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Faculty of Social & Behavioural Sciences Professionals Lecture Series 10 things you should know about volunteering: Perspectives on volunteering in the 21 st century Professor Melanie Oppenheimer Chair of History School of International Studies

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The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) defines a volunteer as someone who willingly gives unpaid help, in the form of time, service or skills, through an organisation or group.

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Volunteering has a History

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Is there a volunteer gene?

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Volunteering is cyclical

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Different types of volunteer

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Government interest in volunteering is new

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Volunteers are the bedrock of the not-for-profit sector

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By any other name, would volunteering be so sweet?

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Volunteers should have the same rights as paid workers

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Volunteering should be properly measured & counted

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Volunteers are not free

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Conclusions We need to have a national discussion about work Recognise the relationship between paid work & volunteering Create a new paradigm of work for 21 st century A civilization flourishes when people plant trees under which they never sit Greek proverb

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