Inspiration and Values
The value of volunteering
In 2010, over 36 % of Australian adults( 6.1 million people) participated in formal volunteering( through an organisation) and 49 % provided informal assistance to people outside their own household.
Volunteers freely give their time to support the community and the people who need them. Volunteers are the people who step up and fill the gaps in the system – due to resource limitations, emergencies or otherwise.
The volunteering sector is critical to civil society. Volunteering underpins the delivery of social and community services in our nation, and without volunteers many services( such as those funded by DSS) simply could not function.
Extract from Volunteering Australia letter to the Hon. Scott Morrison March 26, 2015
4 The measure of a civilization is how it treats its weakest members