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Strengthening communities in Victoria through our support and promotion of sustainable and equitable volunteering

Communities are strengthened by enabling and encouraging the widespread participation of its citizens.

 

People’s sense of belonging and worth grow when they are given plenty of choices and chances to make a difference to the health and vitality of their communities.  

 

Volunteering is the widespread term for these acts of participating, contributing and giving out of one’s own free will and for no reward or remuneration. 

 

Volunteers provide free services either informally, as individuals or in groups, or formally, by being part of not-for-profit or community organisations or projects.  

 

Volunteering Victoria recognises that in some way we are all volunteers and that we permeate all aspects of society through our participation in the life of the communities in which we live and work.  

 

Volunteering Victoria supports volunteers, volunteer managers and co-ordinators and volunteer-involving not-for-profit and community organisations within Victoria. The information and interaction from our website is one of the ways we provide this support.  

This site is intended to be a useful tool for –

  • Our members
  • Individual volunteers
  • Managers and co-ordinators of volunteers
  • Community and not for-profit organisations and projects that involve volunteers
  • Those who support and promote volunteering
  • Volunteer-involving organisations (VIOs)
  • Government agencies
  • Businesses
  • General public interested in volunteering and/or becoming volunteers
 
Volunteering Victoria
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Volunteering Victoria is the state peak body for volunteering. 

We focus on strengthening and ensuring the resilience of communities through our work in volunteering.

We support and promote volunteering and advocate for the development of sustainable community hubs in Victoria.

We aim to -

  • Increase levels of volunteering in Victoria  
  • Build the capacity of communities to manage sustainable volunteering support services        
  • Raise awareness about volunteering 

Our five core service programs are - 

  1. Communication and Information 
  2. Training and Education
  3. Network development
  4. Advocacy
  5. Promoting volunteering

We are a member-based, not-for-profit, non-government organisation.  

We are funded by the state and federal governments and we also receive private funding and donations for specific programs. 

We have a small, core group of paid and voluntary staff.

A voluntary professional board of management leads the organisation’s governance. 

We are one of eight state/territory members of the national peak body, Volunteering Australia.

Volunteering Victoria is one of the founding members of VA, along with the other state bodies.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 06 May 2009 21:03
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