Volunteering Wingecarribee Inc. is a not-for-profit incorporated association that operates as Wingecarribee Volunteer Centre or Volwing, the volunteer resource organisation in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales.
The Hon Pru Goward is Patron of Volwing. The association is governed by a Board of Directors. The Centre is managed by an executive Manager, Helen Wooby. The remaining staff in the office are volunteers.
We recruit volunteers and refer them to our many client organisations in the community. We match people’s skills with opportunities, and we organise training for volunteers and clients where required. We advocate and promote the benefits of volunteering and develop partnerships with like-minded organisations. We raise funds to enable us to implement innovative volunteering programs that go beyond our core business of recruiting and placing.
To lead the way in our region towards improving the professionalism of the volunteering sector and the management of volunteers.
We believe in providing diverse volunteering opportunities that have the potential to enrich the lives of those giving freely of their time. We also believe in providing our clients with thoroughly screened volunteers who are prepared to make a commitment to the client’s organisation.
These beliefs are underpinned by our R.A.R.E. core values:
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He held senior management positions in several agencies, but his real passions are in both the strategic and hands-on creative processes. Born, brought up and educated in the UK, Barry has lived in Australia since. 1975. During his time on the board of Volwing Barry has written and designed all our marketing and advertising in Print, Cinema and Radio, as well as signage for our LDMP car and promotional banners etc. As well as modernising our logo design, he has overseen the design of our website with a friendly, modern look.
As well as enjoying the never-ending task of creating a garden, which produces flowers all year round, Christine is involved with the Southern Highlands Botanic Gardens and Bowral Crafts Unlimited.
Christine’s sage advice on legal and administrative matters has become invaluable in the short time she has been with us, and we look forward benefiting from her valuable contribution to the smooth running of Volwing as a whole and the committee in particular.
Colin’s commercial career spans companies in Australia as well as in Europe and South East Asia, with a background in law, commerce, marketing and advertising at senior company levels. These companies included the Coca-Cola Corporation, Sunbeam Corporation, ANCOL Newsgroup and Amcal Pharmacy Group. Colin was a senior partner and creative director of his own marketing group with both clients international and domestic. Upon his impending dotage and partial retirement he has spent the last 21 years as C.E.O. of the Berrima Courthouse Trust and Creator/Manager of the Australia Day Celebrations, Southern Highlands.
