Your Year to Volunteer | 18-24 May 2026
We are celebrating National Volunteer Week 2026 with the theme Your Year to Volunteer.
This theme honours the contributions of volunteers and encourages people across Australia to make 2026 the year they get involved and make a difference.
2026 is the United Nations International Year of Volunteers for Sustainable Development (IVY 2026), highlighting the vital role of volunteers in advancing sustainability. National Volunteer Week 2026 supports IVY 2026 by amplifying the voices of volunteers and taking action to help volunteering thrive.
National Volunteer Week 2026 celebrates the commitment of current volunteers and invites everyone to discover how giving their time and talents can spark joy, and a deep sense of purpose.
Make this Your Year to Volunteer and help create lasting, positive change.
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Event Hashtag: #NVW2026
National Volunteer Week 2026 Logos
Use the official National Volunteer Week 2026 logo to connect your materials and promotions to the national campaign. Available in a variety of formats and colours for print and digital use.
Social Media Images
Instagram 4:5 social tiles
Landscape social tiles
Artistic Intent
The visual identity for National Volunteer Week 2026 evolves from last year’s focus on Connecting Communities into a new moment of activation.
Overall, the artistic intent is to create a visual identity that is warm, energising, and deeply connected to purpose. It honours last year’s story of connection, steps forward into activation, and pays tribute to a global year dedicated to volunteers.
- Soft, layered waves radiate outward, symbolising the ripple of collective impact.
- Blue and magenta connect to IVY26; warm gradients add local identity.
- Feels calm, grounded, and enduring, creating a visual echo of “the continuum of giving.”
Most of all, it invites every individual to join the continuum of giving and spark their own ripple of meaningful, lasting change.
