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The AIDS crisis arrived in Australia in 1982 and triggered an enormous (and successful) public health response, largely driven by volunteers. These people, often from marginalised communities in their own right, deserve recognition in Australia’s proud volunteer tradition.
Teach for America was created to bring more resources to disadvantaged communities. New research shows that the participants also learn a few things.
Trump’s budget director singled out Meals on Wheels as a waste of federal dollars. But identifying bad ways to spend taxpayer money is harder than it sounds.
How could green groups attract more diverse volunteers? Maybe they could put more time and energy into outreach toward the people most affected by environmental injustices.
With steep budget cuts looming, a growing number of tiny volunteer-driven organizations are delivering aid on their own. Will the Trump administration inspire even more small-scale global giving?
A new training course designed to help volunteers feel like a key part of the team could help to reduce attrition rates among Australia’s estimated 240,000 volunteer emergency service workers.
The ONS says less Brits are volunteering - but the truth is they’re doing it in different ways.
Australian sport will never have the commercial clout to bring the economy out of recession or solve a regional unemployment problem. But it is more than a fringe player in the economic game.
Volunteers in Australia are essential to the provision of a range of services. Yet Western countries – including Australia – have recently reported a decline in volunteer rates.
It’s time to recognise the difference between ‘deep’ and ‘shallow’ volunteering.
Improvised rescues, such as boat owners saving people in flooded Louisiana, have become an integral part of federal and state disaster response efforts.
Comparisons of foreign volunteers in Syria to the International Brigades of Spain are apt, but not for the reasons you think.
Slum tourism is broadly rejected as morally dubious and voyeuristic. But we should take a second look.
Micro-volunteering has micro-benefits. It’s better to get into volunteering for the longer term.
Scientists have found that there are many physical and mental benefits to volunteering.
French efforts to dismantle the Jungle migrant camp are leaving crucial volunteer services at risk.
Stepping toward better health (and happiness) may be as simple as spending your next $20 generously.
The higher education sector needs to think what it can offer to the average taxpayer.
The rate of volunteering among Australians and the hours individuals contribute appear to be falling. So how do people see volunteering and what can be done to restore this vital community activity?
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