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
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.
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.
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.
Latest News
World Mental Health Day
Volunteering Australia is proud to partner with Mental Health Australia for World Mental Health Day. We can all...
September VA News
Read the latest volunteering sector news in VA News including International Volunteer Managers Day, Mental Health Month and...
National Volunteering Research Network
Volunteering Australia is excited to be establishing a new National Volunteering Research Network. The network aims to facilitate...
Find out about Volunteering Opportunities near You!
Volunteering Australia would like to see a fairer and more equal society and proudly supports #APW21. Raising income support above the poverty line and government investment in social housing are the keys to unlocking poverty this Anti-Poverty Week. #RaisetheRateforGood #BuildSocialHousing
Volunteers make a unique contribution and are essential to the disability services workforce. Volunteering Australia provides evidence on the role of volunteers and calls for volunteers in disability services to receive better recognition and investment. www.volunteeringaustralia.org/the-role-of-volunteers-in-the-disability-services-workforce/
Costly reforms that will deter volunteer directors
probonoaustralia.com.au
Not only is the pure dollar cost of the proposed expansion of the ACNC's powers too high, it could have a significant effect on recruiting, inducting and retaining great people for charity board roles...
Volunteering Australia provided a submission to the National Mental Health Workforce Strategy 2021-2031 highlighting the extensive contributions of volunteers in the sector, and the need to recognise and support volunteer involvement. #WMHD2021 #NMHM2021 www.volunteeringaustralia.org/the-national-mental-health-workforce-strategy/#/
Today is World Mental Health Day! #WMHD2021![]()
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Volunteering Australia CEO Mark Pearce shares how he looks after his mental health and the integral role volunteering plays across the mental health landscape, in prevention, intervention, recovery, and resilience. #LookAfterYourMentalHealthAustralia
VA would like to see a fairer and more equal society and proudly supports #APW21. Raising income support above the poverty line and government investment in social housing are the keys to unlocking poverty this @AntiPovertyWeek #RaisetheRateforGood #BuildSocialHousing
Volunteers make a unique contribution and are essential to the disability services workforce. Volunteering Australia provides evidence on the role of volunteers and calls for volunteers in disability services to receive better recognition and investment. https://www.volunteeringaustralia.org/the-role-of-volunteers-in-the-disability-services-workforce/
There are many women living in rural areas who also volunteer as part of their local VICSES unit, working through the pandemic and on the front line to keep our communities safe.
Today, and every day, we say thank you. #RuralWomensDay
Latest Submissions & Research
The role of volunteers in the disability services workforce
The National Mental Health Workforce Strategy
Indigenous Skills and Employment Program
