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Ethics in Volunteer Leadership – Hidden in Plain Sight

Contributor, Tuesday, 15th May 2018 -  The need for volunteer leaders to apply ethical decision-making in the way they design and manage their volunteer program is often taken for granted, write Volunteering Victoria…

‘Selfie Generation’ Most Likely to Volunteer

Wendy Williams, Thursday, 29th March 2018 -  Millennials and Gen Z are the demographic most likely to volunteer with a community organisation, according to new research. A report, released by NRMA Insurance, found that the …

ABS Looks To Broaden Volunteering Census Data

Luke Michael, Monday, 26th March 2018 -  A consultation on volunteering data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has found that statistics on informal volunteering are a critical data gap that needs to be addressed,…

The Changing Face of Giving in Australia

Wendy Williams, Monday, 26th March 2018 -  The different giving areas of the “philanthropy pie” are all growing at different rates and support different types of causes, according to a new report. The Support Report: An In …

Government Launches Campaign to Stop Orphanage Tourism

Luke Michael, Friday, 2nd March 2018 -  The federal government has launched a new campaign to discourage Australians from engaging in misleading overseas volunteer programs, which are contributing to child exploitation…

Opinion

Predictions for 2018: Volunteering

Adrienne Picone, Monday, 5th February 2018 -  2018 will be a busy year for the volunteering sector, writes Volunteering Australia CEO Adrienne Picone, as part of a series of 2018 predictions from leading experts across the social…

Opinion

Vote Yes for Volunteering

Gemma Rygate, Thursday, 18th January 2018 -  The provocative notion that volunteering does not make the world a better place is nonsense, writes Gemma Rygate, the chief executive of The Centre for Volunteering. In her recent…

New Research Measures the Value of Volunteers for People With Disability

Wendy Williams, Tuesday, 9th January 2018 -  A major new research project has been launched in a bid to measure the value of volunteers for people with disabilities and to identify models of best practice that will pave the way …

Practitioners Go the Extra Mile for a Good Cause

Contributor, Tuesday, 19th December 2017 -  Volunteering can enrich your life with new purpose and put your hard-earned skills to work at the same time, writes Nina Hendy in this article that first appeared in CPA Australia’s…

Opinion

Value Enabled by Volunteers, Extends to the Sector and Requires Investment

Adrienne Picone, Tuesday, 5th December 2017 -  In the face of a national decrease in formal volunteer participation, coupled with an increase in the demand for services that volunteers provide, now is the time to increase the investment…

Volunteering Tasmania Forced to Close Launceston Office

Luke Michael, Thursday, 21st September 2017 -  Volunteering Tasmania has said there is no need to be concerned about the future of the organisation, despite having to close its second office in the space of just 15 months. The Launceston…

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