Federal Labor would help fund a Sikh volunteer kitchen in Melbourne’s south-east,in an announcement at a celebration of the volunteers on Saturday.
As the fallout of recent floods continues to wreak havoc,an important set of volunteers are stepping in.
Ollie Henretty treads water like a jellyfish,but his mum hopes a modified Nippers program builds her son’s confidence out of the water as well.
Janet MacFadyen’s custom-made quilts have helped countless victims of natural disasters and domestic violence. Now she has been awarded an Australia Day honour for her efforts.
A tango-dancing State Emergency Services volunteer has been recognised in the 2022 Australia Day honours.
Australians performed $30 billion worth of unpaid help in 2020,but the COVID-19 crisis stopped many people volunteering more of their time and skills to help others.
Jessica Macpherson was the chief executive of Melbourne charity St Kilda Mums when she first saw the opportunity for technology training social enterprise Blaze Your Trail.
A comprehensive new report measuring volunteering in NSW shows the number of volunteers and the time they gave both increased during the pandemic.
"Ordinary Australians",the same ones that our politicians love to wax lyrical about,are often left empty-handed on Australia Day.
After a tough year,Australia could do with a pandemic of kindness.
The NSW government will increase oversight of the state's 5600 wildlife rescue volunteers in a bid to deal with the"group politics,conflict and burnout"dragging down the sector and boost standards for care of the animals.