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Emergency Volunteering Opportunity

Volunteer South ensures readiness for spontaneous emergency volunteering Volunteer South, formerly Volunteering Otago and Volunteering Central, has re...

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International Volunteer Managers Day!

#managerswelove On November 5th, we will be celebrating International Volunteer Managers day! This is the ONLY day where we celebrate all those who su...

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Volunteer of the Month - Dunedin - September

Dunedin Volunteer of the Month - September Alan Somerville has been nominated as Volunteer of the month by Kristi Howley for his time as Chairman of t...

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Managers blog - Dunedin and Waitaki September

We’re in this together. This week is Mental Health Awareness Week and even though it feels like it should be Mental Health Awareness Year – there are...

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Mental Health Awareness Week

This year, Volunteer South is running a #Mental Health Awareness Week campaign to support the mahi in the community being done by, with and for those...

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Managers blog - Dunedin & Waitaki August

Welfare Fatigue and Mental Wellbeing It was during a regular Zoom meeting with community organisations that the realisation of how much our language h...

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Volunteering and volunteer organisations under Alert Level 2

We know people are wanting to volunteer at the moment. The move back up the alert levels brings out the best of Kiwis and we know that there are vulne...

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Grand opening for Volunteer South - Waitaki!

Volunteer South, formerly Volunteering Otago and Volunteering Central, will be formally opening their new Waitaki volunteer centre on the 17th of Augu...

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Managers blog - Dunedin and Waitaki July

New Beginnings Kāore e pau, he ika unahi nui. A fish covered in large scales will never be eaten. When the conversation from the community shifted aft...

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State of Volunteering in Aotearoa New Zealand 2020

Volunteering New Zealand’s State of Volunteering Report 2020 presents a snapshot of the state of volunteering in Aotearoa New Zealand at a critical po...

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