Volunteer-led community groups and clubs will receive new support under changes to the Manningham Volunteer Resource Service.
Manningham Council will move to a new delivery model for supporting volunteering once the current contract with external provider EV Strengthening Communities (formerly Eastern Volunteers) ends on 30 June 2025.
Manningham Mayor, Cr Deirdre Diamante, said Council is committed to supporting volunteers and ensuring we continue to meet their evolving needs and aspirations.
"Volunteers are the lifeblood of our community, and essential for the continued success of local clubs, groups and associations," Cr Diamante said.
"We are deeply grateful to our volunteers for their dedication to making Manningham a better place, whether that's through community, sport, emergency services, environment or arts and local history groups, among others.
"We've valued our partnership with EV Strengthening Communities since 2019, and I'd like to thank them for their work in supporting volunteerism in Manningham," she said.
In recent years, there have been significant shifts in the volunteering sector, and a gradual decline in people undertaking formal volunteering right across Australia.
"We have been listening to our local clubs and groups, who are seeing increasing demands on their time to meet the growing administrative, regulatory and funding requirements for volunteering activities," Cr Diamante said.
"These demands are stretching our volunteers, requiring not only extra time, but specific skills.
"We want to ease the burden on volunteers, so they can get back to doing what they do best - supporting the Manningham community," the Mayor added.
