How Rev Bill Crews donates Christmas meals – did somebody say Menugod?

How Rev Bill Crews donates Christmas meals – did somebody say Menugod?

Diane,aged 79:“Anyone who volunteers their time is a superstar.”

  • byTim Barlass

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Vols on hols:The CFA’s plan to recruit volunteer Melburnian firefighters

Vols on hols:The CFA’s plan to recruit volunteer Melburnian firefighters

Would you drop everything to fight a bushfire on your summer holiday? The Victorian fire service is counting on city slickers to boost dwindling membership numbers.

  • byBenjamin Preiss
How the state’s emergency services are going to appeal to young volunteers

How the state’s emergency services are going to appeal to young volunteers

NSW needs more volunteers for its rescue organisations and Prince Edward wants to help.

  • byJulie Power
Spending time with an 84-year-old gives Chantelle’s life more meaning and joy

Spending time with an 84-year-old gives Chantelle’s life more meaning and joy

Chantelle Ellem was going through a rough patch when she saw a Facebook call-out asking for volunteers to spend time with the elderly.

  • byEvelyn Lewin
How strata schemes are letting down Sydney’s apartment owners

How strata schemes are letting down Sydney’s apartment owners

Peak bodies are calling for an overhaul of volunteer-based,inexperienced strata committees as unexpected costs lead to fire sales of strata apartments.

  • byAmber Schultz
‘If you’d told 16-year-old me that I’d build a life in Tanzania,I’d have laughed’

‘If you’d told 16-year-old me that I’d build a life in Tanzania,I’d have laughed’

A documentary on a school changing children’s lives ignited the passion that led Madeleine Kelly to make her own dreams come true.

  • byMadeleine Kelly
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Been there,done that:Why Sophie answers the phone at Lifeline

Been there,done that:Why Sophie answers the phone at Lifeline

Five years ago as a 22-year-old uni student,she needed help. Even with a career in film and TV advertising these days,she answers the call.

  • byTim Barlass
What I’ve learnt from the Lifeline tearoom,where trauma and Tim Tams co-exist

What I’ve learnt from the Lifeline tearoom,where trauma and Tim Tams co-exist

Volunteers like me get the privilege of being witness to the struggles of sad strangers. Tragically,demand for our services is on the rise.

  • byRachael Mogan McIntosh
Lifesavers struggle to find volunteers after horrific summer of drownings

Lifesavers struggle to find volunteers after horrific summer of drownings

Cost of living pressures are hurting charity programs,op shops and community groups who have fewer people able to give their time for free.

  • byMary Ward
‘Lead with love. It will return to you tenfold’

‘Lead with love. It will return to you tenfold’

In this episode of Good Weekend Talks,Kon Karapanagiotidis,founder of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre,explains the benefits of “welcoming the stranger”.

‘I done it,I just don’t know why’:Volunteer firefighter walks after arson conviction

‘I done it,I just don’t know why’:Volunteer firefighter walks after arson conviction

Jude Craig Wright lit nine fires in the Perth Hills over the Christmas and New Year period of 2021-2022,but narrowly avoided jail.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt