Disability Awareness
Our next Volunteer Managers Network Meeting in Brisbane will be held on 25 July, exploring disability awareness in the lead up to Disability Action Week.

Please join us for a facilitated discussion to investigate the issues organisations need to consider when working with volunteers who have different abilities. Click here for further information and to register for this important event.

Date Posted: 18 July 2008

Intergenerational Volunteering
Our next Volunteer Managers Network Meeting in Logan will be held on 31 July.

Please join us for a facilitated discussion on intergenerational volunteering, this topic emphasises the importance of uniting older and younger people and the need to break down stereo-typical barriers. Click here for further information and to register for this relevant event.

Date Posted: 18 July 2008

The Queensland Compact Consultation
The Community Services Futures Forum is now seeking yout input into the draft Compact. The state-wide consultation will be open until 11 July 2008.

You can participate in the consultation in the following ways:

• Complete the online consultation - Click here and follow the links.
• Download a copy of the consultation paper and return it by email, fax or post - Click here and follow the links.
• Participate in a Regional Forum - Find out when and where they are happening.
• Facilitate a local discussion group - email Tanya Hall to ask for a Facilitator's Pack if you are interested in holding a local discussion group in your area.

Date Posted: 30 June 2008

Volunteering Australia's 12th National Conference on Volunteering, 3-5 September 2008, Radisson Resort on the Gold Coast
Volunteering Australia is pleased to invite you to the 12th National Conference on Volunteering to discuss, debate and exchange ideas and information on the issues that impact the 5.4 million Australians who volunteer. The theme for this year's conference is 'Catch the New Waves' which offers the opportunity to explore current and emerging trends in volunteering.

Full Registration Brochure

Date Posted: 12 June 2008

Adult Learners’ Week Grants and Awards
Adult Learners’ Week (ALW 1-8 September) celebrates and promotes all forms of adult and lifelong learning. Community grants are available for activities and programs that encourage adult members of the community to become inovled in learning

Applications have closed for grants, the ALW Judging Panel met Monday 16 June, this site will keep you posted.
Date Posted: 16 June 2008

Title: VQ Position Papers
VQ has developed a number of position papers to facilitate discussion around volunteering issues. Position papers developed to-date:

• Volunteering as Social Inclusion (February 2008)
• Communities of Volunteers: Mobilising local volunteers across sectors and agencies (June 2007)
• Leading the Volunteer Revolution: New models for community solutions (April 2007)

Date Posted: 4 March 2008

Turn Your Organisation Into a Volunteer Magnet
The second edition of the highly successful volunteer management guide was launched in December 2007.

The magnet project is unique in that it harnesses the experience of everyday volunteer managers from around the world and asks them to describe, in just 500 words, those things which make their volunteer projects ‘magnetic’.
Date Posted: 4 March 2008