It was great to see many of you at our NSW Volunteering Symposium on June 27th. We were joined by Hon. John Ajaka, Minister for Volunteering as well as guest speakers from the ACNC, NSW SES Volunteers' Association, Useability & Lead Your Own Change to discuss ways to ignite volunteering. We thank all our guest speakers for taking the time to join us - it was a valuable day for all those who attended.
As it's nearly the end of the financial year and we don't want you to miss out on benefits like these industry events, please ensure you renew your membership for the new financial year, if you haven't already done so. For more details, visit our website.
As we are in the last few days of Federal Election campaign make sure that the issues facing the volunteering sector are heard and support Vote for Volunteering - a joint campaign with Volunteering Australia that aims to get candidates to pledge support to the sector. You can also find out more details on our website.
Don't forget, nominations for the 10th Annual NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards close on July 15. We want to recognise more volunteers in this year's awards, 10,000 in our 10th year, so if you know of a team, individual, volunteer manager or co-ordinator who gives their time - make sure you nominate them today.
We met up with Mark Rushton, founder of BlowFly Cricket & 2015 NSW Volunteer of the Year recently to understand the impact of the awards on his organisation.
You can recognise those involved in volunteering by nominating them or their teams in the 10th Annual NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards. Thanks to Principal Corporate Partner ClubsNSW and Principal Government Partner, Department of Family & Community Services and supporters Bupa Aged Care and Etchcraft for their support for the awards.
People with differing views can come into conflict. even in volunteering organisations. See some of the tips from the recently launched Conflict Resolution Toolkit to help you on the road to resolution.
