Grand Opening For VSA&NT OfficesFarewell From VSA&NT Chairman

Humble Pride Of Australia Medal WinnerRU Ready Conference A Great Success

SPRING

2011

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CONTENTS

From the Desk of the CEO 1

From The Minister For Volunteers 2

Farewell From VSA&NT Chairman 3

DFC Volunteer’s 50 Years Of Service 4

Meet Chloe Reschke-Maguire 5

Improving The Lives Of The Poor 6

Volunteering At The Rugby World Cup 6

History Of Our Weather 7

VSA&NT Celebrates Office Launch 8-9

Playford Volunteers Making Music 10

National Standards For Women’s Services 10

Careers In Radio 11

Sharing With The Community 11

New Face In VSA&NT Training Team 12

Pride Of Australia Winner 13

RU Ready Conference A Success 14 - 15

Volunteering At Melaleuka 16

Welcoming Refugees To Australia 17

Devotion To Filipino Community 18

Become A Host Family 18

Volunteer Manager Makes A Difference 19

Uni SA Volunteer & Work Experience Fair 20

VSA&NT Partners 21

Volunteering SA&NT Inc.Head OfficeLevel 5 , 185 Victoria Square Adelaide SA 5000

www.volunteeringsa.org.auBOARD: Janet Stone (Chairman), Tim Jackson (Deputy Chair), Mark Witham (Treasurer), Bruce Hammond, Karen Buenger, Richard Geyer, Joe Capozza, Patrizia Kadis, Niki Burton.CEO: Evelyn O’Loughlin.

EDITOR:Denese Wyatt - editor@volunteeringsa.org.au

STAFF: Annette Barlow, Melissa Chin, Courtney Davidson, Louise Dreosti, Sue Keith, Jim Kesting, Jo Larkin, Sascha Loffler, Kaye Mahomet, Naomi Offler, Martyn Paxton, Anna Williamson, Denese Wyatt, Chloe Reschke-Maguire, Rae Plush, Matthew Todd, Nancy Bryers.

VOLUNTEERS:Lynette Bacon, John Carli, Dianne Casey, Socheat Chak, Melissa Chin, Sanja Duka, Pam Evans, Robi Fernandez, Mark Fielder, Richard Geyer, Paul Keady, Janis Kerr, John Kimber, Brian Leverett, Erica Majba, David Maxwell, Tony Mitchell, Stephen Moller, Jane Osborn, Joe Rankoff, Carole Rogers, Josephine Swiggs, Shirley Terrell, Ellen Tindale, Laine Turner, Bob Watson, Mohammed Zaman, Amin Abdul Aziz, Pam Brown, Helen Kumnick, Lesley O’Loughlin, Chengcheng Sun, Thuy Phan, Emma White.

CONSULTANTS:Eleonora Zappia & Associates, EPAC Salary Solutions, Bliss Web Engine, Business SA, Community Sector Business Services, Strategic Matters, Ariel Printing, Pride Business Solutions Pty Ltd, Volunteering WA, Urban Umbrella Marketing, Moira Deslandes, Teresa Forest, Jo Swiggs, Alchemy Training, Jennifer Adams Consulting, Angela DeConno, Erica Majba, Liam Hanna.

GOLDEN GURUS:Erica Majba, Sandra Richards, Dianne Potter, Beryl Lester, Wendy Bruce, Carol Ward, Cecilia Cubillo, Pieter Hoogland, Caroline Phillis, Margaret Granger, Gerald Adams, Fuzzy Trojan, Susan Colgate, Sheila Clark, Sandra Powell, Christine Leonard, Raema Mahony, Peter Rochman, Neil Murray, Denis Jones, Trevor O’Brien

STUDENTS:Sicong Wang (Simon) - Master of Social Work - Flinders University.

PARTNERS: Aboriginal Reference Group Bruce Hammond, Herb Mack, Ken Liddle, Maxine Turner, Lenore Chantrelle, Fiona Coulthard-Stanley, Elizabeth Hurrell, Jessica Koolmatrie, Anna Caponi.

© Volunteering SA&NT Inc. ABN 82 279 275 584. Articles may be reproduced providing copyright is acknowledged. Publishing date October2011.The opinions expressed in this newsletter are not necessarily shared by Volunteering SA&NT Inc.

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Not-For-Profit Sector NewsCEO REPORT

Evelyn O’Loughlin, CEO Volunteering SA&NT

Volunteers have always played an important role in Australian society, and we see the importance of voluntary activity growing, as are the challenges of recruitment and managing volunteering sustainably.

The publication by Volunteering Australia, titled “A National Agenda on Volunteering: Beyond the International Year of Volunteers”, was an important legacy of the United Nations International Year of Volunteers in 2001.

The National Agenda provided a policy framework for the future of volunteering. It outlined six strategic goals and highlighted specific outcomes needed to ensure that the gains from the International Year were maximised, volunteers were better supported and volunteering remained an important and sustainable social movement.

Have things changed since 2001? It is worth revisiting these six strategic goals to find out.

Through the National Agenda on Volunteering, the community, volunteer-involving organisations, business and government were called upon to work together to:

1. Publicly respect and value in enduring, formal, and tangible ways, the essential contribution that volunteers make to building and sustaining the Australian community.

2. Ensure that volunteers have legal status and are afforded protection through every piece of legislation and public policy that affects them and their work.

3. Ensure that all new legislation, by-laws and public policies, developed at any level of government, which may affect volunteers and their work, works only to facilitate and sustain volunteering.

4. Acknowledge that the activity of volunteering is not without cost and develop means by which Australian volunteers and volunteer-involving organisations are supported and funded to provide valuable services.

5. Ensure excellence in all levels of volunteer involvement and volunteer management in order to encourage, protect and enhance the work of volunteers.

6. Ensure that volunteering is a potent, dynamic and unifying social force for community benefit by acknowledging and accepting that it is a diverse and evolving activity.

In 2011 the 6 Strategic Goals are just as relevant today as 2001. This year the Federal Government’s Not-for-Profit Sector Reform Council, on which I sit, was formed to support a strong reform agenda; and with the imminent release of the Federal Government National Volunteer Strategy – the future looks bright for further contributions to achieving many of these same strategic goals.

Sustainability is the capacity to endure and while we need to work toward environmental and economic sustainability, this won’t be achieved without social cohesion – and that won’t happen without a healthy volunteering culture. Volunteering is active citizenship - it is people contributing to social development.

So having said this, it follows that if we want a sustainable future, we need to grow volunteering ... and to grow volunteering, we need to understand, foster, protect and promote it.

Volunteering is an essential network of contributions, without which Australian society would cease to function in the way we know it. We need to make sure that this point is well understood by policy makers, the legislature and the administrative arm of government.

So what can we do as sector leaders - to understand, foster, grow, protect and promote volunteering toward a sustainable future?

It seems to me that while there is a lot we might be able to do, there are a few key elements we need for a properly functioning voluntary sector:

The first is an understanding that the voluntary sector is not just volunteers or voluntary associations, it is both. Whether we call it the volunteer sector, the third sector or not for profit, community sector or some other term - it is a considerable force. Referring to the voluntary sector and voluntary associations (rather than not for profits or community based) reinforces the relationship between volunteers and their associations and makes clear the difference between them, as a sector, and government and the market.

This difference is really the essence of the sector and has to be well understood and even defended, as government seeks an ever-expanding role in harnessing voluntary effort. As the peak body for volunteering, Volunteering SA&NT is aware of the challenges posed by factors such as shifting demographics, attitudes and economic circumstances, as well as the reality that maintaining and expanding volunteer numbers, remain a concern for the sector.

Volunteer-involving organisations require systems and management that support inclusion and diversity. We need to find ways to see more resources being put where they will really reap rewards and make the kind of difference that lasts beyond a government initiative or funding round and to secure a reliable future for volunteering.

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MINISTER FOR VOLUNTEERS

A Message from the Minister

I recently announced the first round of the Youth Volunteer Scholarship Awards. We have been overwhelmed by the positive response to this initiative, with more than 100 applications received by the Office for Volunteers. I’m looking forward to announcing the winners very soon, with each to receive up to $3,000 towards their chosen field of study. The Awards are a wonderful way to acknowledge and reward young people for the volunteer work that they do in their communities.

In another exciting initiative, a group of ten job seekers in Peterborough have recently started training in emergency services. This pilot project will provide volunteers with the expertise they need to support the local SA Ambulance Service in a volunteer capacity.

Like many communities across the State, the Peterborough community relies heavily on volunteers to provide a round the clock ambulance service. It’s hoped the pilot program will encourage more people from the local community to get involved with this important service.

Through the program, participants will complete a Certificate II in Medical Emergency First Response training, increasing their job-ready skills and education pathways.

Submissions to the Volunteer Support Fund have been processed in recent weeks. This Fund supports initiatives that directly benefit volunteers. Community based organisations can receive grants of up to $3,000 for the purchase of equipment, training courses and other resources for volunteers.

This year, in recognition of 2011 as the 10th anniversary of the International Year of Volunteers, community organisations will also be able to use the grants to host community events around International Volunteers Day on December 5 to thank their volunteers. For further information about any of the initiatives outlined above please visit the Office for Volunteers website at www.ofv.sa.gov.au.

Hon Grace Portolesi, Minister For Volunteers

The past few months have been a really busy period for volunteers in South Australia. Many new initiatives have begun and existing projects are gathering speed.

Television commercials created through the 2011 Community Voices program were showcased in June. Community organisations who participate in this initiative are partnered with Flinders University students, from the Screen and Media disciplines, to produce promotional documentaries and television community announcements. The community announcements produced through this program are of a truly high calibre and I encourage people to view them on the Office for Volunteers website to see some of the unique ideas being utilised to promote the organisations.

For more about the program and to watch the finished product go to www.ofv.sa.gov.au/communityvoices.htm.

Community Voices sees volunteers showing their acting skills during the filming of television commercials produced by students from Flinders University

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VOLUNTEERING SA&NT

Janet Stone, Chairman Volunteering SA&NT

Farewell From The Chairman Of The Board

Volunteering SA&NT’s leadership has had significant recognition this year. Our CEO, Evelyn O’Loughlin has been appointed to the Federal Government’s Not-for-Profit Sector Reform Council and she is the only representative of volunteering and the only person from South Australia.

The main role of the Council is to support the Office for the Not-for-Profit Sector with the Government’s commitment to the reform of the sector. In addition Evelyn has been appointed by the Federal Government to be a National Compact Champion. Her involvement and contributions are these crucial steps in recognising the vital contributions of millions of volunteers and to building the not-for profit sector into the future.

This year was the 10th Anniversary of the International Year of the Volunteer and it was truly the year of the Volunteers as they rallied to the forefront to support those devastated by natural disasters in Queensland and parts of New South Wales.

We know that volunteering is critical to the State’s growth and development. VSA&NT’s ability to lead, grow and promote volunteers and the volunteering sector cannot be achieved on its own.

However, if we work in partnership with other like-minded groups from the community, the not-for-profit sector, governments and the private sector, we can attract greater support, engagement and visibility of the sector, to ensure sustainability and inevitably, underpin a strong economy.

The development of the Northern Territory’s volunteering sector is now being recognised with the implementation of the inaugural Volunteer of the Year Awards in partnership with the NT Government. The Awards, to be announced on December 5 - International Volunteers Day, will recognise the important role volunteers play in the NT communities.

A first ever partnership event between VSA&NT and the Local Government Association occurred this year with an extremely successful conference: ‘R U Ready’ – Volunteering for a Sustainable Future. Over the two days, there was a genuine and effective engagement by delegates to address strategic issues in building a robust and sustainable volunteering infrastructure.

Our ability as a professional and leading organisation has now been enhanced with our recent move to new premises, which allows us to provide more onsite services and facilitates in a more productive, cohesive and enjoyable work environment for all staff and volunteers. I would like to thank the Premier and the SA State Government for their generous and continuing support that has made this new endeavour for VSA&NT possible.

Thank you to our Minister for Volunteering the Honourable Grace Portolesi, our funding partners at the national and state levels and our Aboriginal Reference Group who have worked alongside of us and shared our commitment to volunteering. I also thank our patron, His Excellency, Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce, AC CSC RANR Governor of South Australia for his continued support of volunteering.

My time as chairman of VSA&NT now comes to a close after 8 fulfilling and memorable years, I would like to thank the Board for their continued involvement, commitment and passion for the organisation, its people and the volunteering sector, Evelyn and all of the wonderful staff and volunteers past and present for their contributions to VSA&NT and wish you all the best for the future.

This is not goodbye, only a shift in direction in the pursuit of my passion for volunteering.

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DFC Volunteer Celebrates 50 Years Of ServiceMelanie Lambert Principal Project Officer, Volunteers Unit, DFC.

DFC

Dave McNally’s volunteering journey began one morning in 1960 when he sat down to read his local paper. There he read the story of Richard, a young boy in an iron lung who wanted to write a book. When Dave decided to go and visit him, little did he know that it would launch him on a volunteering journey that would span fifty years. Today, at the age of 87, Dave is still volunteering five days a week, in between selling real estate, swimming in the sea at West Lakes and dancing on Sunday afternoons.

Dave continued to visit Richard every week. In the course of his visits he got to know another resident, who had a brother, Grant, living at the then Home for Incurables (later the Julia Farr Centre and now DFC’s Highgate Park). Soon, Dave was picking Grant up and taking him to see his brother as part of his weekly routine.

When both Hampstead boys died, Dave’s volunteering story changed its focus in 1961 to the Julia Farr Centre where he continued to visit Grant. Before long Dave increased his visits to twice a week and set up a card school, which continued for 25 years. At the peak of his involvement at Julia Farr, Dave was cooking for residents on holiday breaks four times a year and hosted regular fish and chip suppers for residents at his house.

After the death of his wife, Dave began to help at chapel services on a Sunday morning which he continues doing today and has no intention of giving up any time soon. “The roads are quiet on Sundays. I go across at 9.30am and visit some of the residents that I know well. I help at chapel, visit another few residents, then head home about 12.30. My girlfriend picks me up and we go dancing in the afternoon!”

Throughout his volunteering journey Dave has shown an unwavering commitment to supporting disabled people to access opportunities. At 87 years of age he still teaches disabled children to swim twice a week with Novita and takes a disabled boy to play golf every Saturday morning. He is even taking up new volunteering opportunities, having recently started to help out at a nursing home across the road from his house.

Dave says he gets great happiness from his volunteering.

Having appreciated his own good health throughout his life, he enjoys being able to contribute to the lives of others. And meeting him, it’s not hard to imagine the impact that his sunny disposition has had in the lives of those he’s come into contact with over the last fifty years.

These beautiful quality metal keyrings are an excellent International Volunteers Day or an end of year Christmas gift for volunteers.

The key rings are solid, come in a presentation black box, and have a large space on the back for engraving.

To order please contact VSA&NT on 8221 7177, or email reception@volunteeringsa-nt.org.au.

(NB: Price does not include postage)

New Promotional Merchandise For Your Volunteers

“If you don’t contribute to life, life’s not worth living.”

... says West Lakes resident Dave McNally, the Department for Families and Communities longest-serving volunteer who celebrates 50 years of service this year.

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Dedicated To Corporate VolunteeringChloe Reschke-Maguire, Business Development & Employee Volunteering Program Coordinator

CORPORATE VOLUNTEERING

I have just joined Volunteering SA&NT and my role is to consult with and support corporates to develop employee volunteering programs within their organisation. My role also includes seeking out business development opportunities for VSA&NT. My background is in marketing and project management, and I have worked in a variety of industries from fitness to insurance to non-profit - working on "different sides of the fence" from corporate volunteering and sponsorship program management in IAG to volunteer and event management in Cancer Council SA.

Having spent 4 years living and working in Sydney I am happy to again return to my home town of Adelaide to live and work.

The following is an overview of my role at Volunteering SA&NT:

• Supporting organisations such as Deloitte, Elders and KPMG to help facilitate a one day volunteering activity for their staff by linking them up to a variety of activities to choose from including; tree planting, garden and building refurbishment, food packaging and even some Christmas Pageant float painting!

• Preparing for the upcoming “Introduction to Corporate Volunteering” training session for Not For Profits on Tuesday 8th November. This is a great chance to identify and develop some unique corporate volunteering opportunities in your organisation.

• Consulting with Qantas and IBM to identify and develop a calendar of volunteering activities taking into consideration their unique staff requirements.

• Beginning the task of meeting as many not-for-profits as possible in the industry to identify their needs and offer my support to their existing or upcoming corporate volunteering programs.

• Working on the IYV+10 “Volunteering in the City” video, featuring interviews from Adelaide CBD based volunteers about their experiences to promote the benefits of engaging in volunteering.

• Revising and establishing a template for developing a corporate volunteering policy and procedure for use by

Not For Profits and for corporates.

• Developing a list of service offerings for organisations around corporate volunteering.

Email me at chloe.rm@volunteeringsa-nt.org.au or call me on 08 8221 7177 - my days in the office are Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

Do you have Opportunities for Corporate Volunteers? Are administration duties such as mail outs, data entry, promotional bags and envelope stuffing bogging you down?

A number of corporate employees in the workplace cannot take a day out of the office to volunteer but do have 1 or 2 hours a week they can use to volunteer at their own desk and office space.

If you have any creative ideas or administration activities that you think could be done from a corporate workplace please let Chloe know at Volunteering SA&NT on 08 8221 7177, or by email on chloe.rm@volunteeringsa-nt.org.au .

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WORLD HEALTH

Contributing To Improve The Lives Of The PoorAnita Ciccarelli, World VisionProfessionals, students, retirees .... World Vision volunteers come from all walks of life, yet they share one common goal: a passion for improving the lives of the world’s poorest people.

In 2010, over 3,000 volunteers around Australia contributed their time, skills and expertise at all levels of our organisation. This contribution was valued at $1,700,000, which translates to sponsorship of 3,295 children for a whole year.

This year, World Vision held a stand on the Yellow Brick Road at the Royal Adelaide Show. For this event World

Vision partnered with Sanitarium who kindly donated Weet-Bix for us to give out. This assisted us in raising awareness about the importance of children and families in developing areas having access to nutritious food like we do in Australia, in order to live healthy and productive lives.

Over the 9 day event we had the help of 19 volunteers who helped in achieving 49 new child sponsorships, which will assist in meeting the nutritional needs of

those 49 children and their communities.

A big thank you to all the volunteers who assisted in changing

so many lives through helping with this great event!

Promoter Elise and volunteer Robin assisting on World Vision’s stand on the Yellow Brick Road at the Royal Adelaide Show

At 7:30pm on September 9 at Eden Park, Auckland NZ, and NZ’s largest Rugby Stadium, the lights flooded the field for the Opening Ceremony and the first Rugby World Cup Match. This small island nation was centre stage to the world as it showed the technical expertise and prowess that any country would have been proud to being a part of.

Fan-zones were set up for families friends and enthusiasts to freely watch the games played outside of their region – a great idea, that also provided free entertainment from local bands, dance groups and cultures groups from all age groups. Stadiums for those attending the actual games, were a sell out every time.

I registered my interest in being a volunteer on line to the event organisers, leaving all my details on the application form. They contacted me just a few months later to confirm my availability, what skills I had to offer and to set up the required accreditation, training and uniform requirements.

I was an international volunteer, flying in just days before the event started, however the organisers were prepared for this, and training took place at respective venues, uniform pickup was organised, and with the uniform came the Team 2011 Pocket Book – a guide and reference to be carried at all times while working as a Team 2011 member.

It contained essential information about workforce guidelines, and each region also provided important local

information like maps, best method to get to the stadium in your region, walking routes and then information on the events occurring before & after the games.

The uniform identified us as being a member of the Team 2011, and without the uniform we were not allowed to participate.

I rode the train one day in my uniform and was recognised immediately, with many comments and questions asked. Our training had informed us on how to respond and how to make everyone’s event experience be a positive one, regardless of whether it was a complaint or a compliment.

Participating as a volunteer, and Team 2011 member, made me feel proud on this world-wide stage, even though I was a small cog in a very big wheel that included 20 teams of 40 members each, an expected 85,000 international visitors, 5,500 volunteers, 12 stadiums and 10 Fan-zones.

To support such a venture was a wonderful experience that I will not hesitate to repeat and recommend to others.

“Embracing the spirit of Rugby … and welcoming the world”

The mission statement of the RWC Team 2011 members

We did that and more … and I helped by being part of it all …it’s such a great feeling!

Great Organisation For The Rugby World Cup 2011Robyn Toi, Rugby World Cup Team 2011 Volunteer

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ENVIRONMENT

Fascinating History Of Our Weather Dr Tony Rogers, Writer and Researcher, History Unit, Bureau of Meteorology.

Volunteers have been the life blood of the Women's Information Service since it opened 33 years ago, but due to a number of staff changes in the organisation over a period of years the volunteer program had not received enough attention and volunteers were becoming increasingly unhappy.

Late last year we began a strategic planning process to look at how we could improve our services into the future. Volunteers were involved in all aspects of the strategic planning process- their ideas were valued, their participation encouraged, and in most instances we are now implementing their ideas. Through this process we also recognised that we needed to better support volunteers to enable them to continue to do their great work, and we are now in the process of implementing the National Standards for Volunteering Organisations.

I would really encourage all organisations to involve volunteers in strategic planning as involvement in this level of planning for the organisation has been good for the organisation, volunteers, clients and staff. I now don't understand why

organisations wouldn't want volunteers involved in planning!

The Minister for the Status of Women has recently announced a new direction for our service and joined past and present volunteers for morning tea in August to celebrate their contribution to our service and to our strategic planning. The current volunteers are much more engaged with the organisation now and are much happier- we now have a volunteer Facebook page and are offering many more opportunities to get involved in training, interesting projects, and continued opportunities to contribute to planning and improving our service.

We still have a long way to go, but we're getting there! A new group of volunteers has begun their training program and they too will be given opportunities to contribute their ideas and shape the way in which the service operates.

Call (08) 8303 0590 or go to www.wis.sa.gov.au or email info@wis.sa.gov.au for more information on Womens Information Services

National Standards Implemented For Women’s Services Georgia Heath, Manager, Women’s Information Service, SA Office For Women.

There is a new weather-related book out in South Australia. The book celebrates the 175th anniversary of the settlement of the state and tells something of its early history. It is entirely the work of a volunteer group based at the Bureau of Meteorology in Adelaide. All income from this new book will support the work of the Royal Society for the Blind, as did income from their previous book South Australia’s Extreme Weather; Its Human Impact.

Weather and the Science of Settlement is the fourth in a series of books on the history of weather and forecasting brought out by the group. They are now working on a fifth. The first two books were published directly by the Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology. Subsequently they have been published by the Australian Meteorological Association in association with the Bureau. This makes it easier to obtain research funding and also makes it possible to assign the income to a deserving charity. To date, these books have sold thousands of copies.

Weather and the Science of Settlement looks at the earliest days of settlement in the new colony of South Australia and covers the period from 1836 to 1860. It’s not just about the weather, but about the people who came to the colony. These were real people, doing real things, with hopes, fears, successes and failures. Intertwined with their stories is what they thought about the weather, the influence it had on their decisions and how all of these things affected their lives in a new land. It’s an easy read with lots of pictures and brings the times alive.

Author, Tony Rogers, is a social historian. “We customarily write history with hindsight,” he says. “We look back, we analyse trends, we interpret. However, it is also important to go back in time and look forward with the people of the history, to share their aspirations, to give life to their stories.”

Weather and the Science of Settlement is available in book stores for $30.00. It is also available directly from the Royal

Society for the Blind at other RSB locations in the city, Gilles Plains, Smithfield, Port Augusta, Mt Gambier, Victor Harbor and Colonnades, Noarlunga

People can ring 8232 4777 and ask for Brodie or Judy for the book to be sent out to them ($10 postage).Visit the website on www.rsb.org.au

All proceeds of the book go to the RSB which assists over 12,000 South Australians who are blind or vision impaired and has been operating for over 127 years.

A second volunteer group at the Bureau of Meteorology is retrieving and digitising weather data from old records. Their work is gaining international attention from groups such as the

Hadley Centre in England, the National Library of Australia, the SEARCH project in Melbourne, and others

The History Unit is a volunteer groupof experienced researchers and writers assisting

the Bureau of Meteorology

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VOLUNTEERING PEAK BODY

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VOLUNTEERING PEAK BODY

Celebrations As New Offices Launched Denese Wyatt, Communications Manager, Volunteering SA&NT

Our photo collage shows it was celebrations all round when Greg Mackie OAM cut the red ribbon to officially open the new Volunteering SA&NT offices on the 5th floor of 182 Flinders Street.

Major Sumner performed a cleansing ceremony watched by volunteers and guests from the not-for-profit sector, government and corporate partners.

Our thanks to the Premier and the SA State Government for their generous and continuing support that has made this new endeavour for VSA&NT possible.

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COMMUNITY

Leading Playford Volunteers In Making MusicRoxanne Withers, City of Playford.

Richard, at the age of 70, is a quite remarkable sort of community volunteer who brings joy and life to hundreds of his fellow Playford residents every year through the music he plays with several local groups.

For a start, he’s president of the Shenanigans, which is a group based at the Grenville Centre who bring people together to play Irish and Scottish music. He is also involved with folk group Filigree, Celtic group Inesheer and a country band – Country Workshop.

It set Richard on a path that now sees him playing with Filigree at nursing homes around the city, at monthly sessions at the Grenville Centre with the Shenanigans – “where musos from all over join in, all of them great amateurs, “ Richard adds.

Through the Shenanigans Richard became an official City of Playford volunteer, joining a local volunteer workforce of 565 volunteers working on 27 volunteer programs.

“When I heard that Volunteers Week was coming up, and I heard about the V Factor concert Playford was planning, I decided to do something,” he says. That “something” had the audience madly clapping and singing in their seats and, by an overwhelming majority, this retiring banjo player was voted the star of the night.

“It really came out of the blue,” Richard says. “But as a teacher I’m used to big crowds and I love performing.”

His prize was a seven hour recording session at the Northern Sound System - and Richard decided to share it with all the people he played with on the night - individual performers, Filigree, the community choir the Silver Beats, and Country Workshop, keeping just one hour for himself.

The result was an amazing CD – many of which will find their way to the nursing homes he visits: “They’re always sad when we leave and often ask if we have a CD we could leave with them.”

Grenville Centre team coordinator Sian Campbell says Richard is a really talented musician who’s never had much of an opportunity to show it. “When he won the prize he was really excited as he saw an opportunity to bring all the volunteers together to share their music with the community.”

For Richard it is all about the community ...not himself.

Copies of the CD recorded by Richard and friends at NSS are now available at the Grenville Community Connections Hub or can be downloaded from http://shenanigans.wikispaces.com/

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COMMUNITY

The next crop of budding radio presenters are about to start training and we are excited to find out if we have the next Hamish and Andy in our midst!

This training is a milestone in the history of Youth FM, as for the first time the young people will get training in on-air presenting as well as outside broadcasting. After completing the training they will form teams and will have different roles to play to ensure their live show goes off without a hitch.

Youth FM is a live-to-air youth radio show run for young people by young people that has been running for over 5 years and has clocked up over 260 hours of airtime since its conception in July 2005.

Young people aged between 15-25 who live, work or study

in the affiliated Council areas volunteer for Youth FM which airs every Thursday afternoon from 4pm to 5pm on Three D Radio 93.7. The program gives young people real-life experience in radio and they are involved in everything, from planning the content and conducting interviews to organising acoustic sessions with bands, panelling and taping outside broadcasts.

The program is hosted by the City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters and is a joint initiative with Three D Radio and the Cities of Burnside, Campbelltown, Prospect and the Town of Walkerville. For more information please contact Amy Underdown, Youth Development Officer at the City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters on

8366 4603 or ydo@npsp.sa.gov.au.

Fancy A Career As A Radio Presenter? Amy Underdown Youth Development Officer Norwood Payneham & St Peters.

Longterm volunteers Jill Thorpe and partner Paul, Anita and Graham Lange and Judith Averey are dedicated North Adelaide community members and volunteers at the community centre which is part of the Library complex on Tynte Street, North Adelaide.

8 out of 12 months these dedicated volunteers plan, shop, cook and serve a delicious homemade luncheon for the elderly residents of the community. The luncheons in 2011 have been themed by an era such as 1950's, 1960's 1970's. The music of the era is played and people come together over some great food, good company and a glass of wine at times and a good laugh.

The community Centre is a hub of activity seven days a week, with many programs being run by volunteers, such as folk

Volunteers Share Special Gifts With The Community Kylie Maher, Coordinator, North Adelaide Community Centre.

dance, yoga, mahjong, bridge, english conversation tutors, computer tutoring, womens conversation support group, 2 walking groups, craft groups, quiz nights, melbourne cup event.

Social inclusion and bringing people together is a special gift many volunteers share and as the new Community Centre Manager I work with passion to support and appreciate, encourage and include all my volunteers. It’s the heart of volunteers that allow the many community programs to happen at the community centre.

Look on the Adelaide City Council website on www.adelaidecitycouncil.com for further information about the community centre and why not join us as a volunteer and make a difference! You can contact me on 0418646874.

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TRAINING

Meet VSA&NT’s Training And Development ManagerRae Plush, Training and Regional Development Manager, VSA&NT

Volunteering has been in my blood since I was a child. I grew up in country South Australia and my first memory of volunteering is collecting money for the Salvation Army for the Red Shield Appeal. As a young person I was involved in the Rural Youth Movement of SA and in my 20’s I had the privilege of volunteering as a social worker for the Child Protection Society in Zimbabwe for 6 months. Over the past 10 years I have sought opportunities to volunteer on boards and committees in the local community I work in. I am also a member of the Australasian Assoc. of Volunteer Administrators (AAVA) and sit on their board in the role as a Treasurer.

I have a beautiful partner and 19 month old daughter which bring me much joy and happiness. We enjoy bike riding and travelling as a family. I have been very blessed to visit many parts of South Australia and the world, I am a person that travels to meet people as opposed to places, and have many friends all over this small world we live in. I love paper craft and any spare moment I

pull out my card making tools and create!

I bring to this position of Training and Regional Development Manager at VSA&NT my extensive experience of working in both the government and non government sector, both in metropolitan and country South Australia, with a focus in youth, health promotion and volunteering.

My role involves two the portfolios of training and regional development. I am planning to enhance and expand the training portfolio within Volunteering SA & NT, focusing not only on volunteers, but volunteer mangers and volunteering involving organisations.

It is an exciting time for Volunteering SA & NT as we are about to work in partnership with TAFE SA as being the key

organisation that provides a pathway for people to complete Certificates 2 & 3 in Active Volunteering. The other part of my role will be focussed on regional development. As a country girl at heart, I look forward to exploring ways in which we can work with the sector to build their capacity within our current resources and capacity.

Spring / Summer Training Opportunities

Check out our website at www.volunteeringsa-nt.org.au and also the insert in this newsletterto read about our upcoming training opportunities. We look forward to seeing you at our training and welcome any feedback in relation to improving the training that we offer, feel free to email me at rae.plush@volunteeringsa-nt.org.au

Training & Development

VSA&NT is the one stop shop for the training of Volunteers, Volunteer Managers and Volunteer Coordinators. We aim to provide you with information that is interesting, informative and inspirational. Our workshops are designed to offer simple solutions to ongoing issues as well as providing solutions to longer term, more complex issues.

The workshops are conducted by professional trainers in an environment that enables discussion, the exchange of information and the development of core skills. A wide range of standard training courses are provided free of charge.

Customised TrainingVSA&NT can organise specific training including workshops for a single organisation or encourage organisations to work together as a partnership, thereby maximising participation and reducing costs. All details of customised training are negotiated as required. Contact Jim on 8221 7177

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SALUTING VOLUNTEERS

Pride Of Australia Winner Is An Exceptional VolunteerSandra Reid, Volunteer & Events Coordinator, MIFSAThe Pride of Australia program aims to discover, recognise and celebrate our state's unsung heroes. A Pride of Australia medal acknowledges ordinary Australians who are doing extraordinary things. In 2011 the South Australian Pride of Australia medal for Care and Compassion has been claimed by Marcia Johnson Timm – MIFSA Support Group Facilitator.

MIFSA and the Mood Disorders Association of SA (MDA) merged in 2006. Marcia Johnson-Timm began her involvement with the Mood Disorders Association in the early 1990’s and since that time has contributed significantly in various volunteer roles.

MIFSA’s CEO, Natasha Miliotis says that for almost two decades Marcia has volunteered her time, skills and her carers touch as a Support Group Facilitator of the Mood Disorders Carer Support Group. “Marcia has always made us proud and what an honour that Australia agrees!” says Natasha. Having won the SA award Marcia now travels to Sydney to compete for the Australia-wide gold medal in November.

With a typically humble approach Marcia shares: “It is indeed a great honour to be presented with the 2011 Pride of Australia medal for Care and Compassion. I have accepted this medal for all the carers of the Mood Disorders Carers Support Group. To all those carers out there who have yet to find my support group, I say: don’t face it alone ... we can give you help and support in your caring roles. My thanks to Natasha Miliotis and the MIFSA staff for the encouragement to continue on in my leadership role. And lastly, I accept this medal in memory of my late husband William Timm who was the reason I began this group over 18 years ago and who later became my greatest supporter.”

“Marcia continues to contribute her time, experience, energy and compassion in an exceptional manner as the Facilitator of the very strong, successful and well attended Mood Disorders Carer Support Group, a support group of MIFSA,” notes Natasha. “Marcia also became a Life Member of MIFSA in 2009, and was recognised for contributing above and beyond expectations of a volunteer role in an exceptional manner.”

Bob Burke, prior Mood Disorders Association President, prior MIFSA Vice President and current Mood Disorders Carers Support Group member, says that Marcia has assisted and supported over 100 carers since June 1993. “Many of us felt that we were alone in caring for someone with a mood disorder, and found it a great relief when we discovered Marcia's group.”

Bob adds: “Marcia deserves the gratitude and recognition of the community for creating and facilitating a support group which has changed the lives of so many carers for the better, and for setting such a high personal standard of compassion, persistence and support as a carer of someone with a mental illness.”

Marcia ensures that each meeting is properly set up and organises Guest Speakers. She individually hand writes to each group member inviting them back to the next meeting and sends out “monthly letters” and emails.

This correspondence ensures they remain in touch with

their fellow-members - the value of this is that we have seen at Annual functions people who do not normally attend the monthly meetings. This also means that we have regular contact and maintain an affinity with others in the group when our life commitments mean we are unable to attend regular meetings.

Marcia has given hours and hours of her own time supporting carers through difficult periods over the phone and face-to-face . It is Marcia’s experience as a carer that demonstrates how valuable it is to have someone in her role and why, having to find ways to cope with her own situation, she has such empathy and rapport with other carers.

Marcia has done all this (and more!) for no financial reward – she has volunteered her time, energy, skills and passion.

As a new MIFSA staff member who visited this support group last year (in Marcia’s absence), I was overwhelmed at how cohesive, interested and welcoming the group was after something like 17 years together. I mentioned this to some of the group members who said that Marcia kept it going, was always open to new people and gave them an outlet where they could talk about their caring roles openly and freely and that they really felt it had kept them going for many years. It was inspiring!

For more information on Mental Illness Fellowship South Australia, go to www.mifsa.org or phone (08) 8378 4100

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PARTNERSHIPS

R U Ready? Conference A Huge Success

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The R U Ready? Volunteering for a Sustainable Future Conference was developed by the Local Government Community Managers’ Network in partnership with Volunteering SA&NT and in conjunction with the Office for Volunteers SA.

Held over 2 days in August at the Zoo, organisers and those attending hailed it as a great success - as you can see from the crowd of happy attendees in our 2-page photo collage.

Keynote speaker was Bernard Salt - KPMG Business Advisor (pictured below with Minister for Volunteers, the Hon. Grace Portolesi)

Other presenters included Ms Katrine Hildyard - Branch Secretary Australian Services Union, Professor Barbara Pocock, -Director Centre for Work + Life University of SA, Mr Brenton Caffin - CEO Australian Centre for Social Innovation, Dr Judy Esmond - Director Morevolunteers, Suzi Quixley - ESSQ Community Services Consultancy and Andy Fryar – Director OzVPM.

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PARTNERSHIPS

R U Ready? Conference A Huge Success

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NORTHERN TERRITORY

Fuji was the first person I met who had come from the Northern Immigration Detention Centre (NIDC) in Berrimah. I had been volunteering with Melaleuca since the beginning of the year and my partner and I met Fuji mid-March at the bus stop in Malak and took him to our house where we had a chat on the balcony over a cool drink and toasted nuts.

That day Fuji’s story touched my heart and opened my eyes to the reality of his life, and the life of other ethnic minorities who are persecuted against in the country of their birth. Rohingya people are Muslim and are heavily discriminated against by the Burmese Junta. Rohingyas are denied citizenship and are

subjected to land confiscation, house destruction and used as forced labourers.

Fuji told us his story. He is now 27 and left his home in Burma 10 years ago. He left Burma because he and his family were constantly threatened and abused by the Burmese officials. He lived in Malaysia for 10 years with no work rights in labour camps before embarking upon a terrifying voyage across the ocean to Australia.

Fuji spent 16 months in NIDC. The atmosphere is desperate, desolate and distressing, not to mention extremely depressing.

Not long after we met, Fuji was robbed and the money that he was going to send his son in Malaysia was stolen from him. He was in shock, depressed and distracted. Two months later however I saw him smile so broadly and he radiated contentment – he was on his new scooter coming back from his job pushing supermarket trolleys.

I have come to realize how resilient he and other Rohingya people are, how they are courageous survivors here to work and feel free for the first time in their lives. They constantly face the challenges of past traumas. They include the separation from their family and home, and the depression and anxiety that they experience when living in Australian detention centres. The challenges that they have experienced are impossible for us to imagine.

The most rewarding part of volunteering with Melaleuca and supporting some of the most vulnerable people in Australia is the sense of receiving insight into the lives of the millions of refugees and have lived lives which are so devastating, violent and abusive. This highlights a sense of appreciation for what I have, and has reconnected me to the world that I live in. It has allowed me to listen and learn from other peoples’ stories and then become part of their new challenging but hopeful life in Australia.

I would encourage you to be part of a refugee’s life, become their friend and enjoy the sense of giving. What you will gain from the experience of the stark contrast between your life and your world and theirs, is that through that contrast emerges a sense of connectivity, and humanity.

Melaleuca Touched Volunteer’s HeartPrue Keenan, Volunteer Program Coordinator, Melaleuca Refugee Centre.

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Welcoming Refugees To AustraliaPrue Keenan Volunteer Program Coordinator, Melaleuca Refugee Centre.

At 11:55pm on 22 June, we, the volunteer support team for the Kwana family, experienced for the first time the unforgettable joy of welcoming a refugee family to Australia. We welcomed the Kwanas at the airport where we met all nine family members and collected their one suitcase of belongings. There were smiles, tears, hugs, handshakes and overwhelming happiness. The Kwanas had arrived in Australia after a seven year wait at a refugee camp in Africa.

Our first few weeks of volunteer support were busy, but full of laughter and fun. We showed the family around Darwin, and went grocery shopping together. We went shopping for clothes and shoes, learnt how to use the Darwin bus system with the family and held a Welcome to Australia barbeque in their honour. We helped enrol the kids in school and taught them how to play cricket and AFL.

While there have been challenges, they are far outweighed by the many memorable moments we have shared. We gave the family’s youngest son a cricket set and toy car for his fourth birthday. He opened the presents but then immediately rewrapped them and carried the wrapped presents around for at least a week afterwards. We think he liked the wrapping more than the presents.

Through our volunteering, we have developed great friendships with the Kwana family and our fellow volunteers. We have learnt to appreciate the simple things in life and

also that we need to brush up on our soccer skills (we lost miserably against them!). It is a privilege to share our wonderful country with people like the Kwanas and it is an honour that they are sharing their culture with us.

About Melaleuca Refugee Centre, NT

Melaleuca Refugee Centre provides settlement support for people granted permanent Australian residency as humanitarian entrants to the NT.

The volunteering Social Support Program complements Melaleuca’s early settlement work to strengthen these people’s ability to participate in the economic and social life of Australia during their initial six months. Volunteer’s assistance is invaluable to offering new arrivals companionship, morale, local orientation, practical support and skills vital to adjusting to a new culture and life in Australia.

Go to www.melaleuca.org.au to contact the volunteer coordinator for any enquiries about joining the program, to find out dates for the next information sessions, or simply to find out more information about Melaleuca Refugee Centre and how you can contribute.

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MULTICULTURAL VOLUNTEERING

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Long Devotion To The Filipino CommunityNaomi Offler, CALD HACC Project Officer, Volunteering SA&NT Cholly Winter has been volunteering for nearly 34 years in the Filipino community. From broadcasting the Filipino radio program on EBI and Community Coast FM to being the Chairperson for the Filipino Aged Care of South Australia and the Filipino-Australian Community Services, Cholly has given her heart and time to the benefit of the Filipino community in Australia and particularly in South Australia.

She prides herself on having accomplished a number of pioneering projects including setting up a Centre-based meals service for the Filipino elderly which attracts over 45 people every week. Filipino Aged Care now has an active Facebook page - a haven of good food, music and activities! Those who participate are generally in their 60s or older. They come together to talk, connect, organise events and activities and

most of all enjoy and share good home cooked Filipino food. The South West Community Centre is alive with chatter, music and dancing!

Cholly also pioneered the ArtThink Mental Health First Aid Course for the Filipino Community which paved the way for 37 Filipinos getting a Certificate for a Mental Health First Aid Course. She has also contributed a lot in the production of a number of DVDs and a CD of songs to promote Mental Health awareness in the Filipino community.

What is notable and moving about Cholly’s contribution as a volunteer, is that in the face of being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2001, she continued her voluntary work in all her roles.

Her active and dedicated contribution as a Volunteer has made a difference to thousands of lives and has kept the spirit of the Filipino community in South Australia flourishing!

CARA (Community Accommodation and Respite Agency) has a passion for supporting children with disabilities and we need you! Families for Families at CARA offer a chance to enrich your family’s lifestyle as well as introducing your children to a world of inclusion, acceptance and diversity.

Families for Families match your family with a child who will enjoy being part of your current family’s lifestyle, and living arrangements. Care options are flexible and you can spend time with a child as much as one weekend a month, or as little as one day a month.

“Having Ashlea with us takes no more time and is certainly not an imposition; in contrast it enriches our family experiences. It is just business as usual but with one extra child. We love our weekends with Ashlea.”(The Howards).

A child’s family more than appreciates the small amount of respite offered by their child spending time with a kind hearted host family. This time enables the child’s parents to spend quality time together with each other or their other children. It also offers all of the children involved, inclusion and variety with a different family or family member.

This is what the Howard family have to say about becoming a host family:

“We heard about Families for Families at a school assembly and it is something that we had thought about doing before. We wanted to ‘give back’. We also thought it would be good for our own children and it certainly has been. We get lots of joy from seeing our own children and Ashlea interact lovingly. We enjoy watching Ashlea grow and learn and how she really feels ‘at home’ in our house. It [hosting a child] makes us feel good about contributing to the wider community. You do need to be kind, patient and fair.”

Would the Howards recommend being a host family?

“Absolutely, don’t think, one day I will do that, bite the bullet and do it now - you will never look back. “

So what are you waiting for? Become a host Family with CARA Families for Families today. Hosting a child benefits not only yourself but gives something back to the community, enabling you and your family to experience something with 100% benefit.

Call Families for Families at CARA during office hours on: (08) 8347 4588 or email us at tgoodall@cara.org.au

Become A Host Family For Children In NeedTom Goodall, Families For Families Team, CARA

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Recruiting To Make A Difference To Italian CommunityNaomi Offler, CALD HACC Project Officer, Volunteering SA&NT

Maria Aglieco took on the role of Volunteer Coordinator at the Coordinating Italian Committee in 2007, working 30 hours a week which also involved a role as the Nostra Casa (Home Visiting) Coordinator. At this time, CIC had approximately 50 volunteers, only 3 or 4 with the Nostra Casa program. Under Maria’s coordination, CIC now has 89 volunteers and Maria splits her time between providing excellent volunteer management and maintaining the valuable Nostra Casa Program. She is a passionate advocate for the volunteers and they demonstrate their commitment to her through their dedicated service.

The increase in volunteers was very welcome as it matched the expected increase in clients. Additionally, with many volunteers unable to volunteer as a result of age, Maria has been consistently attracting new volunteers to CIC. Anna Sheridan, Welfare Manager at CIC saw the need to increase Maria’s hours to dedicate more time to the increasing numbers of Italian elderly requiring assistance and volunteers. Maria now works full-time in her two roles. She says that increasing her hours as a Volunteer Coordinator allowed her “…the time

and luxury to think about what the volunteers needed”, as well as engaging them and their interests in many ways. When she first started in the role, very few volunteers attended the training sessions organised by CIC. As she built trust with the volunteers, she was able to discuss with them the importance and relevance of training. She reorganised the training sessions for January when there weren’t any programs which increased the numbers of volunteers attending. They now know themselves as competent and proud contributors in their volunteering.

The increased focus on volunteer coordination at CIC has also meant Maria has spent more time recruiting new volunteers through the Italian radio, placing leaflets in doctor’s surgeries and doing further training herself, completing her Diploma in Community Services at TAFE in 2010. This important combination of retention and recruitment has ensured that CIC are well serviced to meet the needs of their elderly Italian clients into the future! Thanks for making such an amazing difference Maria!

 

 

   

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STUDENT VOLUNTEERING

Perfect Setting For Volunteer & Work Experience Fair Kaye Mahomet, Manager, Sector Support & Development, VSA&NT.

The Volunteer and Work Experience Fair held at the City East Campus in May 2011 was such a success it was decided that another would be held at the Magill Campus in August 2011.

The beautifully tranquil setting offered the perfect backdrop for students to browse during their break and to speak to representatives from a number of organisations about volunteer or work experience opportunities.

John Gartland, Events and Communications Officer, Uni SA was a great host during the day. Tables were set up under Marquees and music, lunch drinks and cakes were provided.

Brochures, flyers and promotional material were distributed during the three hours and many students were encouraged to register to volunteer.

One of VSA&NT’s experienced volunteer interviewers was on hand to answer the many questions that were directed to us and offer on the spot advice on volunteer roles available.

The organisations in attendance included Unilife, Drug Arm Australasia, Global Vision International, The Smith Family, The Can do Group, IAESTE, Conservation Volunteers Australia, Projects Abroad, Holden Street Theatres, Lifecare, International Internships, Holiday Explorers, The Oaktree Foundation, Edmund Rice Camps, Icare Communities, Department of Families and Communities, Tia International Aid, Uni SA Global Experience, World Vision, and YWCA of Adelaide and

Volunteering SA&NT.

I would encourage volunteer involving organisations to be involved in the Uni SA Fairs in 2012.

Without Volunteering SA&NT’s help I’m sure the event would not be the success that it is.

- John Gartland, Events and Communications Officer, Uni SA

VSA&NT Volunteer Pam Evans (left) with Kaye Mahomet

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New Volunteering SA&NT Membership

MEMBERS & PARTNERS

Through theDepartment for Families and

CommunitiesOffice for Volunteers

Attorney-General’s Department

Volunteering SA&NT would like to acknowledge the support of the following partners:

Starlight Children’s Foundation NT

LHI Retirement Services

Gawler Regional Natural Resource Centre Inc

DFEEST – ACE Unit

Common Ground Adelaide

Jerry Adams

Erica Majba

Sue Moss

If you would like to find out more on how your organisation can enjoy the benefits of Membership, contact VSA&NT Business Services Officer

on 08 8221 7177 or visit our website at www.volunteeringsa.org.au

Volunteers are Vital

Our Key Services Include:*

Recruitment*

Volunteer Vacancy Listing Service*

Volunteer Referral Service*

Training*

Volunteer Management Professional Development

*Consultancy

*Research

*Policy Advice

*Working with Targeted Populations

*Guest Speakers

*Free Resource Library

*Merchandising

For information about any of our services

Phone 8221 7177Country Callers 1300 135 545

Email reception@volunteeringsa-nt.org.au

Volunteering SA&NTwww.volunteeringsa-nt.org.au