Tag: Volunteers
Emergency services receive recruitment grant
A new Federal Government grant will boost the number of emergency service volunteers in the ACT.[MORE]
Life savers begin beach patrols
Thousands of surf life savers will start patrolling Victoria's beaches from today.[MORE]
NSW to merge marine rescue services
The New South Wales Government is forming a new volunteer marine rescue organisation and inviting members of the three existing rescue groups to join.[MORE]
Qld Parliament passes new laws for carers
Queensland Parliament has passed legislation that recognises the role of carers, with the State Government supporting an amended Opposition Private Member's Bill. [MORE]
Cundall nominated for national award
Media gardening personality Peter Cundall has been named Tasmania's Australian of the Year winner for 2009 at a ceremony in Hobart.[MORE]
Award recognises Mt Kembla mine exhibit work
Volunteers from the Mount Kembla Heritage Centre have won a Heritage Council Award for their work.[MORE]
School leavers to build Cambodian huts
A group of school leavers from northern Victoria will miss out on schoolies week celebrations to instead help an impoverished Cambodian community.[MORE]
Neighbourhood Watch seeks more volunteers
The Northern Territory manager of Neighbourhood Watch says the group is looking for more people to conduct community patrols in Alice Springs.[MORE]
Flood rescuers face snake threat
State Emergency Service (SES) volunteers performing a rescue in the flooded Laidley Creek in the Lockyer Valley, west of Brisbane, have had to contend with a couple of unwelcome hitchhikers.[MORE]
Southern Qld volunteers join Brisbane storm clean-up
State Emergency Service volunteers from southern and south-west Queensland are part of the massive storm clean-up operation underway in Brisbane.[MORE]
Mackay volunteers to help in Brisbane storm clean-up
The controller of Mackay's State Emergency Service says local north Queensland crews are well prepared to help with the clean-up effort after severe storms in the state's south-east.[MORE]
Push on for more SES volunteers
The Tweed Heads and Pottsville units of the State Emergency Service (SES) are calling for new volunteers to join the ranks.[MORE]
Call goes out for more SES volunteers
The New South Wales Government says despite recent increases in the number of State Emergency Services (SES) volunteers in the south-east, more are still needed.[MORE]
SES volunteers awarded for flood assistance
State Emergency Service (SES) volunteers have been honoured for their work during floods in Charters Towers at the start of the year.[MORE]
The search for volunteers has started
The call is out for people interested in volunteering at next year's Arafura Games.[MORE]
Praise for safe house program
The Commissioner for Children, Paul Mason, says an initiative in the Derwent Valley shows how communities can band together to help vulnerable children.[MORE]
MP urges more coast guard funding
The Liberal Member for South West Coast, Denis Napthine, says the Victorian Government must provide more than $100,000 to keep Warrnambool's Volunteer Coast Guard operating.[MORE]
Volunteers honoured at Premier's Awards
A man who makes wooden toys for blind children is among 15 seniors from across Queensland honoured at the annual Premier's Awards.[MORE]
Group to consider maternity recommendations
A new advisory group is looking for volunteers to help guide the future of maternity services in the Bega Valley.[MORE]
Seminar prepares volunteers for emergencies
Volunteers from around the western region of New South Wales sharpened up their preparedness for natural disasters and emergencies at a training day in Broken Hill on Friday.[MORE]
Vandalism 'demoralises' coastal patrol volunteers
The Batemans Bay Coastal Patrol is the latest volunteer group to fall victim to a spate of vandalism in the Eurobodalla Shire.[MORE]
Volunteers sought to cuddle premature babies
The Royal Brisbane (RBH) and Women's Hospital wants more volunteers to cuddle babies.[MORE]
Regional Girl Guide centres forced to close
Girl Guide units across the north and west are closing down because there are not enough volunteers to lead them, despite an influx of girls wanting to join. [MORE]
Plea for more emergency service volunteers
Authorities in Mount Barker say dozens of volunteers are urgently needed to keep the town's emergency services running smoothly.[MORE]
Trash to treasure for asylum seekers
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A program in Melbourne is recycling old bikes for asylum seekers.[MORE]
