Events & Networks
National Volunteer Week (NVW) Overview
'Volunteers Change our World!' is the theme during National Volunteer Week, 12th to 18th May 2008.
Click here to find out about
National Volunteer Week 2008 Events in Brisbane
A free Certificate of Appreciation for your volunteers,
click here.
National Volunteer Week celebrates volunteering in Australia and was initiated
by Volunteering Australia, the national peak body for the States and Territory
Volunteer Centres.
The first National Volunteer Week in Australia was in 1988. Since that time, community organisations throughout Australia have taken advantage of National Volunteer Week to acknowledge the tremendous contribution volunteers make to their organisations, as well as draw attention to the need for volunteers to provide the services of their organisations to their communities.
Each year, Volunteering Australia adopts a different theme for the week. Volunteering Australia’s network of volunteer resource centres and individual organisations are free to use this theme to promote volunteering in their local area.
During National Volunteer Week, community organisations hold a variety of volunteer recognition events, such as - dinners, lunches, certificate ceremonies and awards.
In Australia, National Volunteer Week is always celebrated in May and starts the Monday immediately after Mother’s Day and runs through to the following Sunday. The dates for National Volunteer Week for future years are:
12 – 18 May 2008
11 – 17 May 2009
10 – 16 May 2010
09 – 15 May 2011
14 – 20 May 2012