❓ Hon Colin Holt asks about the locations, funding, and review of Volunteer Resource Centres (VRCs) in WA. The Minister provides a list of funded VRCs, their funding amounts, funding cessation date, confirms an internal review was completed, and tables the review report.
AnsweredQoN 1241Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
VOLUNTEER RESOURCE
CENTRES
1241. Hon COLIN HOLT to the Leader of the House representing
the Minister for Volunteering:
I refer to volunteer resource
centres.
(1) Can the minister please list
the locations and total number of all VRCs in Western Australia?
(2) How much does each VRC receive
in funding?
(3) When do the current funding
arrangements cease?
(4) Is the
government currently undertaking a review of the funding to VRCs or has a review
been recently completed?
(5) If a review has been completed,
can the minister please table that review?
CENTRES
1241. Hon COLIN HOLT to the Leader of the House representing
the Minister for Volunteering:
I refer to volunteer resource
centres.
(1) Can the minister please list
the locations and total number of all VRCs in Western Australia?
(2) How much does each VRC receive
in funding?
(3) When do the current funding
arrangements cease?
(4) Is the
government currently undertaking a review of the funding to VRCs or has a review
been recently completed?
(5) If a review has been completed,
can the minister please table that review?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the
question.
(1)–(2) The Department of Communities does not
provide funding for all volunteer resources centres. Communities provides funding to services under its volunteering development services
program. I have a list in tabular form and I seek leave to have it incorporated
into Hansard .
Leave granted.
The following material
was incorporated —
Organisation
Service name
Location
2019/20 Annual Funding ex GST
Albany & Regional Volunteer Service Incorporated
Albany and Regional Volunteer Services
Albany
$48,072.27
Broome Community Information Resource Centre and
Learning Exchange
Broome Volunteer Resource Service
Broome
$41,924.79
Busselton Dunsborough Environment Centre Inc
Busselton Dunsborough Volunteer Centre
Busselton
$55,761.83
City of Armadale
Armadale Volunteer Services
Armadale
$31,702.63
City of Cockburn
Cockburn Volunteer Resource Centre
Cockburn
$38,020.68
City of Fremantle
Fremantle Volunteer Service
Fremantle
$34,835.54
City of Melville
Melville Volunteer Resource Centre
Melville
$35,488.01
City of Nedlands
Nedlands Volunteer Resource Centre
Nedlands
$30,756.28
City of Swan
Swan Volunteer Resource Centre
Midland
$50,213.14
Manjimup Community Resource Centre Inc
Volunteer Opportunity Development Service
Manjimup
$48,072.74
Nannup Community Resource Centre Inc
Nannup Volunteers
Nannup
$48,072.27
Peel Volunteer Resource Centre Inc
Peel Volunteer Resource Centre
Mandurah
$56,833.56
Shire of Esperance
Esperance Volunteer Resource Centre
Esperance
$36,848.39
The Roman Catholic Bishop of Geraldton Centacare
Family Services
Centacare Volunteer Service
Geraldton
$58,003.32
Volunteer South West Inc
Volunteer South West Inc
Bunbury
$56,781.05
(3) These
volunteer resource centres are currently funded through the volunteering
development services program to 31 December 2019. The minister has requested
that all services be offered an 18-month extension to 30 June 2021, to ensure
that adequate consultation is carried out by the department.
(4) The
Department of Communities' internal review of the volunteering
development services program was finalised in 2019.
(5) I table the
attached information, which is the report of the review, and seek leave to have
it incorporated into Hansard .
The PRESIDENT : The minister
seeks leave to have the report incorporated into Hansard . Sorry,
minister. Is that just a report that can be tabled; it does not need to be
incorporated?
Hon SUE ELLERY : Yes. I might
have said ''incorporated'' about the report as well, which does
not need to be incorporated into Hansard .
The PRESIDENT : The report is
tabled.
Hon SUE ELLERY : Shall I name
the document, Madam President?
The PRESIDENT : Perhaps that
will be easier.
Hon SUE ELLERY : It is titled ''Future
approach for purchasing Volunteering Development Services: Policy and Service
Design.''
The PRESIDENT : So we do not
need to have anything incorporated into Hansard ? Good.
[See paper 3320.]
question.
(1)–(2) The Department of Communities does not
provide funding for all volunteer resources centres. Communities provides funding to services under its volunteering development services
program. I have a list in tabular form and I seek leave to have it incorporated
into Hansard .
Leave granted.
The following material
was incorporated —
Organisation
Service name
Location
2019/20 Annual Funding ex GST
Albany & Regional Volunteer Service Incorporated
Albany and Regional Volunteer Services
Albany
$48,072.27
Broome Community Information Resource Centre and
Learning Exchange
Broome Volunteer Resource Service
Broome
$41,924.79
Busselton Dunsborough Environment Centre Inc
Busselton Dunsborough Volunteer Centre
Busselton
$55,761.83
City of Armadale
Armadale Volunteer Services
Armadale
$31,702.63
City of Cockburn
Cockburn Volunteer Resource Centre
Cockburn
$38,020.68
City of Fremantle
Fremantle Volunteer Service
Fremantle
$34,835.54
City of Melville
Melville Volunteer Resource Centre
Melville
$35,488.01
City of Nedlands
Nedlands Volunteer Resource Centre
Nedlands
$30,756.28
City of Swan
Swan Volunteer Resource Centre
Midland
$50,213.14
Manjimup Community Resource Centre Inc
Volunteer Opportunity Development Service
Manjimup
$48,072.74
Nannup Community Resource Centre Inc
Nannup Volunteers
Nannup
$48,072.27
Peel Volunteer Resource Centre Inc
Peel Volunteer Resource Centre
Mandurah
$56,833.56
Shire of Esperance
Esperance Volunteer Resource Centre
Esperance
$36,848.39
The Roman Catholic Bishop of Geraldton Centacare
Family Services
Centacare Volunteer Service
Geraldton
$58,003.32
Volunteer South West Inc
Volunteer South West Inc
Bunbury
$56,781.05
(3) These
volunteer resource centres are currently funded through the volunteering
development services program to 31 December 2019. The minister has requested
that all services be offered an 18-month extension to 30 June 2021, to ensure
that adequate consultation is carried out by the department.
(4) The
Department of Communities' internal review of the volunteering
development services program was finalised in 2019.
(5) I table the
attached information, which is the report of the review, and seek leave to have
it incorporated into Hansard .
The PRESIDENT : The minister
seeks leave to have the report incorporated into Hansard . Sorry,
minister. Is that just a report that can be tabled; it does not need to be
incorporated?
Hon SUE ELLERY : Yes. I might
have said ''incorporated'' about the report as well, which does
not need to be incorporated into Hansard .
The PRESIDENT : The report is
tabled.
Hon SUE ELLERY : Shall I name
the document, Madam President?
The PRESIDENT : Perhaps that
will be easier.
Hon SUE ELLERY : It is titled ''Future
approach for purchasing Volunteering Development Services: Policy and Service
Design.''
The PRESIDENT : So we do not
need to have anything incorporated into Hansard ? Good.
[See paper 3320.]
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