❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks details on the funding and staffing of Volunteer WA and regional volunteer service organisations over the past five years. The answer provides specific funding figures for various organisations but does not provide FTE staffing levels.
AnsweredQoN 717Legislative Council
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I refer to both the previous and current funding model for volunteer services across Western Australia, and I ask: (a) does Volunteer WA now receive all the State funding for volunteer services organisations in the State; (b) if no to (a), how is the funding currently distributed; (c) how has the funding of volunteer service organisations changed over the last five years, and were regional volunteer services organisations previously directly funded; (d) what has been the budget of Volunteer WA each year for each of the last five financial years, including 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22; (e) what has been the total staff FTE of Volunteer WA each year for each of the last five financial years, including 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22, and what is its current FTE staffing level; and (f) for each of the the regional volunteer services organisations based in Albany, Bunbury, Esperance and Peel: (i) what was the level of state funding each received for each of the last five financial years, including 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22; and (ii) what has been the total staff FTE each had for the last five financial years, including 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22, and what is their current FTE staffing level?
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Answered
14 June 2022
Responded by
Minister for Volunteering
Response time
9 days
(a) No.
(b) State funding for volunteering service organisations is currently distributed as per the following table:
Organisation Name
2021-22 Funding (ex GST)
Volunteer Centre of Western Australia (Inc)
$505,015
Volunteer South West Inc
$69,475
Peel Volunteer Resource Centre Inc
$69,539
Manjimup Community Resource Centre Inc
$58,820
Busselton Dunsborough Environment Centre Inc
$68,228
Albany & Regional Volunteer Service Incorporated
$58,820
Broome Community Information Resource Centre and Learning Exchange
$47,516
City of Cockburn
$39,158
City of Fremantle
$35,878
City of Armadale
$32,651
The Roman Catholic Bishop of Geraldton Centacare Family Services
$70,971
City of Swan
$51,715
Shire of Esperance
$37,951
Nannup Community Resource Centre Inc
$58,819
(c) The funding model for Volunteer Development Services has not changed in the years from 2017-18. All Volunteer Development Services in the regions continue to be directly funded by the Department of Communities.
(d) Table below indicates funding provided by the Department of Communities to Volunteering WA
Annual Funding Levels
Financial Year
2017-18 (ex GST)
2018-19 (ex GST)
2019-20 (ex GST
2020-21 (ex GST)
2021-22 (ex GST)
Sector Support Development and Advocacy
$644,989
$650,343
$640,013
$564,973
$505,015
Grant Funding
2017-18 (ex GST)
2018-19 (ex GST)
2019-20 (ex GST
2020—21 (ex GST)
2021-22 (ex GST)
Volunteering as a Pathway to Job Readiness
Nil
Nil
Nil
$140,000
$150,000
Sponsorship Western Australian Volunteer of the Year Awards 2022
$15,000
$15,000
Nil
15,000
Nil
State Wide IT platform for Emergency Volunteering
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
$100,000
Total Funding
$659,989
$665,343
$640,013
$719,973
$755,015
(e) Volunteering WA is a not-for-profit organisation in operation since 1988. The Department of Communities (Communities) does not fund the organisation to operate. Communities purchases services from the organisation.
(f) (i)
Organisation Name
2017-18 (ex GST)
2018-19 (ex GST)
20190-20 (ex GST)
2020-21 (ex GST)
2021-22 (ex GST)
Albany & Regional Volunteer Service Incorporated
$46,986
$47,376
$52,533
$55,938
$58,820
Volunteer South West Inc (Bunbury)
$55,498
$55,958
$62,050
$66,072
$69,475
Shire of Esperance
$36,016
$36,315
$36,848
$37,464
$37,951
Peel Volunteer Resource Centre Inc
$55,549
$56,010
$62,108
$66,133
$69,539
(ii) Volunteering WA is a not-for-profit organisation in operation since 1988. The Department of Communities (Communities) does not fund the organisation to operate. Communities purchases services from the organisation.
(b) State funding for volunteering service organisations is currently distributed as per the following table:
Organisation Name
2021-22 Funding (ex GST)
Volunteer Centre of Western Australia (Inc)
$505,015
Volunteer South West Inc
$69,475
Peel Volunteer Resource Centre Inc
$69,539
Manjimup Community Resource Centre Inc
$58,820
Busselton Dunsborough Environment Centre Inc
$68,228
Albany & Regional Volunteer Service Incorporated
$58,820
Broome Community Information Resource Centre and Learning Exchange
$47,516
City of Cockburn
$39,158
City of Fremantle
$35,878
City of Armadale
$32,651
The Roman Catholic Bishop of Geraldton Centacare Family Services
$70,971
City of Swan
$51,715
Shire of Esperance
$37,951
Nannup Community Resource Centre Inc
$58,819
(c) The funding model for Volunteer Development Services has not changed in the years from 2017-18. All Volunteer Development Services in the regions continue to be directly funded by the Department of Communities.
(d) Table below indicates funding provided by the Department of Communities to Volunteering WA
Annual Funding Levels
Financial Year
2017-18 (ex GST)
2018-19 (ex GST)
2019-20 (ex GST
2020-21 (ex GST)
2021-22 (ex GST)
Sector Support Development and Advocacy
$644,989
$650,343
$640,013
$564,973
$505,015
Grant Funding
2017-18 (ex GST)
2018-19 (ex GST)
2019-20 (ex GST
2020—21 (ex GST)
2021-22 (ex GST)
Volunteering as a Pathway to Job Readiness
Nil
Nil
Nil
$140,000
$150,000
Sponsorship Western Australian Volunteer of the Year Awards 2022
$15,000
$15,000
Nil
15,000
Nil
State Wide IT platform for Emergency Volunteering
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
$100,000
Total Funding
$659,989
$665,343
$640,013
$719,973
$755,015
(e) Volunteering WA is a not-for-profit organisation in operation since 1988. The Department of Communities (Communities) does not fund the organisation to operate. Communities purchases services from the organisation.
(f) (i)
Organisation Name
2017-18 (ex GST)
2018-19 (ex GST)
20190-20 (ex GST)
2020-21 (ex GST)
2021-22 (ex GST)
Albany & Regional Volunteer Service Incorporated
$46,986
$47,376
$52,533
$55,938
$58,820
Volunteer South West Inc (Bunbury)
$55,498
$55,958
$62,050
$66,072
$69,475
Shire of Esperance
$36,016
$36,315
$36,848
$37,464
$37,951
Peel Volunteer Resource Centre Inc
$55,549
$56,010
$62,108
$66,133
$69,539
(ii) Volunteering WA is a not-for-profit organisation in operation since 1988. The Department of Communities (Communities) does not fund the organisation to operate. Communities purchases services from the organisation.
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