VOLUNTEERING Strategy FOR SOUTH AUSTRALIA 2014 – 2020 © Volunteering SA&NT, Government of South Australia, Local Government Association of South Australia, Business SA ISBN 978-0-9579174-3-9 (Print) ISBN 978-0-9579174-4-6 (PDF) Ownership of intellectual property rights in this publication Unless otherwise noted, copyright and any other intellectual property rights in this publication are owned by the above. Creative Commons Licence This publication is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia Licence. Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia Licence is a standard form licence agreement that allows you to copy, distribute, transmit and adapt this publication provided that you attribute the work. A summary of the licence terms is available from http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/deed.en. February 2014 Volunteering SA&NT 182 Victoria Square ADELAIDE SA 5000 P: 08 8221 7177 E:
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[email protected] 2 CONTENTS Foreword 5 The Vision 6 How Did This Strategy Come About? 7 Why Volunteering Matters 8 Focus Areas 10 1 Invest in the foundations of volunteering 10 2 Promote and inform on the benefits on volunteering 11 3 Implement leading practice and high quality standards 12 4 Progressively adapt through continuous improvement 13 Working Together To Achieve Change 14 Acknowledgments 16 Appendices 18 1 Background Resources 18 2 South Australian Volunteer Resource Centres 19 www.savolunteeringstrategy.org.au VOLUNTEERING STRATEGY FOR SOUTH AUSTRALIA 3 Volunteering is fundamental to our communities and a vital part of being Australian.