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 ...
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 ...