Wave Your Appreciation for Volunteers
This National Volunteer Week, you are invited to put your hand up and thank the millions of volunteers around Australia with a special smile.
Say thank you to your volunteers with a gift
The Volunteering Australia shop is now open. Say thank you to your volunteers with high quality, volunteer-specific gifts while supporting our work advocating for the sector.
New national resource hub for volunteer managers
An initiative of Volunteering Australia, this resource hub brings together useful, evidence-based and current best practice resources to support effective volunteer management.
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Information on volunteering and COVID-19.
If you are a current volunteer, or interested in volunteering please contact the Volunteering Peak Body in your State or Territory
Become a Professional Leader of Volunteers
Endorsed by Volunteering Australia, the Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Program for Professional Leaders of Volunteers is a formal avenue to improve your knowledge, skills and future employability.
Want to know more about best practice volunteer management?
The National Standards for Volunteer Involvement provide a sound framework for supporting the volunteering sector.
Latest News
Let's put our hands together and applaud the work of the nation's unsung volunteers
Volunteering Australia CEO, Mark Pearce writes about the importance of volunteering in the lead up to National Volunteer...
Volunteering Australia and Justice Connect partnership strengthened by MOU
Volunteering Australia and Justice Connect are pleased to strengthen their partnership with the signing of a Memorandum of...
Say thank you to your volunteers with a gift
National Volunteer Week (NVW) is Australia's largest annual celebration of volunteers. From 17-23 May 2021, NVW will celebrate...
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Today is #InternationalDayofFamilies and the start of #NationalFamiliesWeek (15 -21 May). Let’s take the time to reflect on the critical role that families play in teaching, supporting and nurturing children especially as they grow.
"We call the act of willingly giving time for the common good and without financial gain, volunteering. But of course, the act of participating in community, identifying a need and pitching in to help, is as old as communities themselves." #waveforvolunteers #NVW2021![]()
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Volunteering Australia CEO Mark Pearce writes in the Daily Telegraph about the importance of volunteering in the lead up to National Volunteer Week. www.volunteeringaustralia.org/lets-put-our-hands-together-and-applaud-the-work-of-the-nations-uns...![]()
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Photo with ACT State Emergency Service
National Volunteer Week is supported again in 2021 by Aon Australia. Aon has been a proud supporting partner of Volunteering Australia for over 20 years.![]()
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Starting Monday 17 May, we invite you to join us as we celebrate and thank volunteers for the vital role they play in communities across the country this #NVW2021. Let’s recognise that volunteers make our communities stronger, especially during times of need, crisis or isolation. #waveforvolunteersNational Volunteer Week is only a week away. We are delighted to be an exclusive sponsor to the 2021 National Volunteer Week, as part of our 20-year plus strong partnership with Volunteering Australia. ![]()
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#NVW2021 #volunteering #volunteers #nonforprofit #AonAustralia #waveforvolunteers
Australia’s largest annual celebration of volunteers, starts Monday 17 May. Join Experience Wyndham by creating your own #waveforvolunteers this National Volunteer Week. Upload your wave photo to social media and share using the hashtags #NVW2021 and #waveforvolunteersWerribee Visitor Information Centre recently welcomed back its friendly volunteers!![]()
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This National Volunteer Week we would like to say a special Thank you as we Recognise, Reconnect and Reimagine, 2021. #NVW2021 #waveforvolunteers
Volunteering integral to achieving Federal Budget priorities.![]()
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The Federal Budget has allocated significant and welcome new funding to aged care provision, mental health services and building community resilience, with each of these relying on the contribution of volunteers. In taking forward these reform agendas, the role of volunteers needs to be explicitly recognised with dedicated investment ensuring volunteering is safe and sustainable into the future.![]()
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Volunteering Australia asked the Australian Government to invest in volunteering to ensure it can support the nation’s social and economic recovery. This included investing in a Reinvigorating Volunteering Action Plan to bring back volunteers and to support services and programs that rely on a volunteer workforce. We again call on the Australian Government to partner with the volunteering sector to develop and implement a package of measures to address the impact of COVID-19 and the longer-term challenges that the sector has been facing.![]()
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Read more of Volunteering Australia's Federal Budget 2021-22 coverage on our website: www.volunteeringaustralia.org/policy/advocacy-campaigns/federal-budget-2021-22/
Today is #InternationalDayofFamilies and the start of #NationalFamiliesWeek (15 -21 May). Let’s take the time to reflect on the critical role that families play in teaching, supporting and nurturing children especially as they grow.
National Volunteer Week is Australia’s largest annual celebration of volunteers. Let’s recognise the significant contribution of Australia’s almost six million volunteers with a #waveforvolunteers this #NVW2021
"Volunteering is a shared experience that makes our nation a better place." #waveforvolunteers
Volunteering Australia CEO @MarkPearce_AU writes in the @dailytelegraph about the importance of volunteering in the lead up to #NVW2021 @ACT_SES https://www.volunteeringaustralia.org/lets-put-our-hands-together-and-applaud-the-work-of-the-nations-unsung-volunteers/#/
Latest Submissions & Research
Volunteering a 'critical gap' in mental health recommendations
Pre-Budget Submission 2021-22
Call to include volunteering in the National Disability Strategy
