23 May 2017
Meet the nurse making a difference. Twenty-four-year-old and 2016 NSW Youth Volunteer of the Year – Ben Matthews has grown up with Cerebral Palsy and turned his negative experiences of bullying into a positive – Inspiring younger generations to perceive disabilities and differences in a different light. What an incredible human. #9Today
8 December 2016
2GB’s Ben Fordham interviews NSW Volunteer of the Year Winners for 2016 State Ceremony Ben Fordham was live at Norths, the venue for the NSW Volunteer of the Year State Ceremony to interview some of our VIP guests & winners from 2016. Listen to their interviews as he gauges their reactions from the ceremony! Interview...
7 December 2016
On December 2, 2016 volunteers from across NSW came together for the 10th Annual NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards at Norths Leagues Club, located in Cammeray. Joining us in the celebrations included VIPS: The Hon. John Ajaka, NSW Minister for Ageing, Multiculturalism and Disability Services and the Award Patron Valerie Hoogstad, Chair of the...
6 December 2016
Ben Matthews of Newport, Newport Surf Life Saving Club Ben Matthews is only 23 but he has been an active member of his local Surf Life Saving Club for 19 years: As a Patrol Captain Ben is responsible for managing a team of up to 20 volunteer lifesavers for each patrol. He also volunteers with...
5 December 2016
Salesforce Team Salesforce?allocate?7 days a year to enable all staff to volunteer online julietta casino for a not-for-profit of their choice. To encourage participation Salesforce has a portal where employees can search for volunteering activates, log their time, recruit others and share stories. Students, homeless people, the disabled, sustainability projects have all benefited from the...
5 December 2016
Chris Bond from Macquarie Band nominated by the Raise Foundation Chris has recruited more than 100 of his Macquarie Bank colleagues to volunteer with Raise Foundation, meaning the organisation is more able to provide life-changing one-on-one mentoring to at-risk students in the Inner West. Apart from maintaining his own mentee responsibilities Chris has helped develop...
5 December 2016
Holly Johnson from?Albury (aged 14), Amnesty International, Culcairn House and Jindera Nursing Home Volunteering propelled Holly from a shy and cripplingly anxious teenager into a confident advocate for others. For the first two years of high school Holly’s anxiety was so acute she barely spoke at all – volunteering with Amnesty International has literally helped...
5 December 2016
Dr David Digges of Bellevue Hill – National Dental Foundation: Co-Founder After volunteering in East Timor David Digges realised there were also many needy people in his homeland. Encouraging his fellow dentists to become members of the National Dental Foundation, Dr Digges tells them: When you reach out to help people you not only relieve...
5 December 2016
Sandra McDonald of Long Point – Beautiful Minds Sandra is passionate about improving conditions within acute mental health units – often forgotten, under resourced places at the back corridors of hospitals. Sandra founded Beautiful Minds, a community organisation committed to improving the lives of people with mental health issues. Building Zen gardens in mental health...
5 December 2016
Women in Prison Advocacy Network Volunteer Mentors (WIPAN) WIPAN take a grassroots approach to addressing women’s social justice issues by directly engaging criminalised women pre and post-release. The group partners trained volunteer Mentors from the community with women enduring the judicial and/or correctional system, particularly during their complex transition from custody to the community. For...
5 December 2016
Royal Rehab Volunteer Services, Royal Rehab The loving nurturing of the volunteers at Royal Rehab by the Volunteer Services Department has ultimately meant a better quality of care for the clients. The team share a vision of ‘magnificence in contribution’ that impacts on all team members. While the team handle hundreds of volunteers every year,...
2 December 2016
The co-founder of the National Dental Foundation, Dr David Digges, is the 2016 Volunteer of the Year recognised for establishing a national network of dental practices offering pro bono services to the most needy in the community. The NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards are run by The Centre for Volunteering – the State’s peak...