Volunteering Australia commissioned the Australian National University (ANU) Centre for Social Research and Methods to undertake analysis of the experience of volunteers during COVID-19 to date. Their analysis draws on the ANUpoll which involves a regular survey of around 3000 […]
COVID-19 Resources
The Centre for Volunteering: Free Resources Responding to a Pandemic: A Practical Guide for Volunteer Involving Organisations Volunteering in Response to a Pandemic: A Practical Guide for Volunteers . Information Sheet: Engaging Volunteers during COVID-19 for VIOs Information Sheet: General […]
2020 Awards FAQs
What is the definition of a volunteer? The Centre for Volunteering’s formal definition is: “Volunteering is time willingly given for the common good and without financial gain.“ For those who have volunteered as part of an employee or corporate volunteering […]
2020 NSW Volunteer Of the Year Awards Resources
Help us recognise amazing volunteers across NSW! If you’re digitally savvy you can help us spread the word by using our hashtag – #NSWVolunteerAwards – and using any of the social media images below. There are also three banners available […]
Community Trauma Toolkit
With the current fire situation in NSW, natural disasters can be difficult events for families to navigate, particularly when there are children involved. The Community Trauma Toolkit, from Emerging Minds, contains resources to help and support adults and children before, […]
Resources to support those experiencing energy hardship
Stronger protections are now available to households having trouble paying their energy bills. The Australian Energy Regulator has taken action to assist vulnerable customers experiencing payment difficulties by introducing an enforceable Customer Hardship Policy Guideline. Energy retailers have important responsibilities […]
Child Safe eLearning modules
Child Safe Organisations: eLearning modules released A series of free, online training modules to help organisations increase their knowledge and understanding of child safety was released recently by the National Children’s Commissioner Megan Mitchell, at a national forum in Sydney. […]
Not-for-Profit Governance and Performance Study
Below is an extract of the Introduction and Key Finding of this study. The changing and challenging nature of NFP governance The launch of the 10th edition of the Australian Institute of Company Directors’ NFP Governance and Performance Study is […]
New Aged Care Quality Standards
Along with the new Charter of Aged Care Rights which comes into force on July 1, there will also be new Aged Care Quality Standards. There are eight main areas which are shown in the graphic below. The Aged Care […]
NSW Police Services for the Aged
COTA Australia has collated information on a range of NSW Police Services for the aged. The NSW Police Service is working hard to make things easier for older people and has a number of services that may help in particular […]