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 […]
Macquarie Group Ambassador named 2018 NSW Corporate Volunteer of the Year
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 […]
Many good turns for Hunter volunteer gardener
For Emma Belenus you can’t put a price on the feeling she gets from volunteering. Emma established the Artscape Garden about three years ago in a community housing development in suburban Newcastle as a way to encourage greater engagement, participation […]
Dural volunteer team award winners give back in spades
Back in 2011, a small group of recently retired blokes decided to put the skills they’d learnt over a life time to good use – they formed the Dural Men’s Shed. Seven years on the Dural Men’s Shed has more […]
The Power of Volunteering
The Centre for Volunteering pairs thousands of volunteers with charities and not-for-profits. Here is the story of the impact of a single volunteer, Julianne, on one organisation, as told by Brendan Lonergan, Chief Executive Officer of Beehive Industries Co-Operative Ltd. […]
Kim Langston – Murray Art Museum Albury
Why did you decide to volunteer? In the past, I have studied and have a keen interest in art. Volunteering at the Murray Art Museum Albury (MAMA) has reignited that passion. Why did you choose this particular role? I saw […]
Linda Bunting – An aged care visitor at Hammond Care
Why did you decide to volunteer? The main reason I decided to volunteer is I miss my Mum and Dad. Since they died a few years ago, leaving a big hole in my heart, I have no older person to […]
Sally Wilton – An aged care visitor with Hammond Care
Why did you decide to volunteer? They say that payment is all part of the joy. Well, I have been paid in some wonderful ways over the years that I have been a volunteer. And there is nothing greater than […]
Isaac Kuruvilla – Entertainer with the Starlight Foundation
Why did you decide to volunteer? My parents migrated to Australia during the 1970s. They instilled the idea of giving back when you can, a belief that also resonates strongly with my religious faith. I became a volunteer when I […]
Denise Tierney – Reception at The Centre for Volunteering
Why did you decide to Volunteer? At a young age I started rescuing animals that were abandoned in or around our local school. I would organise a whip around of the kids’ pocket money and we would take the dog […]