We welcome the decision of the Queensland State Government to hold a Parliamentary Inquiry into the issues faced and opportunities for improvement in Queensland’s volunteering sector.
The Importance of Volunteers to Queensland
Volunteering Queensland states
“Approximately two-thirds of Queenslanders over 15 years old are volunteers, that’s 2.8 million people out of 4.3 million. Volunteering happens in every part of the state and underpins every sector of society. If we can improve the number and effectiveness of volunteers, it will massively improve our communities in a multitude of ways. But if numbers continue to decline, retention rates fall and under-investment in volunteering continues, the harm to our social fabric will be incalculable – particularly for people and communities in need.”
Our Submission to the QLD Volunteering Inquiry
Today we submitted our response to the Terms of Reference which you can read here. We will be following the inquiry with great interest over the coming months and look forward to the release of the final report and recommendations.