VOLUNTEERS RECOGNISED AT AFTERNOON TEA

SENATOR CATRYNA BILYK HOSTED AN AFTERNOON TEA TO THANK AND RECOGNISE VOLUNTEERS WHO SUPPORT THE TASMANIAN CENTRE FOR GLOBAL LEARNING (TCGL).

THE TCGL PROVIDES ACCESS TO EDUCATION, TRAINING, RESOURCES AND NETWORKS, EMPOWERING SCHOOLS AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY TO TAKE ACTION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, PEACE AND A SUSTAINABLE WORLD FUTURE.

“I AM A PROUD SUPPORTER OF THE TASMANIAN CENTRE FOR GLOBAL LEARNING,” SENATOR BILYK SAID. “THROUGH THEIR WORK, THEY HAVE MADE AN INCREDIBLE CONTRIBUTION TO HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE EDUCATION IN TASMANIA AND THE CAPACITY OF TASMANIANS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD.”

“TODAY’S AFTERNOON TEA IS A SMALL BUT IMPORTANT GESTURE OF MY APPRECIATION FOR THE WORK THE CENTRE’S VOLUNTEERS DO TO HELP THEIR LOCAL AND GLOBAL COMMUNITY,” SAID SENATOR BILYK.

THE CENTRE’S MAJOR PROGRAMS INCLUDE THE SCHOOL-BASED SOCIAL JUSTICE EDUCATION PROGRAM, RUMAD?, THE ANTI-RACISM PROJECT, LIVING IN BETWEEN: DIVERSITY EDUCATION THROUGH STORYTELLING, AND THE ANNUAL FAIRER WORLD FESTIVAL.

THE TCGL ALSO PROVIDES OFFICE RESOURCES AND SUPPORT TO VARIOUS NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS SUCH OXFAM AUSTRALIA AND THE OAKTREE FOUNDATION.

TCGL CO-ORDINATOR, HELEN HORTLE, SAID THE CENTRE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE THE IMPACT IT DOES WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF ITS HARD-WORKING VOLUNTEERS.

“ALL OUR PROGRAMS RELY ON VOLUNTEERS WHO GIVE UP THEIR TIME FREELY TO MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD,” MS HORTLE SAID.

“WHILE THEY ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT THE WORK THAT THEY DO, THEY DESERVE TO BE REWARDED FOR IT, AND WE APPRECIATE SENATOR BILYK’S RECOGNITION OF THEIR EFFORT.”

THIS WEEK, 14-20 MAY 2012, IS NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK, THE LARGEST CELEBRATION OF VOLUNTEERS AND VOLUNTEERISM IN AUSTRALIA, WHICH THANKS AND RECOGNISES THE 6 MILLION AUSTRALIANS WHO VOLUNTEER.

THIS YEAR, THE THEME FOR NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK IS ‘VOLUNTEERS – EVERY ONE COUNTS’, SENDING A STRONG MESSAGE TO EXISTING VOLUNTEERS THAT THEY ARE VALUED AND MAKE AN IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE BROADER COMMUNITY.
Senator Catryna Bilyk Labor Senator for Tasmania Chair of the Joint Select Committee on Cyber-Safety