Staff Reporter, Monday, 14th January 2013 - Catherine Sherwood is a volunteer environmental scientist with Engineers Without Borders Australia. This week we profile Catherine in Changemakers – a regular column which…
Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 2nd January 2013 -
Australia is to be the host country for the 23rd International Association of Volunteer Effort (IAVE) World Volunteer Conference in 2014.
Volunteering Australia has been selected…
Staff Reporter, Monday, 10th December 2012 -
A career in humanitarian aid and development can be fulfilling and rewarding and there are many opportunities within the sector, the Vocations in Aid conference has been told in Melbourne.…
Staff Reporter, Thursday, 6th December 2012 -
The economic value of volunteering to Victoria has grown by over 130 per cent in 15 years, according to new research from the University of Melbourne.
The Economic Value of Volunteering…
Staff Reporter, Thursday, 29th November 2012 -
The nation’s peak volunteer organisation Volunteering Australia has held its first Annual General Meeting under its new constitution, co-opting President Paul Lynch to…
Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 28th November 2012 - Volunteering – is it the new black in corporate team building? asks Corporate Community Engagement Consultant, Kate Driessen in her latest Australian Charities Fund (ACF)…
Staff Reporter, Thursday, 22nd November 2012 -
A campaign to set up a peak body for Australia’s voluntary community groups is being developed by the Centre for Civil Society.
And a national workshop has been organised for…
Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 13th November 2012 - OPINION: Australia is now discussing and experimenting with micro-volunteering but the uptake has been slower than the rest of the world, says Mike Bright the Founder of UK-based…