Aboriginal spirituality and Palliative Care
If you are interested in engaging with the Aboriginal community either in Palliative Care or as Volunteers you will find this guide developed by Elise ...
Find a Volunteer Service near you
You can now search for a Palliative Care Volunteer Service near you. Come back and visit from time to time to see updates.
Come and see ‘A Will for the Woods’ 28th March 2015 in Katoomba with the Groundswell Project
What if our last act could be a gift to the planet? Determined that his final resting place will benefit the earth, musician, psychiatrist, and ...
Well loved volunteer service Make Today Count to end
The well loved Cancer and Palliative Care Volunteer service Make Today Count is intending to cease operations as at the end of June 2015. Make ...
Celebrating three nurse-champions of Palliative Care Volunteering in Western NSW LHD
James Daley (Bathurst), Bernadette Orange (Parkes) and Alison Dawes (Dubbo) James works closely with the local Daffodil Cottage to build their volunteer capacity, and is ...
Welcome PACE students to the Volunteer Support Services team!
Elise and Paul have joined us from the Macquarie Uni’s Bachelor of Health and PACE Program to explore the world of Aboriginal Palliative Care and ...
NSW Rural Palliative Care Nurses Meeting Bathurst March 12 & 13 2015
The NSW Rural Palliative Care Nurses Group Meeting is being held in Bathurst on March 12th and 13th. Linda Hansen and Alex Huntir from Palliative ...
NSW 2015 Election call-for-action launched March 2015
“Every resident of NSW who is living with a life-limiting illness should be supported in choosing where they die” Funding for the Volunteer Support Program ...
Volunteering discussed at Aboriginal Health Forum Feb 2015
Alex Huntir from the Volunteer Support Program spoke at the Cancer Partnership Project Forum on the 26th of February 2015 about the roles and benefits ...
Palliative Care NSW endorses AMA’s call for improved access to out of hospital palliative care 24 Feb 2015
Out of hospital palliative care needs workforce investment View Media Release Palliative Care NSW fully endorses the NSW AMA’s call for improved access to out ...
Flora Wickham awarded an OAM for Palliative Care volunteering at Calvary Kogarah and other community roles
This heartfelt story sent-in by Anne-Marie Traynor, Manager Volunteer Services, Calvary Health Care Kogarah On Australia Day 2015 our beloved Flora Wickham was awarded an ...
Shirley Burke says it takes a certain type of person to be a palliative care volunteer
This article appeared in the Daily Examiner 28th January 2015 Shirley Burke says it takes a certain type of person to be a palliative care ...
Public Health and Palliative Care International Conference Bristol May 2015
A PCNSW abstract reporting on the experience of volunteers and volunteer managers in NSW has been accepted by the Bristol Conference organisers. The paper, entitled ...
Calvary volunteer Lindsay Hewson was awarded 2014 Volunteer of Year at the 2014 NSW Health Awards
Calvary volunteer Lindsay Hewson was awarded 2014 Volunteer of Year at the 2014 NSW Health Awards "Lindsay Hewson joined the Calvary Volunteer Team in 2012 ...
Palliative Care NSW awarded funds to manage Volunteer Programme
Health Minister Jillian Skinner announced on Wednesday 28 May 2014 that Palliative Care NSW will receive $1 million over 3 years to recruit and support ...