Six months after the successful conclusion to the International Year of Volunteering (IYV) organising committees, participants, governments and world authorities…
This week is National Volunteer Week and one issue gaining attention is the added number of unfamiliar complexities and obligations for community organisations under…
Melbourne University’s final year IT students are again offering their free services to Not for Profits as part of their “Making It Work for You” project.…
Already people on the Sunshine Coast and from Brisbane have been contacting the CHOGM Task Force and offering their volunteer services for CHOGM 2002.
The Australian CHOGM…
The past two decades have seen an increasing growth in volunteering opportunities through the work place, known as Employee Volunteering or Employee Community Involvement.…
The International Year of Volunteers has officially ended with well-deserved celebrations down-under as well as worldwide.
The finale event was in Canberra on December…
A comprehensive study of giving and volunteering in the United States by the INDEPENDENT SECTOR shows that nearly nine out of ten (89% of) American families gave charitable…
The legal rights and workplace protection of volunteers are the major issues facing volunteer-involving organisations in Australia today according to a new national…
Much of the focus so far in this International Year of Volunteers has rightly been on recognising and celebrating the efforts of Australian volunteers. But what does the…
Pro Bono Australia and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA) will officially launch our Skilled Volunteer Matching Program in Victoria after the…
Volunteer Work makes an important contribution to national life and never more so than in the last twelve months. A nation-wide survey by the Australian Bureau of Statistics…
Each Victorian State Government Department has been asked to nominate long-standing and long-serving volunteers to attend a special IYV celebration at Government House…