunteerAwards on social media.
2021 Volunteer of the Year – Abbie Kelly
Abbie Kelly was honoured for her inexhaustible volunteering in her local community and can do attitude to making the world a better place. At just 12 years old Abbie Kelly is making her mark as a community activist through her volunteering as […]
2021 Senior Volunteers of the Year – Kay Ching-Kue Tang and Helen Mears
Kay Ching-Kue Tang from Chatswood Kay has been a volunteer instructor at Willoughby City Council’s MOSAIC Multicultural Centre for 27 years. At 92 she commutes to MOSAIC to teach three classes a week, with students travelling up to two hours […]
2021 Adult Volunteer of the Year – Sayeed Karimi
Sayeed is President of the Australian Afghan Hassanian Youth Association. During the extraordinarily tough times of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Sayeed Karimi initiated a unique care package distribution designed to help migrants, refugees, individuals who had lost their job, and the […]
2021 Corporate Volunteer of the Year – Aristocrat Technologies
Employees from Aristocrat have provided the equivalent of $2.5 million over 13 years of volunteering to the Cerebral Palsy Alliance. Aristocrat funds CPA’s Accessible Gym, Sports and Exercise Programs, which have supported thousands of people living with disability to achieve […]
2021 Excellence in Volunteer Management – Royal Rehab Volunteer Services
The Royal Rehab Volunteer Services team have been incredibly successful, bringing on 648 new volunteers in recent years. The team focusses on organisation, effective communication and consistency to ensure the smooth placement and ongoing support of Royal Rehab volunteers. They […]
2021 Volunteer Team of the Year – SWSLHD Palliative Care COVID-19 team
The COVID-19 palliative care team was set up in 2020 – a time when the impact of visiting restrictions in hospital and community settings, limited people at funerals, border closures and no memorial services made their work more needed than […]
2021 Club Volunteer of the Year – John Rodd
The retired cattle farmer and Wagga RSL member sources steers for local high schools and mentors agriculture students in raising the animals and preparing them show at events such as the Canberra and the Melbourne Shows. Every steer is then […]
Workplace volunteering recognised at 2021 Corporate Volunteer of the Year Awards
Volunteering excellence across the workplace was in the spotlight today as we celebrated the efforts of teams and individuals giving their time to help others as part of corporate volunteering programs. Finalists for the Corporate Volunteer of the Year Awards […]
Here’s to excellence in volunteer management!
The efforts of our dedicated volunteer managers were celebrated today at a special virtual ceremony for the 2021 NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards. The virtual event recognised the important role managers have played in keeping volunteer programs strong and […]