Ben Matthews of Newport, Newport Surf Life Saving Club Ben Matthews is only 23 but he has been an active member of his local Surf Life Saving Club for 19 years: As a Patrol Captain Ben is responsible for managing […]

NSW Corporate Volunteer Team of the Year – Salesforce
Salesforce Team Salesforce?allocate?7 days a year to enable all staff to volunteer online julietta casino for a not-for-profit of their choice. To encourage participation Salesforce has a portal where employees can search for volunteering activates, log their time, recruit others […]

NSW Corporate Volunteer of the Year – Chris Bond
Chris Bond from Macquarie Band nominated by the Raise Foundation Chris has recruited more than 100 of his Macquarie Bank colleagues to volunteer with Raise Foundation, meaning the organisation is more able to provide life-changing one-on-one mentoring to at-risk students […]

2016 NSW Student Volunteer of the Year – Holly Johnson
Holly Johnson from?Albury (aged 14), Amnesty International, Culcairn House and Jindera Nursing Home Volunteering propelled Holly from a shy and cripplingly anxious teenager into a confident advocate for others. For the first two years of high school Holly’s anxiety was […]

NSW Senior Volunteer of the Year – Sandra McDonald
Sandra McDonald of Long Point – Beautiful Minds Sandra is passionate about improving conditions within acute mental health units – often forgotten, under resourced places at the back corridors of hospitals. Sandra founded Beautiful Minds, a community organisation committed to […]

2016 NSW Volunteer Team of the Year – Women in Prison Advocacy Network Volunteer Mentors
Women in Prison Advocacy Network Volunteer Mentors (WIPAN) WIPAN take a grassroots approach to addressing women’s social justice issues by directly engaging criminalised women pre and post-release. The group partners trained volunteer Mentors from the community with women enduring the […]

2016 Excellence in Volunteer Management Recipient – Royal Rehab Volunteer Services, Royal Rehab
Royal Rehab Volunteer Services, Royal Rehab The loving nurturing of the volunteers at Royal Rehab by the Volunteer Services Department has ultimately meant a better quality of care for the clients. The team share a vision of ‘magnificence in contribution’ […]

Dentist offering the gift of a smile wins NSW Volunteer of the Year
The co-founder of the National Dental Foundation, Dr David Digges, is the 2016 Volunteer of the Year recognised for establishing a national network of dental practices offering pro bono services to the most needy in the community. The NSW Volunteer […]

Volunteering helps teen beat anxiety
Volunteering helps teen beat anxiety For the first two years of high school 14 year-old Holly Johnson was so crippled by anxiety she could barely bring herself to talk in public – including to her classmates at school. Volunteering with […]
Sydney Inner West #VNSWA16 Photo Gallery
Sydney Inner West #VNSWA16 Photo Gallery To save an?image please click the image, which will pop up, then either right click (for windows) or ctrl-click (for apple) and select the ‘save image as’ option. For a list of winners from […]