volunteering

International Volunteer Day 2019 - Why We Volunteer 4!

Submitted by sacommunity on Thu, 12/05/2019 - 16:04

Pictured Left - Right: Matthew Blandford, Daniela Atanasova, Blake Kennison, Krishna Patel

To continue the International Volunteer Day blogs, Connecting Up Inc. felt we should introduce you to some more of our wonderful volunteers, many who have been with us for a year or more and a couple for only a month or two. Welcome to our Monday group.

Matthew Blandford
Matthew is a graduate of UniSA with a Bachelor of Writing and Creative Communication. He volunteers at Connecting Up to apply the skills he developed during his tertiary studies and gain further experience in an office environment for future paid work in an administration role.

International Volunteer Day 2019 - Why We Volunteer 3!

Submitted by sacommunity on Thu, 12/05/2019 - 15:29

Pictured Left to Right: Matthew Blandford, Nirupama Amarakoon, Sophie Hood, Blake Kennison, Edward Windsor, Brad Yan Shu Ng, Stathis Avramis

Matthew Blandford
Matthew's story can be found >>here

Nirupama Amarakoon
Niru's story can be found >>here.

My Volunteer Experience Brad Ng

Submitted by Past Volunteer ... on Thu, 12/05/2019 - 00:00

Volunteer Brad Ng in the Visual Design Team, SAcommunity at Connecting Up, Infoxchange

International Volunteer Day 2019, 5 December - Why We Volunteer!
December 5 is International Volunteer Day 2019 and to celebrate volunteering and recognise volunteer contributions to Connecting Up Inc. we decided we would like to highlight some of our talented team members.

The SAcommunity Team welcomed some new members to our volunteer group in August this year including Brad who shares with us his volunteer experience below:

National Volunteer Week 2019 - Why we Volunteer 3!

Submitted by sacommunity on Thu, 05/23/2019 - 18:29

Photo (Top R - L): Sophie Hood, Flavia, Blake (Botton R - L) Erin, Pat, Aneet George

Sophie Hood
I have been a volunteer since January 2017 whilst I study Mechatronic Engineering at Adelaide University, you can find out more about My Volunteer Experience at Connecting Up here:>>

Flavia

National Volunteer Week 2019 - Why we Volunteer 2!

Submitted by sacommunity on Wed, 05/22/2019 - 01:00

Photo: Laura Monje Gomez, Daniela Atanasova, Samantha Agius, Cinthia Zanotto, Savini Jayawardana

Our Volunteers wrote down a few reasons they volunteer at Connecting Up Inc.

Laura Monje Gomez
As a new migrant in Adelaide, I started volunteering in Connecting Up with the intention to make local connections and gain work experience in the country.

National Volunteer Week 2019 - Why we Volunteer 1!

Submitted by sacommunity on Tue, 05/21/2019 - 19:43

Photo: Connecting Up Volunteers - Rex Porter, Stathis Avramis, Luis Arellano and Matthew Blandford

Rex Porter
My name is Rex Porter, and I volunteer at both Connecting Up and the City of Prospect. At this stage of life, I’m not working and I have time on my hands where I can make a voluntary contribution to the community.

National Volunteer Week 20 - 26 May 2019 - Why we Volunteer!

Submitted by Past Volunteer ... on Mon, 05/20/2019 - 01:00

Photo: Connecting Up Volunteers - Rex Porter, Stathis Avramis, Luis Arellano and Matthew Blandford

What: National Volunteer Week 2019 - 'Making a World of Difference'
When: 20 - 26 May 2019

In this National Volunteer Week, Connecting Up would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate the contribution of our wonderful volunteers.

Connecting Up supports and values a culture of training and learning and our volunteers contribute to increasing the innovative capacity within the organisation. Our volunteers display key workplace skills in information technology, customer service teamwork and problem solving to SAcommunity and the volunteer program every day.

Organisation Transition and ICT a case study from Chen Li

Submitted by Chen Li on Mon, 03/04/2019 - 16:45

Photo: Connecting Up Volunteers L - R Luis Arellano, Lynn Huang, Aneet George, Chen Li, Stathis Avramis, Samantha Agius

Farewell Professional Year Interns

Submitted by sacommunity on Wed, 02/20/2019 - 00:00

Photo: Chen Li, Sandra Vallance - Acting Chief Executive Officer, Connecting Up and Renu Bala after presenting the results of their final project

Today we farewell our two new Professional Year interns Chen Li and Renu Bala, both UniSA Masters of IT graduates, who have worked together with our long-term volunteer Stathis Avramis over the last three months on creating a more sustainable volunteer model by implementing the volunteer management software investigated last year to structure volunteer admission and management processes, training and development.

Welcome Back Volunteers!

Submitted by sacommunity on Mon, 02/04/2019 - 00:00

Photo: Connecting Up Volunteers L - R Meika Bottrill, Laura Monje Gomez, Daniela Atanasova, Erin, Matthew Blandford, Sophie Hood

Connecting Up is looking for Volunteers!

Need office, administration, library or journalism experience?
Want to practice your internet literacy, computer and customer service skills?
Want to bring South Australian community stories to life?

Volunteer with us and join in the spirit of the chase

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