Volunteering Gold Coast Background

Volunteering Gold Coast is the leader in community development and support.

Established in 1998 through funding from the Home and Community Care (HACC) program, Volunteering Gold Coast's primary objective was to support and enrich HACC services and clients through the development of a strong volunteer contribution.

Since this time Volunteering Gold Coast has significantly increased the range of clients it services through volunteer referral and Volunteering Gold Coasts mission aims “to develop and strengthen volunteering on the Gold Coast for the mutual benefit of the individual and the community”. This is currently realised through the provision of a resource consultancy and volunteer referral service to those community and non-profit organisations that routinely utilise volunteers to support service provision.

In 2001 Volunteering Gold Coast was successful in gaining funding for the Voluntary Work Initiative (VWI) via the Volunteering Australia network. Since this time, Volunteering Gold Coast has helped to place well over 450 people into volunteer work under the VWI program – with independent research indicating a high percentage of these people continue to volunteer twelve months after initial placement.

Today Volunteering Gold Coast forms an integral part of the Gold Coast community by providing volunteers to over 350 community organisations. Volunteering Gold Coast currently has over 1000 volunteer positions available and interviewed 3410 people for the year ending 2010.

Interview and referral services are provided through our Surfers Paradise office as well as from Centrelink offices in Palm Beach, Biggera Waters, and Nerang, and out reaches offices in, Coolangatta, Elanora, Southport, Varsity Lakes, and Bond University.

Volunteering Gold Coast won the Westpac Gold Coast Business Excellence Awards 2011 for the most Outstanding Not For Profit.

Volunteering Gold Coast Strategic Plan 2011-14

Volunteering Gold Coast will develop, strengthen and connect the community by achieving excellence in volunteering for the mutual benefit of the individual and our wider community. Volunteering Gold Coast will endevour to do the following:

• To provide direct community transport options to relieve the disadvantaged particularly youth, aged, sick & people with disability
• To support and enrich the community through the development of a strong volunteer sector providing services to maintain frail aged & younger people with disabilities in their homes as long as possible and other disadvantaged groups and those in need
• To provide a centre of excellence for volunteer referral and resourcing, education & training
• To encourage best practice in volunteer management & governance for the sustainability of the community.
• To form collaborative partnerships to broaden the scope and quality of volunteering opportunities and work towards an increase in services for disadvantaged groups

Pleas Click Here for a full version of the Strategic Plan 2011-14

Service Divisions:

Volunteering Services

Transport Services