Hospice Neighbours: Changing how community volunteers provide support
Barbara Gale has been involved in end of life care in the UK since the 1980s and has been Chief Executive of St Nicholas’ Hospice ...
NSW contributes to an international perspective of volunteering
It’s here! A recently released book by Oxford University Press The Changing Face of Volunteering in Hospice and Palliative Care: An international perspective features a ...
Volunteers introduce reverie harp to Camden palliative care
See the original story by Jess Layt in the Campbelltown Macarthur Advertiser Therapeutic harp to lift spirits at Camden Palliative Care Unit. The soothing sounds ...
What Matters Most: Empathy, community and inspired care in the Tweed
From the original article Tweed's passion for palliative care by Aisling Brennan in the Tweed Daily News Wedgetail Retreat Hospice holds a special place in ...
Doing it better for their community: New volunteers sought in Wagga Wagga
Read the original article by Jody Lindbeck in the Daily Advertiser. When Joy McGregor lost her husband, and then her sister-in-law, to illness she was ...
Volunteers keeping the faith with their community in Tamworth
Sue Dykes heads up the palliative care volunteer team with Northwest Care based out of Northwest Church in Tamworth. Northwest Care introduced palliative care volunteers ...
Volunteers dip into Salsa for National Volunteer Week
Click here to see the original story in The Pulse. Volunteers from Blacktown Hospital’s palliative and supportive care service salsa danced their kind and generous ...
Volunteer Managers gather for inaugural 2 day Conference in Shoalhaven
Palliative care volunteer managers start arriving today at Coolangatta Estate in the Shoalhaven for a 2 day conference on volunteer management. The inaugural Palliative Care ...
Free one day palliative care seminar rich in spirituality and art
There are only two profound spiritual questions: What’s happening? And what matters? You and I aren’t there to give them answers…but we can be there ...
Port Macquarie seminar – Being Present: Spirituality, Art and Experience in Palliative Care
Palliative Care NSW in conjunction with the Port Macquarie/Hastings Palliative Care Volunteer Service will be hosting a one-day seminar on Wednesday May 2 in beautiful ...
Great Lakes Hospice leader steps aside after 19 years
Elizabeth Fisher OAM recently stepped aside from the position of President of Great Lakes Hospice having held the position for 19 years from 1997. Prior ...
Register your interest now for the third Dying2Learn MOOC
Flinders University are set to press go on the Dying2Learn MOOC for the third time. Participation in the MOOC, or Massive Open Online Course, is ...
Tenderly: What can end-of-life care learn from after-death care?
Nestled into the former Fire Station at Port Kembla is Tender Funerals, a community initiative that deliberately aims to offer a greater level of involvement ...
Celebrating NSW Health Volunteer Appreciation Day 2018
Today marks NSW Health's Volunteer Appreciation Day for 2018. On this day NSW Health volunteer services are encouraged to take the opportunity to hold an ...
Volunteers needed for Tweed Palliative Support
See the original story by Jonathan Howard in the Tweed Valley Weekly. Tweed Palliative Support is urgently seeking new volunteers to undertake carer training in ...
A day for appreciation: Celebrating volunteers in Western NSW
Volunteers are being celebrated by Western NSW Local Health District as part of NSW Health Volunteer Appreciation Day 16th March 2018. Community Engagement Manager, Illona ...
Forum on Spirituality and Reflective Practice – Western Sydney event date change!
Note new date: Monday 16th April 2018, 0930-1200, Mt Druitt Hub 9 Ayers Grove, Mt Druitt Attention Western Sydney! Spirituality is a fundamental element of ...
Mercy Health Albury seeks palliative care volunteers
See the original story in The Border Mail News. A Border palliative care team is looking for people with warmth, understanding, emotional maturity, tolerance and ...
What will you be doing for Volunteer Appreciation Day 2018?
Volunteer Appreciation Day 16th March 2018. NSW Health have finalised the date for Volunteer Appreciation Day 2018 and it will soon be available on their ...
Webinar on legal issues and volunteers
27th February, 1030 to 1200. This 1.5 hour Webinar will look at 5 key legal issues for organisations that involve volunteers: The key legal differences ...