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Volunteering

Informing Volunteers About Mental Health

Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 14th May 2015 -  New online resources from Not for Profit beyondblue aim to educate volunteers on how to boost the mental health of older people in their care.

New Volunteering Awards Open

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 12th May 2015 -  Nominations have opened for Victoria’s first ever State Volunteering Awards which acknowledge all facets of volunteering.

Matchmaking Tool for NFPs

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 28th April 2015 -  A Melbourne entrepreneur has created a new online tool he claims will enable Not for Profits to connect easier with people looking for life-enriching opportunities such as volunteer work.

Recording Volunteer Contributions

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 23rd April 2015 -  New Australian research is set to investigate the extent to which Not for Profit organisations currently record and report on their volunteer-contributed services.

Overhaul for Definition of Volunteering in Australia

Xavier Smerdon, Tuesday, 3rd March 2015 -  Volunteering Australia is reviewing the definition of volunteering in Australia and has proposed three alternatives for discussion in a new document.

Volunteer Motivations Under the Microscope

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 27th January 2015 -  Volunteers primarily motivated to help others were more likely to report higher levels of well-being, satisfaction, and intentions to continue volunteering than volunteers who were primarily ‘self-oriented’, according to new research.

UN Pushes Corporate Volunteering

Xavier Smerdon, Wednesday, 17th December 2014 -  A new program is expected to bring together a global coalition of private sector leaders to expand and encourage corporate volunteering with the goal of supporting the United Nations’ Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals.

Volunteering Can Lead to Employment – Report

Xavier Smerdon, Monday, 8th December 2014 -  Australians are seeing the merits of volunteering as a way to secure a for-profit job, with many of them mentioning it on their resumes, according to new research.
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