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Volunteering Website Launched in Wake of Bushfires

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 17th January 2013 - 
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Picture: Peter Mathew A new volunteering platform has been launched to allow organisations to register volunteering roles in Tasmania following the bushfires.…

Changemakers – Catherine Sherwood

Staff Reporter, Monday, 14th January 2013 - 
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Catherine Sherwood is a volunteer environmental scientist with Engineers Without Borders Australia. This week we profile Catherine in Changemakers – a regular…

Australia to Host World Volunteer Conference

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 2nd January 2013 - 
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Australia is to be the host country for the 23rd International Association of Volunteer Effort (IAVE) World Volunteer Conference in 2014. Volunteering Australia has…

Lessons for a Career in Humanitarian Aid

Staff Reporter, Monday, 10th December 2012 - 
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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…

Research Highlights $Billion Value of Volunteering

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 6th December 2012 - 
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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 …

Tassie Volunteers Ageing ‘Dramatically’ – Report

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 5th December 2012 - 
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The State of Volunteering Report Tasmania is available now.  A new report has revealed that while the number of volunteers in Tasmania is on the increase, the average…

Call for Skilled Volunteers on International Volunteer Day

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 5th December 2012 - 
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Volunteers are being sought for projects in developing countries. Picture: ausaidvolunteers.gov.au Not for Profit organisations around the country are calling…

Volunteering Australia Re-Emerges

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 29th November 2012 - 
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The nation’s peak volunteer organisation Volunteering Australia has held its first Annual General Meeting under its new constitution, co-opting President Paul…

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Corporate Volunteering – the New Black in Team Building?

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 28th November 2012 - 
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Volunteering – is it the new black in corporate team building? asks Corporate Community Engagement Consultant, Kate Driessen in her latest Australian Charities…

Call for Voluntary Community Groups Peak Body

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 22nd November 2012 - 
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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…

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The Rise or Not Of Micro-Volunteering

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 13th November 2012 - 
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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 …

Australian Contingent to World Volunteer Conference

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 8th November 2012 - 
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FYA's Jan Owen is to be the only Australian keynote speaker at the world volunteer conference in London in December.  An Australian contingent of volunteer experts…

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