Have you ever heard of a ‘helpers high’ or catching the ‘feel-goods’? This definition of volunteering covers a wide range of activities, including formal volunteering that takes place within organisations and informal volunteering which takes place outside an organisational setting. Formal volunteering can include work undertaken with arts, sports, school, faith-based, aged care, social support, environmental, health care, or emergency …
Australia's volunteer recruitment sector is teetering on the brink of collapse, according to a national network of resource centres. Key points: There are 5 million formal volunteers in Australia Volunteering rates have fallen by 10 per cent since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic More than half of volunteer recruitment services are at imminent risk of closure across Australia The …