NSW Government: Free Resources Gathering Safely: Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) guidelines for seniors My Business’s COVIDSafe Plan NSW Government Website: Official information and advice on COVID-19 Mental Health and the coronavirus Digital Lunchbreak The Centre for Volunteering: Free Resources Returning to […]
Excellence in volunteering celebrated on International Volunteer Managers Day
The efforts of our dedicated volunteer managers were celebrated today at a special virtual ceremony for the 2020 NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards. About 100 special guests, volunteer managers and community leaders came together for the virtual event to […]
Volunteering in the workplace on display at 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 structured corporate volunteering programs. Finalists for the Corporate Volunteer of the Year […]
Inclusive Volunteering Pathways to Employment Program
Overview The Inclusive Volunteering Pathways to Employment Program helps to reduce and remove barriers to volunteering and employment for people living with disability or on a mental health recovery journey. The Program supports participants to engage in volunteering as a pathway to employment. The Program also […]
Supplementary Volunteer Grants
Applications for the 2020 Supplementary Volunteer Grants program are now closed. All applicants will be notified by 4 December 2020 on the outcome of their application. The Australian Government has provided The Centre for Volunteering with funding to administer a […]
Future Drought Fund
The Australian Government is inviting applications to deliver services under the Future Drought Fund: Drought Resilience Research and Adoption Program – Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hubs (Hubs). This program will establish eight regionally-focused Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hubs. […]
2020 Volunteer Award Stories
Macarthur Advertiser: Buxton RFS volunteer Kim Hill honoured with NSW Community Service Award Goulburn Post: Bryan Mulquiney awarded Senior Volunteer of the Year Bega District News: Tathra’s Carleen Maley named Senior Volunteer of the Year for South Coast Batemans Bay […]
Strengthening Rural Communities
The Strengthening Rural Communities (SRC) program aims to give the thousands of small rural, regional and remote communities across Australia an opportunity to access funding to support broad community needs. Given the events of summer 2019/20, it has also been […]
Federal Budget 2020-21 – Implications for Volunteering
The Federal Budget has allocated no new funding to volunteering despite the devastating impact of COVID-19 restrictions. Two in three volunteers (66 per cent) stopped volunteering during the pandemic, amounting to an estimated loss of 12.2 million hours per week […]