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Corporate Volunteering – the New Black in Team Building?

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 28th November 2012 -  Volunteering – is it the new black in corporate team building? asks Corporate Community Engagement Consultant, Kate Driessen in her latest Australian Charities Fund (ACF)…

Call for Voluntary Community Groups Peak Body

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 22nd November 2012 -  A campaign to set up a peak body for Australia’s voluntary community groups is being developed by the Centre for Civil Society. And a national workshop has been organised for…

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The Rise or Not Of Micro-Volunteering

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 13th November 2012 -  OPINION: Australia is now discussing and experimenting with micro-volunteering but the uptake has been slower than the rest of the world, says Mike Bright the Founder of UK-based…

Australian Contingent to World Volunteer Conference

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 8th November 2012 - 
FYA's Jan Owen is to be the only Australian keynote speaker at the world volunteer conference in London in December.  An Australian contingent of volunteer experts is preparing…

Community Legal Centres Survive on Volunteers & Pro Bono – Survey

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 1st November 2012 -  Almost 60,000 hours of pro bono legal work was provided through Community Legal Centres across Australia in the last twelve months, according to new research. The National Association…

Future Proofing Tassie Volunteering

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 10th October 2012 - 
Volunteering Tasmania CEO Adrienne Picone speaking at the Future Focus Symposium, at the Old Woolstore in Hobart.
Photo supplied.  Tasmania’s volunteer organisations…

Confirmed – Volunteering Is Good for You

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 9th October 2012 - 
A new study has shown that volunteering is good for you. Photo: ubalancer.com A US study has confirmed what Australian volunteers have known for some time – that ‘giving’…

Volunteers Need ‘Worker’ Definition

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 4th October 2012 - 
A new discussion paper says that volunteers should be included in the definition of 'worker'. Photo Volunteering Qld.  Volunteers should be included in the definition…

Acting CEO for Volunteering Australia

Staff Reporter, Monday, 17th September 2012 -  Newly establishing peak body, Volunteering Australia has announced a new Acting Chief Executive who has a strong history of involvement in the sector. Maureen Cane will take on the…

Volunteering Australia Reinvented

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 13th September 2012 - 
Photo: ozvpm.com A reinvented national volunteering peak body, Volunteering Australia, could take up to 12 months to re-establish itself in Canberra with a changed constitution…

Nominate for National Volunteer Awards

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 5th September 2012 -  The Federal Government has launched the 2012 National Volunteer Awards which recognise and celebrate Australia’s volunteers. The Minister for Ageing and Social Inclusion,…

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