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Opinion Piece by Gillian Creach, General Manager, Tairawhiti Community Law Centre.
The Select Committee considering the Health and Safety Reform Bill has made improvements to the Bill
so coverage of volunteers and volunteering organisations will remain as it is under the current law.
"The changes recognise that volunteers contribute greatly to New Zealand communities and aim to ensure the new law doesn't negatively affect volunteering" says an MBIE spokesperson
More information can be found: .http://www.business.govt.nz/worksafe/about/reform/6-volunteers
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Community Notices
Volunteer Positions
Home handyman to assist with minor maintenance of early childhood centres -approx. 5
hours per week
Maintenance Assistance with engineering experience to help maintain steam train, Thursday
and Saturday mornings.
www.gisbornevolunteer centre.org.nz
FREE!!
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GVC News
Six new community organisations have
joined us in June and July.
If you belong to a community group and
would like to join the Gisborne Volunteer Centre, please let
us know.
Registration forms for organisations and volunteers are
available on our website.
We have information and resources that may help improve your organisation's volunteer programme. If you
would like advice or would like us to visit and speak with
your staff, committees or board members, please contact
us. We are here to strengthen volunteering in our community, and advising on good practice management of
volunteer-involving programmes is one way in which we
can assist.
We are also here to help find volunteers for your organisation, let us know what jobs you have available an we
will do our best to help.
If you would like to volunteer in the community but you
are not sure where or what you want to do, come in and
see us, we can help find the right position for you.
Volunteer Coordinators Support Group, Thursday , 6th
August, 1.30 PB Caf . This is a support network group
for local volunteer coordinators, providing the opportunity for information sharing, discussion and support.
Grant Writing Workshop, presented by Julie Condor,
20th August, 9.00-12.00 , Salvation Army Hall, please register if you wish to attend.
Our AGM is 21st September , 12.30 , Red Cross Hall.
Understanding and Engaging 21st Century Volunteers
and the Philosophy of Volunteering Workshop, 19th
October , 10.30 to 3.00, $100, please register if you wish
to attend.
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P O Box 105
GISBORNE 4040
Vol# Name
Address
City
In the words of Dr Seuss, A persons a person, no matter how small, so in keeping with these words , it
is good to remember that a volunteer is a volunteer, no matter how small( Erick C. Lear)
Phone 8684522 or
Email: info@gisbornevolunteercentre.org.nz
Thank you,
Happy Volunteering!
E noho r
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