Advertising clear and specific roles can help volunteers know what is needed, how much time it will take and what flexibility they have. Who will make the scones? Find out what Graeme thinks.

Find out how you can get involved in this exciting program in Melbourne’s west.

The benefits of strong volunteer management can be immediate and obvious. We take a look at the wider positive impact it can have in the community.

Small community organisations could benefit the most from working with volunteers, but they don’t have time or resources to make it happen. As experts in volunteering, we are determined to help.

Volunteer West’s CEO Thu-Trang Tran reflects on her speech presented at the VolConnect launch event on Thursday 12th May 2021.

Explore 5 team building activities for your organisation, tried and tested by the Volunteer West team.

Are you: Aged 18 to 25yo, or Age 60 and over (aged 55 and over for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders) And involved in formal or informal volunteer activity in the: Maribyrnong, or Moonee Ponds Local Council Areas? Get Involved in VoltAge - a digital storytelling project by Volunteer West

Volunteered recently? Have an experience you'd like to share with us? Tell us your story! Vollies of the West celebrates the many individuals who volunteer their time in Melbourne’s west to make a difference in our community!

What does it feel like to scale up an organisation from 4 part time staff to one with over 25 employees? Marijke shares her story.

This time last year, we were all navigating through the ‘unprecedented’ impacts of COVID. This year, the pandemic thread weaves into the International Women’s Day theme of Women in Leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world.

Do you want to join a meaningful organisation that improves the health and well-being of people in Melbourne’s west? Join us!

We are reframing our volunteer support services to cater to the needs of the hour and bringing volunteering closer to people’s front door. Our commitment is to connect people via interesting and meaningful community projects and services where they can find and build their own supportive networks and strengths to flourish, and go on to find employment.

Our collective impact model is centred on people and the community. The volunteering journey empowers people to bring about impacts for themselves and their community.

Despite the many changes and challenges that has come our way, Volunteer West remained faithful to its mandate of improving the wellbeing of our community through volunteering that is meaningful and sustainable… Change seems to be the new constant and we are always looking at new areas where we can make a meaningful contribution especially in these unprecedented times.

I have had incredibly powerful conversations with professionals across the volunteering sector. They have encouraged me to continue building my voice and sharing my ideas. There is an opportunity for us to work collaboratively to build a stronger voice and evidence base for the work we do. I’m excited to continue these conversations and see where they lead.

The strength of being a small organisation is our ability to be agile, quickly inhabiting the new-normal, and shaping our culture.

Volunteering, in the traditional sense that we’ve known it to date, has been scrambled, poached and fried.

What are we best at – and can be best at – to create enduring impact for the communities we serve? Thu-Trang reflects on the tricky and difficult.

In these stories, we hear that people’s first volunteering experience was so positive and meaningful, setting them on a lifetime commitment of volunteering.