Volunteering Queensland’s Wynnum Hub has started a new Digital Mentors program on weekdays by appointment.  

Our thoughts are with those that have been affected by the fires.

Queenslanders need to remain vigilant in the days and weeks ahead and heed the advice of authorities. 

Additional volunteers are not needed at this time. If you would like to register your interest in volunteering please visit: emergencyvolunteering.com.au

We will update registered volunteers if and when help is needed, so please check back in the coming days and weeks.

We would like to invite you to attend Volunteering Queensland’s second State Volunteering Conference, to be held 10 - 11 October at the Mercure Brisbane.

This event is designed to inspire, unite, invigorate and challenge Queensland volunteering practitioners.

Notice is given that our Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on Thursday 10 October 2019, arrive 4pm for 4:15pm start at Mercure Brisbane Hotel, Level 2, 85 - 87 North Quay, Brisbane City QLD 4003.

We would love if you would join our board, staff and volunteers for canapes and drinks as we reflect on volunteering achievements over the last financial year.

Volunteering Australia, Australia’s volunteering peak body and LBG (London Benchmarking Group), managed by Corporate Citizenship, have launched ‘Corporate Volunteering in Australia: a snapshot’. This paper pulls together data collected through Corporate Citizenship’s LBG framework that has tracked corporate community participation and value in Australia since 2006.

Bundamba State Secondary College student, Melanie is currently undertaking the CHC24015 Certificate II in Active Volunteering through our Students as Active Volunteers Initiative (SAAVI).

National Student Volunteer Week (NSVW) aspires to challenge and celebrate young people who are striving to make change through volunteering!

On 12 - 18 August 2019, a wide variety of events, activities and campaigns that promote student volunteering will be led by higher education providers and schools nation-wide.

Volunteering Australia invites you to contribute your voice by submitting an abstract to present at the upcoming National Volunteering Conference to be held in Perth on 18 - 20 March 2020.

Volunteering Australia are delighted to announce the dates for next year's National Volunteer Week as: Monday 18 May – Sunday 24 May 2020

Sawasdee! (Hello in Thai). The 16th IAVE Asia Pacific Regional Volunteer Conference and Youth Volunteer Conference will be held in Bangkok, Thailand on 11 - 15 November 2019.

This 5-day event is hosted by the International Association for Volunteer Effort (IAVE) in collaboration with Volunteer Spirit Network which is a national platform of volunteering promotion in Thailand. The conference aims to bring together civil society, government sectors, corporates, NGOs and academia to uncover values that need to be in place for volunteering to be valuable, sustainable and beneficial to the volunteers, organisations and wider community.