Western NSW volunteer project celebrated at PEx2019
Jane Beach, Palliative Care Project Coordinator Western NSW Local Health District, and I spoke yesterday at the Patient Experience Symposium 2019 about the history and ...
Palliative Care Volunteer services growing in Dareton, Far West NSW
Melissa Cumming, Director Palliative Care Services in Far West Local Health District, has welcomed the growth in Palliative Care Volunteer Services with the recent appointment ...
Nominations Open! NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards
Closing 12th July. Nominations are open for the annual NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards hosted by the Centre for Volunteering. For more info and ...
‘1,778 hours per person’ Wauchope Hospital Volunteers top the Mid North Coast
See the original story “Wauchope hospital volunteers give most hours of any Mid North Coast branch” in the Wauchope Gazette (27th March 2019). The astonishing ...
Abstracts extended! 2019 NSW Palliative Care Volunteer Conference 3-4 June 2019
The closing date for Abstracts has been extended! If you are thinking about submitting an Abstracts for the 2019 NSW Palliative Care Volunteer Conference the ...
Manager’s Biography Training 18th April 2019 – registrations open
If you are a manager of palliative care volunteers, or are interested in managing palliative care volunteers, in Volunteer Biography roles why not come along ...
Volunteers help cancer and palliative care services flourish at Daffodil Cottage, Bathurst
Daffodil Cottage sits quietly on the Bathurst Hospital precinct, dwarfed by the imposing and ornate 19th century hospital building not far from its front door. ...
Accidental Counsellor workshops in Dubbo 4th & 5th April. Free!
4th OR 5th April (one day workshop), Dubbo. This one-day interactive workshop aims to develop the knowledge and skills of human services workers in rural ...
2019 NSW Palliative Care Volunteer Conference: Add your voice!
2019 NSW Palliative Care Volunteer Conference 3-4 June 2019 Are you involved in volunteering in Palliative Care? Do you have a story to share? Why ...
Grief & bereavement support: Investigating involvement by volunteers
In 2017 we researched the experiences of palliative care volunteers who were in grief and bereavement support activities in NSW. Our interest was on those ...
Interested in Hospice? Join a national gathering on the Gold Coast 15th March
15th March 2019, National Hospice Symposium, one day event. Palliative Care Queensland are holding a National Hospice Symposium to bring together folk who are interested ...
Investigating palliative care volunteering in NSW 2018
In 2018 we undertook a new detailed study of palliative care volunteers and volunteer management in NSW. This report is based on an interview survey ...
Illawarra volunteers sought for new Sydney Children’s Hospital initiative
See the original story by Lisa Wachsmuth in the Daily Examiner 3rd February 2019. Jayde Jordan found out halfway through her pregnancy that the baby ...
Download now: Part 3 of our Community Hospice trilogy
What is community hospice? How does it work in the UK, NZ and in other parts of Australia? What might the future look like for ...
Don’t journey alone: Join our Volunteer Manager’s Network in 2019
Quarterly meeting 4th March 10am-1pm The NSW Network of Managers of Palliative Care Volunteer Services is a meeting group of managers from around NSW. They ...
Complementary Therapies: How are volunteers involved?
In 2018 Austyn Petroccitto, intern from Macquarie University, along with Kate Bowman & Alex Huntir from the Volunteer Support Services Programme studied the practices of ...
Video supports volunteers involved in Advance Care Planning
Advance Care Planning Australia (ACPA) have developed a video aimed at volunteers and managers of volunteers on advance care planning. According to ACPA advance care ...