Managing volunteers through COVID-19
Is your workplace safe for volunteers during COVID? Employers and managers have a duty to provide a safe and hazard-free workplace for their staff and ...
Caring through crisis: COVID-19
It’s a trying time for everyone in palliative care dealing with the additional impact of COVID-19. Many in the carer’s community are not just health ...
International survey for volunteer managers
For all of those working in palliative care, particularly if you are responsible for managing volunteers, you are invited to participate in an international survey ...
Bereavement during COVID-19
If you had someone in your life who has died during the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) would like to ...
Volunteer Safety – return to work
For volunteers and volunteer managers, there are many questions raised, and important things to know, about returning to volunteer work and continuing to manage volunteers ...
Needs Rounds via telehealth provides effective care
A recent report in the Journal for Nurse Practitioners explains how adopting telehealth services into Palliative Care Needs Rounds (ACT) can be just as effective ...
Volunteering sector hit hard during COVID
A media release by Volunteering Australia earlier today details the significant impacts the global pandemic has made on the volunteering sector reporting that 72% of ...
Volunteers are welcomed back at Gosford and Wyong Hospitals
Volunteers were given the greenlight to recommence duties following further easing of COVID-19 restrictions across the state, with staff, patients and visitors delighted with their ...
2020 Supplementary Volunteer Grants round now open
Supporting Australia’s Volunteers and Building Resilient Communities All state and territory volunteering peak bodies across Australia are pleased to be administering the 2020 Supplementary Volunteer Grants, ...
Addressing the pandemic insurance gap for volunteers
Some Palliative Care Volunteer Managers have recently expressed concern about returning their volunteers to service if they are not adequately covered by insurance should they ...
Updated advice for managing the return of volunteers
The Federal Government has recently updated its advice regarding workers considered to be at increased risk of a serious COVID-19 infection. Taking these changes into ...
Insurance gap for volunteers in NSW
Just as some services are thinking of resuming some volunteer activities some Volunteer Managers in NSW have expressed concern that their volunteers will not be ...
Transitioning volunteers back into their roles
Recently we have been hearing from Managers of Palliative Care Volunteer Services about the adjustments they’ve had to make as a consequence of the pandemic. ...
The experience of volunteers during COVID-19
The COVID-19 situation has certainly placed great strains on all parts of our society and volunteering was no exception. With physical distancing restrictions making volunteering ...
How Palliative Care NSW is managing coronavirus/COVID-19
We want to give you an update on how Palliative Care New South Wales is managing Coronavirus (COVID-19). The health and well-being of people living ...