National Volunteer Week - 2024 "Something for Everyone" & Volunteer Expo

Volunteering brings people together; it builds communities and creates a better society for everyone. National Volunteer Week is a chance for all of us to celebrate and recognise the vital work of volunteers and to say thank you. Together, through volunteering, we are changing communities for the better

 For enquiries, more information and registration details for our free workshops and training please email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or Mob: 0492 889 560

 This year’s National Volunteer week theme is 'Something for Everyone' and that is certainly what we have lined up this year for our community with a A Week of Activity. We have a fantastic week of FREE Events, Workshops and Training lined up for you for National Volunteer Week 2024. We hope you can join us at one or more of these events across the week. We have partnered with the City of Busselton and ConnectGroups to provide the entire week free of charge. There is an Community Groups Expo in Mitchell Park and a variety of workshops that focus on Attracting Young Volunteers, Social Media Enhancement and Marketing Skills, Grants Info, Maintaining Meaningful Memberships, and Networking Opportunities.

Monday 20 May 5:30pm-7:30pm -  Event - Volunteer Recognition Sundowner. Celebrations commence on Monday the 20th May with a Sundowner sponsored by Origins Market, Libby Mettam MLA, retraVision Busselton and Geographe Camping & Tackle World and Hosted by The City of Busselton and the Volunteer Centre. Nominated volunteers representing over 100 organisations will gather to be celebrated and acknowledged for their contributions, lucky raffle door prizes will be drawn.

Tuesday 21^st May - WORKSHOPS – delivered by ConnectGroups: - Free Upskilling for Busselton Support and Community Groups ConnectGroups, in partnership with Busselton-Dunsborough Volunteer Centre and the City of Busselton, is delivering free training and networking to local Support Groups and Community Groups during National Volunteer Week, to assist with group development and management.

• Workshop: Social Media Essentials - Tuesday 21 May 2024 | 9.00am - 11.00am
• Grants Information Session - Tuesday 21 May 2024 | 11.00am - 12.00pm
• Facilitated Networking Lunch - Tuesday 21 May 2024 | 12.00pm - 1.30pm
• Workshop: Connect and Maintain Meaningful Membership - Tuesday 21 May 2024 | 1.30pm - 3.00pm

Wednesday 22^st May - EVENT - Volunteer Organisations Expo – Mitchell Park

Want to know more about volunteering? Would you like to see what volunteer roles are available in the region? Interested in getting more involved with your community? Then colme along to the expo where over 20 local and regional organisations who have volunteer roles will be on hand to answer questions about volunteering and showcase what their organisation does and how people interested in volunteering can get involved.

Thursday 23^rd MAY - Power up your Marketing and Socials

Thursday 23^rd MAY 10am – 12:00PM - WORKSHOP – A focus on Youth - Reframing Volunteering : Marketing Volunteering for Younger Generations a presentation workshop by LUSH

 An engaging training session led by Lush, for community groups to explore ways to reframe volunteering and provide you with a roadmap to rethinking volunteer marketing. While typical advertising tells the story of who you are, what you do, and what you stand for, storydoing puts that into action. It’s the way to successfully reframe volunteering, reigniting the values-alignment and motivating forces behind volunteering. To the right audience, the right actions will mean everything – and will pave the way for community growth, new memberships, and meaningful change.

Thursday 23^rd MAY 1:30pm –3:30PM - WORKSHOP - Harnessing Canva, ChatGPT and Meta Suite for Social Media Content Generation

Join us for an engaging workshop where you'll learn the ins and outs of Canva, the ultimate design tool for organisations. Coupled with the intelligent use of Chat GPT to enhance and deliver your message, create powerful graphics in a heartbeat and how to maximise these tools on Meta suite for Facebook and Instagram and other socials, you will build an array of skills and tools to give you the confidence to Power up your Socials.

Volunteers add enormous benefit to our community through their exceptional and outstanding contribution of time, work skills, life experience, continued support and commitment. We salute you and thank you for being our unsung hero’s Happy National Volunteer Week to you all.

To register for these events and for more information contact the Busselton Dunsborough Volunteer Centre: PH: 97542047 Mob: 0492 889 560 or Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

National Volunteer Week Events are generously supported by: City of Busselton; Volunteer West Australia, Lotterywest, Libby Mettam MLA, Member for Vasse; retraVision Busselton, Geographe Camping and Tackle World and Origins Market.