Volunteering Tasmania is the State’s peak body on volunteering. Important aspects of that role include developing policies on volunteering issues, representing the volunteering sector to all levels of government, engaging in advocacy on behalf of the sector, and conducting community consultation and research.
A National Volunteering Strategy - the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) consults with the sector
FaHCSIA are developing a National Volunteer Strategy which will set out the Australian Government’s vision for volunteering over the next 10 years. The Strategy will be released in 2011 to coincide with the International Year of the Volunteer +10.The FaHCSIA consultation paper for this Strategy can be downloaded here.
Volunteering Tasmania would like to thank all those in the Tasmanian volunteering community who provided input for the VT submission to this consultation. Even with the very tight timeframes the response was fantastic!
The VT submission to the National Volunteering Strategy Consultation Paper can be viewed here.
Working with Children and Vulnerable People Screening
The Department of Health and Human Services recently sought comment on the establishment of a centralised system for checking those who work with children and other vulnerable people. To see the discussion paper click hereAs this is an issue that very clearly impacts on the volunteer sector, Volunteering Tasmania have provided a response to the discussion paper. VT’s response can be viewed here.
Volunteering Tasmania’s response to the Hobart City Council Draft Social Inclusion Strategy (March 2010)
download paperVolunteering Tasmania’s response to the Hobart City Council Positive Ageing Strategy (March 2010)
download paperVolunteering Tasmania's Response to Social Inclusion Strategy paper (January 2009)
download paperVolunteering Tasmania's Budget Priority Statement (October 2008)
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