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 ...
Best practice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Care
Under the theme – Voice. Treaty. Truth. Let’s work together for a shared future – NAIDOC Week 2019 will be held nationally from Sunday 7 ...
Closing Soon – 2019 NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards
Nominations for NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards must be in by Friday 12 July, 2019. The NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards is an ...
Erina Volunteer Services Forum
The latest Volunteer Services Forum was held in Erina on the Central Coast last week with a good turn-out and a mix of volunteers and ...
2019 Art Competition – ‘To infinity and beyond’
Palliative Care Australia’s online art competition is back again in 2019, with this year’s competition including a physical exhibition at the 2019 Oceanic Palliative Care ...
The eternal thread of compassion
A few weeks ago at our Volunteer Conference we had the lovely Joanna Wagg present an abstract. We had a lot of people comment on ...
Barwon Health’s Room 64 – new volunteer-produced podcast series
From Palliative Care Victoria: Barwon Health’s Room 64 – new volunteer-produced podcast series. This new weekly podcast series aims to break down the conversational barriers ...
Premier’s Volunteer Recognition Program
The Premier’s Volunteer Recognition Program celebrates all volunteers – from students selflessly working with charities to veterans who’ve dedicated decades of their lives to causes ...
Please welcome our new Volunteer Support Services Program Manager
I am honoured and excited to be joining the team at PCNSW as Program Manager, Volunteer Support Services. I have just landed at my new ...
NSW Palliative Care Volunteer Conference
Day 2 For everyone staying overnight at the venue we woke to the sound of rain on our windows. It was a strange and unfamiliar ...
NSW Palliative Care Volunteer Conference
Day 1 Three workshops were held, with a strong focus on spirituality, mindfulness and self-care. Michael Dash, who is the coordinator of the Sydney Local ...
Breaking the ice in palliative care … with an ice cream break
Ice cream has a special place in the Unité de Soins de Support et d’Accompagnement (USSA) palliative care unit in Agen, France, where Catherine Renard ...
Nominations now open for the NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards
Nominations are now open for the NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards, the largest celebration of volunteering across the country. The Awards are in now ...
Volunteer Week Awards in Far West LHD
The Far West LHD held their Volunteer Award Ceremony on Saturday 25th May. The ceremony acknowledges the wonderful contribution made by various volunteers within the ...
Volunteers, we salute you.
This week, 20 – 26 May, is National Volunteers Week, and it is a good time to reflect on just how valuable volunteers are. This ...
PCNSW Professional Education Day 2019
REGISTRATIONS ARE NOW OPEN PCNSW is holding the annual Professional Education Day at the Art Gallery of NSW during National Palliative Care Week 2019 on ...
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 ...
Volunteer services breaking new ground in Western NSW
People receiving palliative or end of life care will for the first time have the option of receiving social support from volunteers in some Western ...
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 ...