Vision, Mission and Values
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Our Vision declares the way we see our community in the future, and our Mission is how we are going to get there.
Our Values state the way in which we will operate.
We envisage a Wide Bay Community that is empowered by strong, mutually beneficial connectedness.
VISION
As strategic and best practice Volunteer Innovators, we are developing strong partnerships and empowerment pathways. Leading the way through community change.
MISSION
Respecting each other, Equality and Equity, Empowerment, Having Fun, Accountability & Responsibility, Inclusive working environment, Integrity, honesty, ethics and
Connectedness
VALUES
Our Charitable Objects
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We are a registered charity with ACNC, an Association under the Associations Act, and a public benevolent institution.
That means that we are a charity whose main purpose is to relieve poverty or distress (such as unemployment, sickness, disability, destitution, suffering,
misfortune or helplessness) of the people in need in our Wide Bay region and we also look at changing our community to prevent the conditions that put people in need.
Our Charitable Objects drive the direction our assistance takes. Our purpose is simple.... we focus on people in need in our territory.
To promote support and assist any social welfare program designed to contribute to the alleviation of poverty, sickness or other misfortune, including those undertaken by Statutory Authorities, Voluntary Welfare Organisations and other community groups.
To promote the well being of individuals, groups and communities who are disadvantaged and vulnerable either socially, physcially, intellectually or emotionally by inclusion in volunteering.
To develop and maintain a system to provide volunteers with relevent skills to organisations whereby contributing to the relief of poverty, sickness and other misfortune.
To enable volunteers to develop necessary skills that may lead to employment, and to encourage employers to hire those with volunteering experience.
To promote awareness of and value in the volunteering experience by encouraging the community to participate.
To promote support and assist any social welfare program designed to contribute to the alleviation of poverty, sickness or other misfortune, including those undertaken by Statutory Authorities, Voluntary Welfare Organisations and other community groups.
To promote the well being of individuals, groups and communities who are disadvantaged and vulnerable either socially, physcially, intellectually or emotionally by inclusion in volunteering.
To develop and maintain a system to provide volunteers with relevent skills to organisations whereby contributing to the relief of poverty, sickness and other misfortune.
To enable volunteers to develop necessary skills that may lead to employment, and to encourage employers to hire those with volunteering experience.
To promote awareness of and value in the volunteering experience by encouraging the community to participate.
Our History
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Timeline
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2019
Twenty Years of Service
Celebrating 20 years of service to our community.
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2017
Accredited Training expanded
Register Training Organisation licencing is renewed to 2025
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2012
Decentralised offices closed
The year of consolidation. Our offices in regional areas were closed and focused back to Bundaberg.
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2007
Become a Registered Training Organisation
Register Training Organisation licencing is approved for the first time.
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2002
Move into Volunteer House
Our operations continue to expand and we needed a bigger home. In 2002 we moved into Volunteer House 78 Woongarra Street, Bundaberg.
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2001
Year of Incorporation
Wide Bay Volunteers, becomes Wide Bay Volunteer Resources Association Inc, a registered charity under ASIC. Our current home was the
Bunaberg Business Enterprise Center.
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1999
Established
Wide Bay Volunteers is established and our current home was a little office in Kenalwyn Neighbourhood Center.
