3 December 2020
Buxton Rural Fire Service volunteer Kim Hill has been crowned the 2020 NSW Adult Volunteer of the Year in front of 400 special guests for the virtual State Ceremony for the NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards. The NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards are an annual program run by The Centre for Volunteering to...
3 December 2020
The volunteer coordinator for the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Foundation Kylie Elliott has taken out the 2020 NSW Excellence in Volunteer Management Award. Kylie has excelled over the past 12 months, helping to increase volunteer participation on the back of improved communication, management systems and engagement. The award was announced at a virtual ceremony for the...
3 December 2020
The 2020 NSW Volunteer Team of the Year has been awarded to joint winners for the first time in the Award’s history. The Foodbank NSW & ACT Distribution Centre volunteers and the Mid-South Coast Wires volunteers took out the award, signifying the remarkable work of both teams during an unprecedented year of volunteering. The NSW...
3 December 2020
A strong and passionate supporter of multicultural youth, gender equality and mental health awareness and support has been named the 2020 NSW Young Volunteer of the Year. Twenty-year-old Harpreet Kaur Dhillon was awarded the accolade at a virtual ceremony for the 2020 NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards today in front of more than 400...
3 December 2020
The 250 team members from the regionally based Greater Bank have earned the 2020 NSW Corporate Volunteer Team of the Year Award, for going above and beyond to help their nine charity partners over the past 12 months. The award was announced at a virtual ceremony for the 2020 NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards...
3 December 2020
The 2020 NSW Corporate Volunteer of the Year is career management specialist Andrew Bredin from Right Management, who has been volunteering with Dress for Success for the past decade. The announcement was made during a virtual ceremony for the 2020 NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards today in front of more than 400 special guests,...
9 November 2020
about regional: WIRES Mid South Coast Branch a finalist in NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards Goulburn Post: Bryan Mulquiney awarded Senior Volunteer of the Year Bega District News: Tathra’s Carleen Maley named Senior Volunteer of the Year for South Coast Batemans Bay Post: WIRES Mid South Coast Branch in running for state award Coast...
5 November 2020
The efforts of our dedicated volunteer managers were celebrated today at a special virtual ceremony for the 2020 NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards. About 100 special guests, volunteer managers and community leaders came together for the virtual event to recognise and celebrate our professional managers of volunteer programs. Four finalists were announced at the...
5 November 2020
Volunteering excellence across the workplace was in the spotlight today as we celebrated the efforts of teams and individuals giving their time to help others as part of structured corporate volunteering programs. Finalists for the Corporate Volunteer of the Year Awards are announced each year in both a team and individual category as part of...
15 October 2020
The Federal Budget has allocated no new funding to volunteering despite the devastating impact of COVID-19 restrictions. Two in three volunteers (66 per cent) stopped volunteering during the pandemic, amounting to an estimated loss of 12.2 million hours per week of volunteer work (per Volunteering Australia). This decline has had a profound and ongoing impact across...
9 October 2020
After 24 ceremonies across all corners of the state, the 2020 NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards rolled into Broken Hill today to celebrate the region’s amazing cohort of volunteers. They play their part across the emergency services, sporting fields, health and community services -wherever there is a need. We couldn’t make it into town...
