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Volunteering Can Lead to Employment – Report

Xavier Smerdon, Monday, 8th December 2014 - 
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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. According…

Why Don’t Aussies Volunteer?

Xavier Smerdon, Tuesday, 14th October 2014 - 
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A new Curtin University research project is examining why people choose not to volunteer and how Australia can build a sustainable volunteer sector. The three-year study,…

Future of Volunteering Peak Still Uncertain

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 25th September 2014 - 
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The future of the national volunteering peak body remains in doubt, with no future funding commitments and a lack evidence-based data collection, the organisation’s…

Barter System for Volunteers

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 25th September 2014 - 
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A new approach to volunteering in New South Wales that is based on a barter system allowing volunteers to exchange ‘time credits’ for time they volunteer is…

New Definition for Volunteering?

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 23rd September 2014 - 
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The volunteering sector must review, and possibly change, its definition of the word volunteering or risk being left behind by the wider Australian community, the sectors’…

Free Will? Volunteers Vs Voluntolds

Lina Caneva, Friday, 19th September 2014 - 
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Forcing high school and university students to work in the Not for Profit sector as part of their education could turn them away from volunteer work in the future, an expert…

Global Focus Needed on Volunteering Impact

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 18th September 2014 - 
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There’s a global need to maximise the impact of volunteering, the World President of the International Association for Volunteer Effort (IAVE) has said in what…

New Media Crucial for Volunteer Networks

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 19th August 2014 - 
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The upcoming international volunteering conference, IAVE2014, will look at new media and its ability to influence and inform in a rapidly changing environment. Organisers…

Opinion

The Power of Mentoring

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 24th June 2014 - 
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Most people could name one person who helped guide and support them while growing up, however some are not so lucky. In this piece, former Queensland Premier and YWCA NSW …

Philanthropy Australia Moves on PM’s Giving Plan

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 15th May 2014 - 
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National philanthropic peak body, Philanthropy Australia, has moved quickly to support the Federal Government’s decision to re-establish the Community Business…

NAB Pledges $50m in Corporate Volunteering Value

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 13th May 2014 - 
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One of the country’s big-four banks, the NAB says it's committed to reaching one million volunteer hours through its employee volunteering program by 2018…

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