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Finding purpose through volunteering

Danielle Kutchel, Thursday, 16th March 2023 - 
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Sarah Wilson has let her passion for volunteering lead her through multiple roles in the sector, culminating in her latest, leading the development of the National Strategy…

Focusing on the federal budget

Ruby Kraner-Tucci, Thursday, 16th March 2023 - 
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The sector reveals its key priorities as Albo prepares to hand down his next federal budget this May. The Albanese Labor government is just weeks away from handing down its…

Exclusive: your first look at Australia’s new National Volunteering Strategy

Danielle Kutchel, Monday, 13th February 2023 - 
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In what’s believed to be a global first, the volunteering strategy has been co-designed with the sector and government. Australia has a new National Volunteering Strategy,…

Is corporate volunteering the answer to our volunteering woes?

Danielle Kutchel, Monday, 5th December 2022 - 
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Corporate volunteering programs benefit both workplaces and volunteer-involving organisations, but they take some work to get things right. Corporate volunteering…

ACNC appointment welcomed effusively by sector

Ruby Kraner-Tucci, Monday, 21st November 2022 - 
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The appointment of Sue Woodward as commissioner of the ACNC appears to be overwhelmingly popular, including with the assistant minister for charities.  The for-purpose…

Data behind national volunteering strategy revealed

Danielle Kutchel, Wednesday, 19th October 2022 - 
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The research underpinning Volunteering Australia’s national strategy is now available and although it makes for hard reading, there is also cause for optimism as the …

Report finds challenges and opportunities for volunteering

Danielle Kutchel, Wednesday, 10th August 2022 - 
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A new report from Volunteering Australia is part of the evidence base that will inform the creation of Australia’s new volunteering strategy. Progress continues on the…

A new National Strategy for Volunteering is in the works – and you can help shape it

Danielle Kutchel, Monday, 23rd May 2022 - 
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A new survey reveals that volunteer numbers have dropped in Australia since COVID, as work gets underway on the first national strategy in a decade. Organisations or groups…

National Volunteer Week shines a spotlight on volunteers

Mark Pearce, Monday, 16th May 2022 - 
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National Volunteer Week is a great opportunity to acknowledge freely given effort, but the nature of volunteering is evolving, writes Volunteering Australia CEO Mark…

Volunteering in a time of COVID

Mark Pearce, Monday, 6th December 2021 - 
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As International Volunteer Day is celebrated, Mark Pearce highlights new research revealing the profound experiences of volunteering during the COVID-19 pandemic. …

Volunteering gets blueprint for the future

Maggie Coggan, Monday, 1st November 2021 - 
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Volunteering Australia will lead the development of a national strategy to identify current problems in the volunteering sector and how to tackle them  With the past two…

New changes to Sex Discrimination Act leave many volunteers behind

Maggie Coggan, Tuesday, 14th September 2021 - 
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“It is time we support volunteers and ensure they are all protected from workplace sexual harassment.”  Under new changes to the Sex Discrimination Act, some volunteers…

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