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Volunteering

National Volunteer Week

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A new report reveals volunteers are essential to Australia’s crisis resilience. The Volunteering Australia research examines the volume and breadth of volunteers playing crucial roles in communities during natural disasters and COVID-19 outbreaks. This resilient and skilled workforce includes over 200,000 volunteers in fire services organisations and around 25,000 volunteers in State and Territory Emergency Service . A further 200,000 volunteers are engaged in over 1,000 …

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Volunteers are the backbone behind Australia’s response and recovery

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From natural disasters to the ongoing cost-of-living crisis, volunteers are now more important than to provide a source of stability through these difficult times.  It is estimated over five million people volunteer through an organisation annually, while an additional 6.5 million provide informal volunteering support within their community. A new report reveals key insights into …

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Charities under pressure

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The Productivity commission has announced a review of philanthropy.  Not-for- profits are finding that volunteers are declining all around Australia.  At the same time Charities are finding that donations are also down – what is going on? Amanda Copp spoke with the Minister for Charities Andrew Leigh to find out why these declines were occurring. …

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