Volunteering – it’s good for your health
So you can feel good by doing good! “We know that volunteering is good for people’s general wellbeing, as well as contributing to our communities.We gathered together and learnt about building our own resilience through volunteering.
Together we create excellent Volunteering experiences
Volunteers deliver over 159 million voluntary hours and $4 billion of financial value to our society and economy every year. Volunteers are vital to the organisations, groups or clubs who rely on their contribution to achieve their goals.
At Volunteering Services our mission is to provide vital advocacy services to connect our communities and champion volunteering excellence across our region. By supporting organisations and volunteers with a range of services we help:
- Volunteers actively engage in the community, make a difference and learn new skills
- Organisations recruit, lead and retain Volunteers by creating excellent Volunteering experiences
- Our funders, donors and supporters achieve their community goals
News/Updates
Candidates front up on social issues
Candidates representing some of the major political parties presented their ideas on social issues this week to an audience [...]
Fundraiser Rena movie night for environmental groups
Volunteering Services and Envirohub are running a fundraiser screening of the Rena disaster movie Taking Back Our Beach next [...]
Looking After the Blade
It’s Conservation Week this week, and all over the Western Bay of Plenty volunteers are out in all weather laying [...]