Useful Links
The following list of organisations may be useful when planning your Voluntary Service or Adventurous Journey Sections. This is only just a sample, so take some time to check out other organisations that offer Volunteering or Adventurous Journey opportunities.
Please note that links to third party websites are provided for your convenience only. Please refer to the site terms for further information and disclaimer
Voluntary Service links
The following organisations offer volunteering information and opportunities across a range of different causes:
| Organisation | Website |
| Youth Volunteering (The Centre for Volunteering) | www.volunteering.com.au |
| Act Now | www.actnow.com.au |
| Do something near you! | www.dosomethingnearyou.com.au |
| Go Volunteer | www.govolunteer.com.au |
| The Centre for Volunteering | www.thecentreforvolunteering.com.au |
| Volunteering Australia | www.volunteeringaustralia.org/ |
The following organisations offer volunteering opportunities that are specific to their cause.
| Organisation | Website |
| Asthma Foundation | www.asthmafoundation.org.au |
| AUSTSWIM | www.austswim.com.au |
| Australian Volunteer Coastguard | www.coastguard.com.au |
| Conservation Volunteers | www.conservationvolunteers.com.au |
| Landcare Australia | www.landcareaustralia.com.au |
| Oxfam | www.oxfam.org.au |
| Red Cross – Australia | www.redcross.org.au |
| Royal Life Saving | www.royallifesaving.com.au |
| Servas International | www.servas.org |
| St John’s Ambulance Australia | www.stjohn.org.au |
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Adventurous Journey links
Remember, all Adventurous Journeys must be approved by the Award Leader prior to departure.
Participants must obtain written pre-approval for each particular Adventurous Journey, planned on identified dates, and Award Leaders must keep records of such pre-approval. In circumstances where an Adventurous journey is cancelled after pre-approval, records should be kept of the pre-approval and reasons for cancellation, as well as the notification of cancellation.
The following organisations provide information and advice on walking tracks, canoe and kayak trails and parks and reserves across Australia. Remember this is only just a sample of organisations that offer this information. Please ensure you thoroughly research the area where you plan to undertake your Adventurous Journey.
| Organisation | Website |
| Bureau of Meterology | www.bom.gov.au |
| National Tidal Centre | www.bom.gov.au/oceanography/projects/ntc/ntc.shtml |
| Sunrise & Sunset (Geoscience Australia) | www.ga.gov.au/earth-monitoring/astronomical |
| Wild Walks | http://wildwalks.com |
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