Home and Community Care Volunteers

Are you a volunteer-involving organisation in home and community care?

Volunteering Tasmania is committed to supporting Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP) and Tasmanian Home and Community Care (Tas HACC) providers who manage volunteers.

We provide:

Training – this includes the VT members’ rate for any training/event that has a cost.
Resources – we have a range of resources to support best practice volunteer management.
Access to quarterly National CHSP Volunteering Network meetings (contact us to be added to the email list)
The opportunity to be profiled in VT’s regular eNews.
Access to Volunteer Recognition Certificates as part of National Volunteer Week.
Access to the Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Program.
Involvement in VT’s Advocacy activities.

To discuss how Volunteering Tasmania can support you please contact us.

What volunteers say about their experiences:

“I feel totally supported and recognised… and that’s what keeps me going.”

“Volunteers are often looking for something, whether it’s to give back, make sense of past experiences, or find a meaningful outlet for their skills”

“I want to use the skills I have to help others new to the country”

“What I enjoy most is the time spent with the person I visit. It’s not just about the activity, we chat, share stories, and sometimes just sit in silence together"

“Seeing the joy and satisfaction the client has with the garden. She could not manage before but now she is going from strength to strength.”

“Knowing how meaningful my visits are to my client and seeing the delight in her face when we plant seedlings together.”

“Seeing the other person happy. It’s a negligible commitment for me, an hour once a fortnight, and I get back a lot more than I put in.”

“Often volunteers show a high level of care for the individuals they support.”

“The people we help are so grateful for the assistance or advice we give them. They feel better in themselves when out in the garden, the negative thoughts of not being able to cope with the garden recedes at least temporarily.”

“I enjoy being supportive to the person I help. We have rapport and attend to her garden together. Also being a volunteer (even in my minor capacity) is such a feel-good situation.”

“The pleasure they get when I arrive to help, knowing at the end of my visit I (we) have accomplished something special.”

“Knowing it makes her feel good when stuff gets done and it motivates her to get out in between my visits. She manages pretty well at 86 and that’s inspiring to me.”

“Every interaction with a client is an opportunity to brighten their day and show them that they are seen, valued, and cared for.”

“At a memory café event for people living with dementia, live music sparked a spontaneous moment when a participant, usually nonverbal, began to sing along. It was a moving experience for everyone present and a reminder of the special moment’s volunteers get to share.”

“Volunteers bring that passion and warmth to help people feel like they are amongst friends”

“My garden mate claims that without me, she could not stay in her house.”

"Sometimes it was in those moments of achievement that reminded me of how small moments can create lasting change, and why the experience of volunteering matters."

"Volunteers are an essential part of the community.”

Funded by the Crown through the Department of Health – Tasmania.

Funded by the Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing.

Are you a volunteer-involving organisation in home and community care?

What volunteers say about their experiences:

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