Volunteer Management Activity

Overview

The Australian Government is inviting organisations via a restricted process to apply to deliver services under the Families and Communities Program – Volunteer Management Activity from 1 January 2018 to 30 June 2021. The Volunteer Management Activity aims to increase opportunities for people experiencing disadvantage and/or social exclusion to participate in the social and economic life of their broader community through volunteering, by: maximising and promoting volunteer participation; increasing the diversity of volunteers and the ways in which people volunteer; maximising opportunities for volunteering to provide a pathway to other forms of social and economic participation; matching potential volunteers with a volunteering role, especially humanitarian entrants or people experiencing disadvantage; improving access to information on volunteering; promoting innovation in volunteering; providing access to the training, resources and support volunteers and volunteer involving organisations need; building effective volunteering practices and opportunities within organisations and communities.