The tortured volunteer manager syndrome
Do we, leaders of volunteers suffer from a tortured volunteer manager syndrome? Or, are all our frustrations something we made up? The tortured artist syndrome ...
Accidental Counsellor workshop – Mid-north coast
Finding out you have a terminal illness or having a loved one diagnosed with one is never what you want to hear. The struggle to ...
Visiting Professor to lecture on the social organisation of end of life care
Urgent questions are raised by the major challenges of our “ageing” societies’ organisation of care: frailty, dementia, social isolation, families’ decreasing capacity to care, care ...
Daffodil Cottage volunteers connecting with their community
The Daffodil Cottage Palliative Care team held an information session at the Armada shopping center on Tuesday. Locals were able to talk with the team ...
Volunteer biography training
The Sacred Heart Biography Service and Palliative Care NSW are presenting a one-day training event for palliative care volunteer service managers who are looking to ...
Certificate IV in Coordination of Volunteer Programs
For new, experienced or aspiring Volunteer Managers and Coordinators The Centre for Volunteering offers a 1 year Certificate IV in Coordination of Volunteer Programs. This ...
Photo Competition Open
..For each age is a dream that is dying, Or one that is coming to birth. From Ode by Arthur O’Shaughnessy You are invited to ...
Bear Cottage volunteer team win award
The amazing and dedicated team at Bear Cottage has taken out the award for 2019 NSW Volunteer Team of the Year for the Northern Beaches ...
PAUSE – Engaging with art and creating a time and space for self-care
Do you care for someone who is dying? Is self-care something you would like to make time for? Palliative Care NSW and the Art Gallery ...
The healing power of music
A palliative care patient battling ovarian cancer has testified to the healing power of music, telling nurses that a singing duet from her hospital room ...
FORUM – How to improve leadership and retain volunteers
The Centre for Volunteering is offering a Volunteer Management Forum event on ‘How to improve leadership and retain volunteers.” Effective leadership is essential for a ...
Call for funding to improve palliative care services in Busselton
This article from WA discusses how Busselton Hospice Care Inc have called for more funding to extend their volunteer service into the community: Busselton Hospice ...
Doula Workshop in Murwillumbah
On a Saturday morning in August about fifty volunteers and guests attended a Doula workshop organised by Wedgetail Retreat and hosted by Denise Love. The group ...
The rewards of volunteering
Sandeep has been volunteering with Eastern Palliative Care in Victoria for the last twelve months. After losing a close friend to brain cancer, Sandeep decided ...
For Volunteer Managers: Using GoVolunteer and SEEK
For volunteer managers and coordinators, it is often a challenge to market for leads that produce volunteer candidates. However, right now, a potential volunteer may ...
2019 Grieve Writing Project
Please be reminded of the following Grieve Writing Project upcoming events: At 3pm, Tuesday August 6th, join Grieve Writing Project at Newcastle Art Gallery for ...
Dying To Know Day- August 8
Dying To Know Day is designed to encourage communities to become more death literate. But what does being ‘death literate’ mean exactly? WHAT IS DEATH ...
Tina Pidcock at Cancer Council NSW
Recently, in the Hunter region, Tina Pidcock told us how she got involved with palliative care and as a Community Programs Coordinator. Tina works ...
More stories to tell
Late last year you may have seen the article on this site regarding the Sacred Heart Community Palliative Care Biography Service (Telling their stories) After ...
National Palliative Care Awards
HURRY – NOMINATIONS EXTENDED TO CLOSE JULY 15 Palliative Care Australia’s National Palliative Care Awards are aimed at recognising innovation, teamwork and emerging talent in ...