We also offer support, training and guidance for local volunteering organisations who might be looking at strengthening or building their volunteer programs.

We can support with guidance on governance, set up and delivery of programs and training of volunteer managers through different avenues including Volunteering Victoria.

We can provide information about accessibility guides and disability inclusion, working with CALD communities or how to ensure your volunteer organisation is inclusive towards First Nation people.

Click here for the disability e-learning modules, relevant to work places and volunteering organisations wanting to ensure inclusion for people living with disabilities.

Click here for our Centre for Participation Reconciliation Action Plan. You are welcome to use this as a guide for your own organisation.

Volunteer Managers and others who work with and lead volunteers are welcome to become involved in our Volunteer Managers Network Meeting. Click here to express your interest

As we know, formal volunteering in Australia is in decline, especially since the Covid pandemic. At Centre for Participation, we are invested in community participation and volunteering long term and have completed research into thriving communities. We have developed a Wimmera Southern Mallee 10-year Regional Participation Action Plan with the dedicated support of regional stakeholders in volunteering. Through community consultation and stakeholder workshops we gained insight into structural and social barriers that are getting in the way of supporting all people to actively participate in their communities. Through the development of the Action Plan we identified 6 key pillars of action to ensure thriving community participation going forward.