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Volunteer Conference Resorts to Crowdfunding

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 13th May 2014 - Australian organisers hosting the World Volunteer Conference in September have resorted to crowdfunding to raise additional money to pay for scholarships for people to attend…

National Review of the Definition of Volunteering

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 13th May 2014 - As Australia celebrates the 25th anniversary of National Volunteer Week peak body, Volunteering Australia says it’s time to challenge long held assumptions of what constitutes…

Opinion

25 Years On… Volunteering in 2014

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 13th May 2014 - As National Volunteer Week enters its 25th year, Brett Williamson OAM, CEO Volunteering Australia, looks at how volunteering has evolved in Australia. This week is the 25th anniversary…

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Volunteering is Evolving

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 22nd April 2014 - Volunteering is an act of choice – not an act of benevolence, writes Volunteering Australia patron Margaret Bell AM in this Hot Topic that covers the new trends of volunteering.…

Opinion

Investing in Volunteering Underpins Civil Society

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 10th April 2014 - Brett Williamson.Sue Noble. If Australia wants to foster a civil society and mutuality, it must develop and promote a thriving volunteering culture, writes Brett Williamson,…

ACNC Abolition Bill Goes to Review Committee

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 27th March 2014 - The Not for Profit sector has been thrown a lifeline to again make its case to save the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission. Legislation to abolish the ACNC under…

Volunteer Funding In Doubt

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 27th February 2014 - Ongoing funding for Australia’s national and state volunteer peak bodies is set to end on June 30 without any future funding commitments from the Coalition Government, putting…

What is Real Volunteering? The Debate

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 10th September 2013 - The scope and definition of ‘volunteering’ was hotly debated in a panel discussion during the final day of the National Conference on Volunteering in Adelaide. Evelyn…

Volunteering Australia Reveals New Look

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 5th September 2013 - Volunteering Australia has unveiled its new brand only weeks after appointing Brett Williamson as new CEO at the National Conference on Volunteering in Adelaide. Volunteering…

Australian Charities Warned Against UK Mistakes

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 4th September 2013 - The outspoken CEO of the UK’s Directory of Social Change has urged the Australian Not for Profit sector to avoid the mistakes of charities in the UK at the National Conference…

National Volunteer Poster Competition

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 25th July 2013 - Volunteering Australia wants Not for Profits from across the country to design a poster that promotes the essence of volunteering. Submitted posters must be a minimum of A3 size and…

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