Time running out to nominate NSW volunteers

The NSW Volunteer of the Year Award program recognises and celebrates the enormous contribution of the 2.4 million volunteers in NSW to community life, and this year the Award is proudly supported by Westpac. NSW Minister for Volunteering, the Hon. Victor Dominello, is Patron of the Award.

 

The Award is an initiative of The Centre for Volunteering, the peak body for volunteering NSW. Now in its fifth year, this is the state-wide Award program recognising and thanking the 2.4 million volunteers in NSW, who generously give more than 235 million work hours each year in NSW, contributing an extraordinary $5 billion to the State’s economy.

 

There are four major categories of award:

 The 2011 NSW Volunteer of the Year Award program is run at a Regional and State level – with 19 regions throughout NSW and eight of them in Sydney.

 

The Regional Youth, Senior and Volunteer Team winners will be announced in Ceremonies in the Award’s 19 regions from 1 October to mid-November. Regional winners will then be entered for the title of 2011 NSW Volunteer of the Year to be presented on Monday, 5 December at Parliament House in Sydney, to coincide with International Volunteer Day.

 

Ms Dalton is calling upon the whole of NSW to come together to support volunteers and the Award. “Together we can celebrate the wonderful work of these young volunteers who do so much to make a difference in the lives of others and the overall spirit of the community.”

 

 

To nominate people for the Award and for more information visit: www.nswvolunteerawards.com.