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Seven Ideas to Improve Volunteering Engagement and Effectiveness

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 30th August 2016 -  Taking a design-thinking approach to reframe the future of volunteering at a recent Not for Profit and corporate workshop has delivered seven key ideas to help improve volunteering engagement and effectiveness, write Spark Strategy’s Laura Reed and

Federal Election

Election Candidates Asked to ‘Vote for Volunteering’

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 16th June 2016 -  Peak body, Volunteering Australia has launched its federal election platform called Vote for Volunteering, calling on candidates to formally take an online “pledge” to show their support.

Opinion

Federal Government Could Fund Volunteer Management Instead of ‘Illegal’ Internships

Sue Noble, Tuesday, 14th June 2016 -  Imagine the possibilities if $840 million of federal funding was channelled into training youth in the volunteer sector rather than supporting for-profit businesses, writes Sue Noble, CEO of Volunteering Victoria.

Community Leaders Recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours

Lina Caneva, Monday, 13th June 2016 -  Arts philanthropist Roslyn Packer and social entrepreneur and founder of Engineers Without Borders Danny Almagor are two of the hundreds of community sector leaders who have been recognised in the 2016 Queen’s Birthday Honours list.

Giving Study Looks to Volunteer Strength and Recruitment

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 7th June 2016 -  The latest stage in the biggest study of giving and volunteering in Australia, Giving Australia 2016, will see a number of registered charities being invited to participate in a survey on strengthening charities and volunteer recruitment.

Funding Cuts Force Volunteering Tasmania Restructure

Ellie Cooper, Wednesday, 1st June 2016 -  Funding cuts and changes in the sector have forced Volunteering Tasmania to close one of its three offices and lay off a full-time staff member.

Changemaker

Kids Just Wanna Have Fun

Wendy Williams, Monday, 23rd May 2016 -  Dean Cohen is a young social entrepreneur who founded Flying Fox; an enterprise dedicated to providing fun and inclusive opportunities for people living with a disability. Cohen is this week’s changemaker.

NSW Govt Backs New Volunteering Strategy with $2M Funding

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 10th May 2016 -  More than $2 million will be invested on initiatives to recruit, support and recognise volunteers in NSW, as part of a new four-year strategy released by the state government during National Volunteer Week.

Emergency Volunteering Service Launches

Ellie Cooper, Tuesday, 10th May 2016 -  Volunteering Victoria has launched a pilot program to coordinate volunteers for disaster relief and recovery activities to mark National Volunteer Week.

Analysis

Business-Community Partnerships: Re-Thinking Volunteering to Deliver Impact

Gail Yap, Thursday, 5th May 2016 -  Increased interest in business-community partnerships bring enormous volunteering potential but it also means a new way of working for the community sector, writes Gail Yap, the national volunteering manager for United Way Australia.

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