Target: Increase by 50 per cent the proportion of Queenslanders involved in their communities as volunteers
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Queenslanders volunteering
This chart shows the annual average increase required over the period to reach the target.
Source: ABS Voluntary Work Australia (Cat. No. 4441.0). The baseline represents available data when Q2 was released on 8 September 2008.
In 2006, 37.8 per cent of Queenslanders participated in volunteer work. This is higher than the national average and is the second-highest rate in Australia. The baseline figure is still current as it is measured every five years. The 2010 ABS data will not be available until 2011, however, from 2010 Queensland volunteering data will be collected each year through the Queensland Household Survey.
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Progress toward the target
Reports
Case studies
Youth motivators development project
The Cairns-based Nintiringanyi Cultural Training Centre is using $77,000 funding to deliver the youth motivators development initiative. Through this initiative 25 young Indigenous and Cook Islander people, who have volunteered as mentors at the centre or who have been positive role models through volunteering activity in their local communities, will receive up to $2500 in scholarship funding to access training either through TAFE or other registered training organisations.
Surf lifesavers join orange angels to help out beyond the beach
A partnership between the State Emergency Service (SES) and Surf Life Saving Queensland (SLSQ) will see Surf Lifesavers saving lives beyond the beach. As part of a Memorandum of Understanding, SLSQ’s rescue experience and equipment could be called on to help others in natural disasters and emergency response situations.
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More information
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Last updated Thursday, February 25, 2010
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