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Volunteers play a crucial role in building stronger, more connected communities. They also deliver many essential services. But with less than one-third of Aussies engaged in volunteering and volunteer numbers on the decline, how can we convince more people to get involved?
Join our expert panel as they explore pathways into volunteering and debunk some common misconceptions about why people don’t volunteer.
Curtin University Professor Kirsten Holmes will be joined by Traci Gamblin (Deputy CEO, Volunteering WA), Dr Trevor Gorey OAM (President, Men’s Shed WA), Krishan Shah (Lead Curtin Community Programs), and Professor Peter McEvoy (Curtin University).
If you can’t make it in person, you can join us online. Please note a link to stream the event will be sent to you via email closer to the date.
Date
Tuesday 6 August 2024
Time
5.30pm – 6.00pm: Registration & light refreshments
6:00pm – 7.30pm: Formal proceedings
7.30pm – 8.00pm: Networking & light refreshments
Location
Norman Dufty Lecture Theatre
B210.102
Curtin University
Presenters & Panellists
Professor Kirsten Holmes
Professor Kirsten Holmes is a Professor in the School of Management and Marketing at Curtin University. Kirsten has been researching the topic of volunteerism for over 25 years and has particular expertise in forms of volunteering relating to events, leisure, museums, sport and tourism. She has investigated volunteering and volunteer management in Australia and internationally, with a focus on student volunteers, non-volunteers and rural volunteering.
Kirsten has published over 100 peer reviewed papers in leading journals as well as edited and authored books, most recently the Routledge Handbook of Volunteering in Events, Sport and Tourism. She is regularly invited to work with industry and government, particularly the not-for-profit sector and is currently the Co-Chair of Volunteering Australia’s National Volunteering Research Network and the Chair of Volunteering WA’s Research Committee.
Krishan Shah
Krishan Shah has longstanding interest in volunteering as a means of building community, finding purpose, and empowering people to make change. Having worked in the volunteering sector for over 10 years within the tertiary sector, he has a firsthand appreciation for the value that volunteerism plays in fostering a sense of belonging in an increasingly disconnected world.
He recently completed a Graduate Certificate in Social Impact at UNSW and currently works at Curtin University facilitating opportunities for students to get involved in community programs and volunteering.
Traci Gamblin
As Volunteering WA’s Deputy CEO, Traci Gamblin actively drives its strategic priorities and operational management. Traci also oversees Volunteering WA’s Engage priority area, fostering opportunities for participation and partnerships through its flagship corporate volunteering program, volunteering campaigns, and events.
Traci established Australia’s first Corporate Volunteer Council comprising business leaders in WA committed to advancing corporate volunteering, and works with other volunteering peak bodies to share knowledge of this growing area. She is passionate about bringing people and organisations together to tackle some of the community’s most pressing challenges.
Trevor Gorey OAM
Trevor Gorey OAM is the President of Men’s Sheds WA and Deputy Chair of Men’s Sheds Australia. He has a long history of leadership in business and not-for-profit organisations. An accountant by profession, Trevor is also a Fellow of the Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand with over 50 years of service.
He joined the Mosman Park Men’s Shed in 2016 and in 2018 chaired the steering committee to establish the Showgrounds Community Men’s Shed which formally opened in February 2020.
Trevor served as Pro-Chancellor of Curtin University from 1995 to 1997 and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in 1998 for his distinguished leadership and outstanding contribution to education, accounting and the business community.
Professor Peter McEvoy
Professor Peter McEvoy is a teaching and research Professor of Clinical Psychology in the School of Population Health and the Mental Health Domain Co-Lead within the enAble Institute at Curtin University. He is also a senior clinical psychologist and Research Director at the Centre for Clinical Interventions which specialises in the treatment of anxiety, depression, and eating disorders.
Peter has extensive experience developing and evaluating psychological interventions that promote mental health and wellbeing. He recently co-led a program of research with Men’s Sheds of WA, which investigated the mental health and wellbeing of Shedders, along with factors that promote positive outcomes for the membership.