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Free Fuel for Australian Volunteers

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 20th April 2010 -  BP Australia’s Vouchers for Volunteers program is on again, with Not for Profit volunteers offered the chance to apply for free fuel to help with volunteering work. In 2009,…

Equal Opportunity Bill to Impact Volunteering

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 25th March 2010 -  The Equal Opportunity Bill released in Victoria this week has an important concession to the needs of volunteering organisations while posing some critical challenges for the future,…

Report on the Information Needs of Volunteer-Based Organisations

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 10th March 2010 -   Volunteer-based organisations typically use the Web to find resources and information but they go to many different websites to get what they need, according to a Victorian…

Community Volunteering Awards for Victoria

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 24th February 2010 -  The Premier’s Community Volunteering Awards (Victoria) are calling for nominations in four categories for their 2010 Awards. The awards aim to promote and celebrate the…

Crime Stoppers QLD Celebrates 20 years of Success

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 10th February 2010 -  Crime Stoppers Queensland is celebrating 20 years of charity work with some hefty statistics to back up its success…their work has helped in the arrest of 18,664 offenders…

UK Volunteering Surges in Recession

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 2nd February 2010 -   There are widespread reports from volunteer-involving organisations in the UK of major increases in enquiries about volunteering and in the numbers of volunteers taken…

US Volunteering Up Amid Tough Economic Times

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 2nd February 2010 -  Americans, it seems, have answered President Obama’s call to service, as the latest US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BSL) show a significant increase in the number of volunteers…

Volunteer Mentor Program Gets Financial Boost

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 2nd February 2010 -  A national volunteer mentoring program called the Golden Gurus is set for a $500,000 funding boost to kickstart its work connecting mature aged volunteers with mentoring opportunities…

Rudd Government Confirms Financial Support for Volunteering Australia

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 22nd December 2009 -   The current funding was due to expire for the national peak body at the end of December with the announcement of new funding from January 1st coming just in time. In a joint statement…

Equal Opportunity Act To Extend to Victorian Volunteers

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 22nd December 2009 - 
In Victoria, the Brumby Government has proposed amending the Equal Opportunity Act (EOA) to cover individual volunteers as well as those engaged by volunteer organisations.

However,
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National Survey of Volunteering Issues

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 8th December 2009 -  The 2009 online survey of more than 2000 volunteers, 1400 organisations and 33 businesses is the largest volunteering survey carried out in Australia. Some of the key trends include:…

More Focus on Volunteering Urged of Productivity Commission

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 8th December 2009 -  Volunteering Victoria submits that given the focus of the Terms of Reference, and the recognition in the Draft Report that only 10% of the 600,000 strong NFP sector are employers,…

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