Boroondara Volunteer Resource Centre

04/06/2026

🌟 Emotional Intelligence Training – Build Stronger Workplace Relationships

Develop your emotional intelligence and gain practical skills to manage your responses with confidence at work and in everyday life.
Join this engaging session to explore what emotional intelligence is, why it matters, and how it can improve communication, relationships, and decision making.

What You’ll Learn:
✔ How to read and understand emotions
✔ Your own level of emotional intelligence
✔ The Johari window and what you reveal to others
✔ How to build resilience
✔ Social awareness and empathy skills
✔ How different cultures respond to and express emotions
✔ Ways to positively influence others
✔ How to have emotionally intelligent conversations
✔ How to recognise and avoid manipulation and emotional dishonesty
✔ How to lead with emotional intelligence

Participants will also have the opportunity to complete a personality profile to better understand their own style and how it may differ from others.

📅 When: Thursday 25 June | 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
📍 Where: City of Boroondara Offices, 8 Inglesby Rd, Camberwell
🎯 Audience: Members of the Boroondara Volunteer Resource Centre
(Not a member? Register today!)
💲 Cost: Free
👉 Register now: https://ow.ly/96eu50Z7pu6

To explore more events for volunteers and volunteer leaders, visit Volunteering | City of Boroondara or sign up for updates.

Build stronger relationships, communicate more effectively, and respond with confidence in challenging situations. Register now!

02/06/2026

🌏 Building Aboriginal Cultural Competency Workshop

When there’s a cultural gap, connections can be challenging. This workshop helps you understand the diversity of Aboriginal Victoria, moving beyond stereotypes to foster genuine inclusion.

✅ Topics include:
✨ Cultural competence: meaning and importance
✨ Australian settlement history and its legacy
✨ Identity, family values, lore, and myths of settlement
✨ Aboriginal communities today: saying sorry, terminology, and more
✨ Practical strategies for working effectively with Aboriginal people

🎯 Walk away with:
Practical tools, cultural insights, and a deeper appreciation of Aboriginal identity and history.

📅 Date: Thursday 11 June 2026
📍 Location: Boroondara Council, 8 Inglesby Rd, Camberwell

👉 Ready to build stronger, more respectful connections? Join us!
👉 Register now: https://ow.ly/MQGh50Z6tGx

29/05/2026

Come and join us at the Boroondara Volunteer Resource Centre!

We’re looking for someone great to join our team, supporting local volunteer programs and the people who make them happen.

Make a difference in the community by developing activities that raise the profile of volunteering, develop good volunteer engagement practice.

28/05/2026

Congratulations to our 2026 Boroondara Volunteer Award winners! 🎉 Thank you to everyone who took the time to nominate. It was wonderful to have so many local volunteers join us to celebrate.

18/05/2026

Happy National Volunteer Week 2026 - Your Year to Volunteer!

🌟 Mentoring young people. Supporting local environment groups. Joining community boards and committees. Sharing professional skills with community organisations.

Volunteers shape everyday life across Boroondara.

Today marks the beginning of National Volunteer Week, a time to recognise and celebrate the incredible volunteers who strengthen and connect our community every day.

This year’s theme, “Your Year to Volunteer”, is a reminder that volunteering looks different for everyone and that every contribution matters.

Over the past year, thousands of people have explored volunteering opportunities through the BVRC, helping local organisations strengthen programs, services and community connections across Boroondara.

💚 To every volunteer across Boroondara, thank you.
Your contribution helps make Boroondara a more connected, inclusive and supportive community.

We look forward to celebrating with you throughout the week.

11/05/2026

🎉 One of our favourite community celebrations of the year is almost here!

Join us during National Volunteer Week 2026 as we celebrate the volunteers and organisations helping make Boroondara a stronger, more connected community 💛

Come along for an afternoon of celebration, connection and recognition as we announce the recipients of the 2026 Boroondara Volunteer Awards.

📅 Thursday 21 May, 4.00pm – 5.30pm
📍 Hawthorn Arts Centre, Zelman Room

Enjoy:
🎶 Live music and afternoon tea
🏅 Announcement of the Volunteer Award recipients
🎙️ The Mayor of Boroondara’s National Volunteer Week address

RSVP here: https://ow.ly/99p650YXhy6

This is a free event and registrations are essential. We’d love to see you there!

Join us to celebrate Boroondara's remarkable volunteers and hear the announcement of the Volunteer Award recipients.

07/05/2026

A great session at today’s Volunteer Leader Network Meeting.

We explored how a talent acquisition approach can strengthen volunteer recruitment and engagement, with practical insights from Kirsty James and Niamh McCarthy from the People, Culture and Development team at City of Boroondara.

Some key takeaways:

🔹 Storytelling is key
Volunteers sharing their experiences bring roles to life and give a clearer picture of what the role actually involves

🔹 Be clear on your unique proposition
What makes your organisation and roles stand out? Flexibility, culture, impact or learning opportunities all matter

🔹 Plan for the future
Think beyond current needs to the skills and roles you’ll need in 2–3 years

🔹 Involve volunteers in shaping roles
Co-designing role descriptions and messaging helps ensure they are realistic and engaging

🔹 Check what’s working
Review which channels are attracting the right volunteers and keep role ads current

🔹 Respond quickly
Timely follow-up keeps momentum and shows volunteers they’re valued

Lots of practical ideas and great discussion across the room.

06/05/2026

A great session at today’s Volunteer Leader Network Meeting.

We explored how a talent acquisition approach can strengthen volunteer recruitment and engagement, with practical insights from Kirsty James and Niamh McCarthy from the People, Culture and Development team at City of Boroondara.

Some key takeaways:

🔹 Storytelling is key
Volunteers sharing their experiences bring roles to life and give a clearer picture of what the role actually involves.

🔹 Be clear on your unique proposition
What makes your organisation and roles stand out? Flexibility, culture, impact or learning opportunities all matter.

🔹 Plan for the future
Think beyond current needs to the skills and roles you’ll need in 2 - 3 years.

🔹 Involve volunteers in shaping roles
Co-designing role descriptions and messaging helps ensure they are realistic and engaging.

🔹 Check what’s working
Review which channels are attracting the right volunteers and keep role ads current.

🔹 Respond quickly
Timely follow-up keeps momentum and shows volunteers they’re valued.

Lots of practical ideas and great discussion across the room.

28/04/2026

📣 Reminder: Volunteer Leader Network Meeting – Tuesday 5 May

If your volunteer roles aren’t attracting the right people, it may come down to an unclear volunteer value proposition.

At our upcoming meeting, the People, Culture & Development team at City of Boroondara will share how they approach volunteer recruitment and engagement through a talent acquisition lens.

We’ll explore:
🔹 how to position roles so they stand out
🔹 clearly communicating your organisation’s value
🔹 moving beyond “post and hope” recruitment
🔹 strengths-based role matching
🔹 engaging diverse community groups

Come along to connect, share ideas and enjoy a cuppa ☕

🗓️ Tuesday 5 May | 8.30–10.30am
📍 Boroondara Room, Council Offices, Camberwell

👉 Register: https://ow.ly/mNQs50YQSME
Not a member? Learn more here: https://ow.ly/3t6L50YQSMF

21/04/2026

2026 is the International Year of Volunteers for Sustainable Development, a reminder that much of what strengthens our communities happens in simple ways.

A friendly check-in.
Sharing skills to help others.
Time given freely.

Across City of Boroondara, volunteers contribute to social connection, wellbeing, and inclusive communities - often in ways that go unseen but make a difference.

During the Year of the Volunteer, we’re taking time to acknowledge and reflect on these contributions, and the people who make them possible.

Thank you to everyone who gives their time, care and commitment. 💚

Interested in volunteering? Learn more here: https://ow.ly/XVym50YNePg