Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
“I don’t want to be a burden on my loved ones”. During our lives we spend a lot of time learning to be autonomous, to ...
2018: The year that was in Palliative Care Volunteering
During the year we said farewell to Lyn Nilsson who headed up the palliative care volunteers out of the Port Macquarie Community Health Centre. We ...
IVD 2018: Appreciation for community and hospital volunteers in Broken Hill
International Volunteer Day (IVD) 5th December 2018. In Broken Hill the Palliative Care Volunteer Coordinator Janet Pearce has been busy building a group of community ...
Empowerment, resilience and volunteering: Celebrate International Volunteer Day 2018
On International Volunteer Day 2018 we acknowledge the contribution of volunteers in supportive and palliative care settings to community connectedness and resilience. International Volunteer Day ...
We remember World AIDS Day 2018
World AIDS Day is held on 1 December each year. World AIDS Day raises awareness across the world and in the community about the issues ...
Helping carers at home: Donation assists CRANES’ palliative care volunteers in Grafton
From the original story by Ebony Stansfield $2,500 donation assists people in palliative care in the Daily Examiner. Based in Grafton, the Clarence River and ...
What will you be doing on International Volunteer Day, 5 December 2018?
5th December. Volunteering Australia proudly supports International Volunteer Day on 5 December. International Volunteer Day 2018, “Volunteers build resilient communities”, recognises volunteers worldwide – with a ...
December meeting of the NSW Network of Palliative Care Volunteer Managers
Calling all managers! The December meeting of the Network of Palliative Care Volunteer Managers will be held: DATE: Monday 10 December 2018 TIME: 10am LOCATION: ...
Remembering Lives: UK charity dedicated to the role of Volunteer Biographers
“We remember lives”. From their base in London Barbara Altounyan heads up the London based UK charity Hospice Biographers that started in November 2017. Their ...
Volunteer Biography Writing: 2019 training opportunity in Western Sydney
26th February 2019. Volunteer Managers Carolyn Wilkinson and Kylie Clark are holding a one-day training course on Biography writing for Volunteer Biographers on the 26th ...
Telling their story: Sacred Heart’s volunteer biography service wins hearts and awards
Since 2016 Julie Gissing and Robyn Swanson have jointly managed the volunteers involved in the Sacred Heart Biography Service. The Biography Service in its current ...
Support, mentor, guide & encourage: Volunteer Managers Day 2018
5th November 2018. Today we remember International Volunteer Managers Day 2018 and the work of palliative care volunteer managers. Earlier this year we surveyed palliative ...
Warrnambool Hospice writes the book on support for people Living and Dying in Style
Lu Butler is Hospice Manager at Warrnambool & District Community Hospice and oversees the 60 or so volunteers that are active with the group. Lu ...
Forum discusses experiences around dying and the healing power of hearing
Dr Michael Barbato spoke last week at the Experiences around Dying forum from his wealth of experience in end of life care, discussing a range ...
Have your say in Volunteering Australia’s Federal Election Survey by 7 November
In the lead up to the next Federal Election national peak body Volunteering Australia is gathering feedback on priority issues and concerns for the volunteering ...
Art auction helps build support for Community Hospice in Maitland
The Maitland-based Volunteers for Palliative Care Inc recently held a fundraiser with all proceeds to go toward their Community Hospice Centre project. The project was ...
A workshop On Death and Dying on 17th November, Sydney
On Saturday the 17th November a workshop On Death and Dying will be held in Sydney to explore, amongst other things, communication at end of ...
Exploring the Spiritual Dimensions of Palliative Care 3–4 November 2018
Interested in more about spirituality and palliative care? The University of Notre Dame in Sydney (Broadway) invites you to this workshop that is open to ...
Dr Michael Barbato explores Experiences around Dying in Tamworth
25th October, Tamworth Join Dr Michael Barbato in Tamworth on Thursday the 25th of October at this Forum to look at Experiences around Dying. Michael ...
Western Sydney community forum to discuss supportive and palliative care 17th October
17th October 2018, Blacktown. After a successful event in 2017 the Mount Druitt Hospital Supportive & Palliative Care team are holding another community forum to ...