7 December 2016
On December 2, 2016 volunteers from across NSW came together for the 10th Annual NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards at Norths Leagues Club, located in Cammeray. Joining us in the celebrations included VIPS: The Hon. John Ajaka, NSW Minister for Ageing, Multiculturalism and Disability Services and the Award Patron Valerie Hoogstad, Chair of the...
6 December 2016
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 a team of up to 20 volunteer lifesavers for each patrol. He also volunteers with...
5 December 2016
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 and share stories. Students, homeless people, the disabled, sustainability projects have all benefited from the...
5 December 2016
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 in the Inner West. Apart from maintaining his own mentee responsibilities Chris has helped develop...
5 December 2016
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 so acute she barely spoke at all – volunteering with Amnesty International has literally helped...
5 December 2016
Dr David Digges of Bellevue Hill – National Dental Foundation: Co-Founder After volunteering in East Timor David Digges realised there were also many needy people in his homeland. Encouraging his fellow dentists to become members of the National Dental Foundation, Dr Digges tells them: When you reach out to help people you not only relieve...
5 December 2016
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 improving the lives of people with mental health issues. Building Zen gardens in mental health...
5 December 2016
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 judicial and/or correctional system, particularly during their complex transition from custody to the community. For...
5 December 2016
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’ that impacts on all team members. While the team handle hundreds of volunteers every year,...
2 December 2016
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 of the Year Awards are run by The Centre for Volunteering – the State’s peak...
2 December 2016
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 her school’s Amnesty International group helped Holly identify a cause she believes in and along...
7 November 2016
The finalists for Excellence in Volunteer Management have been narrowed to three. They are: Royal Rehab Volunteer Services UTS Shopfront, The University of Technology, Sydney Judith Beeny, Cerebral Palsy Alliance The winner will be revealed at the 2016 NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards gala ceremony on December 2. Chief Executive Officer of The Centre...