VOLUNTEER RESOURCE
CENTRES
1272. Hon COLIN HOLT to the Leader of the House representing
the Minister for Volunteering:
I refer to the review of the
volunteering development services program that was finalised in 2019.
(1) What
consultation with the volunteer resource centres occurred for the review, and
can the minister please list the consultation activities?
(2) What funding
will the currently funded volunteer resource centres receive beyond 31 December
2019 and up to 30 June 2021, and can the minister please list this?
(3) After June
2021, how will funding be distributed across the nine regional development
commission areas?
(4) Will all existing volunteer
resource centres continue to receive funding beyond 30 June 2021?
(5) As a result of the review, what
will the role of Volunteering WA be after 30 June 2021?
Hon SUE
ELLERY replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1) The review
was informed by Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre's project on the
social and economic sustainability of WA's rural volunteer workforce,
which included in-depth face-to-face interviews with 11 rural volunteering
organisations, including two community resource centres.
(2) I have asked
the Department of Communities to extend the current contracts until 30 June
2021. I table the attached information, which is a table of the respective
organisations, their funding and their estimated funding through to 2020–21.
[See paper 3336.]
(3) The funding allocation model is
yet to be developed.
(4) Metropolitan local governments have been verbally
advised that they will not receive a funding contribution from the
Department of Communities for volunteering development services beyond 30 June
2021. Funding for services in regional areas will be increased and will be
expanded into regional areas that are not currently serviced by such
organisations, as identified by the department's review.
(5) That is a matter for
Volunteering WA.