About Us
Our
Vision — Office for Volunteers
"To help South Australian volunteers build stronger communities through supporting, promoting and enhancing volunteering"
The Office for Volunteers is part of the Department
of Justice (external link).
It was formed in 2001, the United Nation's International
Year of the Volunteer. Since then we have
developed and managed many on-going programs
to support, promote and encourage volunteering.
| Our primary role is to provide advice to the Government for the development of policies to develop and support the South Australian volunteer sector. As lead agency, we also provide a coordinated approach to policy and support of volunteering across all State Government departments and have responsibility for the volunteering target set in South Australia's Strategic Plan - 50% participation by 2010 (T5.6) - a participation rate of 51% was achieved in 2006 — (3 mb PDF). |  |
The Office for Volunteers also leads the implemention of the objectives laid out by Advancing the Community Together (ACT): A Partnership between the Volunteer Sector and the South Australian Government, an agreement signed in 2003 by the Premier and then Minister for Volunteers, Mike Rann and 27 representatives of the Volunteer Sector.
The promotion of volunteering generally is also a responsibility of the Office for Volunteers. This has resulted in a range of marketing strategys ranging from newspaper articles to television campaigns.
The range of programs and resources developed by the Office can be easily found on our 'home' page.
Office for Volunteers Privacy Principles
The Office for Volunteers is operated in compliance with the South Australian Government's Information Privacy Principles, a copy of which can be obtained at: http://www.archives.sa.gov.au/privacy/principles.html (external link).
