Latest news: Volunteers

With formal season on the horizon, the Lake Tuggeranong Lions Club is helping young people find their pride in style. Donations are now closed for the ‘Shopping Day’ to be held at the Lions Youth Haven on Kambah Pool Road, Saturday 14 October 10am-4pm and Sunday 15 October 10am-2pm. Canberra students in Year 6 to Year 12 are invited to “just rock up” and frock up – no tickets required.

At the heart of our community is the invaluable contribution of volunteers. From schools to sporting clubs, charity organisations and environmental conservation groups, volunteers play an indispensable role in shaping and enriching Canberra.

Each year, around 6 million Australians are enriching their lives by volunteering, according to data from Volunteering Australia.

Acting CEO of Volunteering ACT Susan Helyar tells CW there’s more than one way to volunteer in Canberra and there's "always a need" for more volunteers.

Questacon’s longest serving volunteer, Jenny Wanless, has generously donated to the institution to create the Curiosity Rover Cart.

Officially opening next Wednesday 1 December, a new Vinnies op shop in Mitchell is getting its final touches just in time for Christmas and is looking for volunteers to help share some...

As COVID-19 restrictions ease, Red Cross and Vinnies are in desperate need of volunteers to staff their thrift shops as they reopen.

Helping ACT's mission is to provide food security for the vulnerable - including on a Muslim holy day. We talked to president Mohammed Ali.

The ACT Government will provide secure, stable funding to environmental volunteer groups over the next four financial years.

ACT SES volunteers celebrated Wear Orange Wednesday, a day to thank the SES for their dedicated service both in the ACT and across Australia.

Orange Sky is calling on locals to step up and volunteer to run the charity’s mobile laundry and shower services for people experiencing homelessness in Canberra. Operating in Canberra since April 2016,...

National charity The Fathering Project is recruiting volunteers as they prepare to roll out their services in the ACT early next year.

An awards ceremony has paid tribute to the Canberra region’s volunteers tonight, Tuesday 8 September, in a virtual celebration.

Thousands of ACT community environment volunteers will be celebrated for their efforts to improve and maintain environmental assets, as part of the annual Landcare Week, 3-9 August.

It was a case of many hands make light work planting spring bulbs and annuals in and around Kingston today as part of the ACT Government's plan to spread the colour of...

Volunteers are often an invisible workforce but their work is essential to the response and recovery phases of emergencies, according to VolunteeringACT. “Volunteers have been involved at every stage of the current crisis...