More than 62,000 volunteers have now registered with Volunteering Queensland – a record breaking army of volunteers wanting to help during a natural disaster in Australia.…
As fears grow that some flood victims may never be found, homelessness support organisation, StreetSmart is calling for donations to help homeless people in flood…
Volunteering Queensland has doubled its call centre capacity to cope with the number of calls from people wanting to help out in the wake of the Queensland floods.
Twice as many Australians believe a children’s emergency fund is a better way of saving children’s lives in natural disasters than launching emergency appeals…
A new study carried out by the American Red Cross has found that many web users would seek help through social media in an emergency – and they expect emergency service…
The Australian Privacy Commissioner Karen Curtis has released an information sheet that will help agencies and organisations better understand how to handle personal…
CPA Australia has launched a Disaster Recovery Toolkit that not only includes tips for businesses looking to develop a disasterrecovery plan to lessen the blow of such…
Following Victoria’s Black Saturday bushfires in February 2009 in excess of 22,000 potential volunteers offered their help. Only a fraction were utilised.…