Volunteer Victoria

About

Volunteering Victoria is the State peak body for volunteering.

We focus on strengthening and ensuring the resilience of communities by promoting the benefits of people’s involvement and participation in community life through volunteering.

We advocate for the development of sustainable community hubs as sources of support and information for people seeking to volunteer.

We assist those involved in volunteering through our core program areas, as follows -

• Promoting volunteering
• Knowledge and Training
• Resource Development, Communication and Information
• Network development
• Advocacy

We are a member-based, not-for-profit, non-government organisation.

We are funded by the state and federal governments and we also receive private funding and donations for specific programs.

We have a small, core group of paid and voluntary staff.

A voluntary professional board of management leads the organisation’s governance.

We are one of eight state/territory members of the national peak body, Volunteering Australia.

Volunteering Victoria is one of the founding members of VA, along with the other state bodies.

Our members are volunteer-involving not-for-profit and community organisations. They represent a broad, cross-section that reflects the diversity of the sector. Commonwealth and state government departments, local governments, state peak organisations, local sports clubs and religious groups as well as those in health, arts, environment, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD), indigenous, youth, disabled, and aged care are represented in our membership base.