Mission Organisational Profile Core Business Contact Details   Mission Volunteering Australia is the national peak body working to advance volunteering in the Australian community. Its role is to represent the diverse views and needs of the volunteer sector while promoting the activity of volunteering as one of enduring social, cultural and economic value. Organisational Profile Volunteering Australia exists to raise the profile of volunteering in Australia and to ensure that the contribution volunteering makes to civil society is recognised and accounted for. Volunteering Australia Inc. is an incorporated body under the Australian Capital Territory Associations Incorporation Act 1991. It was established in October 1993 and has received funding from the Commonwealth Government's Department of Family, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs under the National Secretariat Program since 1997. Volunteer based organisations across all industries, including welfare, environment and conservation, arts, business, tourism, education, emergency services, health, sport, recreation and leisure are linked to Volunteering Australia through the state/territory volunteer centres (ie. Volunteering ACT, The Centre for Volunteering (NSW), Volunteering Queensland, Volunteering SA & NT, Volunteering Tasmania, Volunteering Victoria, Volunteering WA). Core Business Volunteering Australia's core business is to: provide sound policy advice on matters relating to volunteering provide a national focus for the promotion of volunteering and its principles establish cooperative relationships with key national and international volunteering organisations encourage the pursuit of excellence in volunteer management consulting with stakeholers to ensure proper representation of the volunteering sector. Contact Details Volunteering Australia Level 3, Suite 2, 11 Queens Road Melbourne VIC 3004 Tel: 03 9820 4100 Fax: 03 9820 1206 Email: volaus@volunteeringaustralia.org Website: www.volunteeringaustralia.org