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The Voice of Volunteering  
Published by The Centre for Volunteering based in Australia, The Voice of Volunteering is an important online update on volunteering in the country. Delivered free to your inbox every month.   Visit site
Volunteer Life 
Volunteer Life – the free quarterly e-zine on volunteering from Australia's Centre for Volunteering - celebrates and showcases volunteering as well as helps to raise awareness of volunteering.   Visit site
More about: Advocacy
Volunteering South Australia 
Volunteering South Australia promotes volunteering and play a key role in advancing volunteering in southern Australia. The organization  offers assistance in managing and training volunteers and managers to its members, about 750 organizations, and help them liaise with other organizations in the country.  Visit site
More about: Advocacy  Infrastructure
Volunteering for Literacy initiative  
The Volunteering for Literacy initiative, developed by Volunteering South Australia, was designed to bring together volunteers involved in literacy work. The initiative serves to support and acknowledge the work of volunteers in literacy, whether in schools, prisons, community centres or settlement services. In addition, the initiative’s website will soon list vacancies for organizations seeking literacy volunteers.   Visit site
More about: Advocacy  Education
School of Volunteer Management  
The School of Volunteer Management (SVM) is a Registered Training Organisation providing skills, management and leadership training to the not-for-profit sector. The School is committed to assisting organisations and individuals to maximise their potential through the provision of high quality education, training and consultancy services on volunteer management and general management issues.  Visit site
More about: Infrastructure  Management
Australian Volunteers International 
Australian Volunteers International (AVI) is Australia's largest and most experienced international volunteer sending agency. In the last 50 years AVI has placed more than 6,000 Australian volunteers in 70 countries in Asia, the Pacific, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America.   Visit site
Australia sends volunteers, supplies to tsunami zone 
Along with emergency supplies and logistics experts, Australia has sent volunteers to areas devastated by the Asian tsunami. Australian Red Cross acting secretary-general Dale Cleaver says it will send additional volunteers over the next few days.  Visit site
More about: Emergency relief
Australian Journal on Volunteering 
Published by Volunteering Australia, the Australian Journal on Volunteering is the only Australian academic journal that publishes articles exclusively in the field of volunteering.   Visit site
Volunteering Australia 
Volunteering Australia is the main national organization working to advance volunteering in the Australian community. It works to raise the profile of volunteering in Australia and to ensure that the contribution volunteering makes to civil society is recognized and accounted for. Provides volunteer matching service through GoVolunteer Visit site
GoVolunteer 
An initiative of Volunteering Australia, GoVolunteer provides a searchable  online database of local volunteer opportunities in Australia. Offers free online advertising to not-for-profit community organizations looking for volunteers.  Visit site

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