How can we bolster Australia's depleted army of volunteers to match the soaring demand for their services?
- Written by Amanda Davies, Professor of Human Geography, The University of Western Australia
The COVID-19 pandemic hit volunteering very hard. By June 2021, volunteer numbers in Australia had fallen by 37% from the start of the pandemic.
In the first two years of the pandemic, around 1.86 million people left volunteering, according to Volunteering Australia. Last year, 26.7% of the population did formal volunteer work. That’s well...
