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New Community Connections Coordinator for VMSC

2 October 2024 | Articles

Introducing Muriel Morgan, who has recently joined our team as the Community Connections Coordinator for our Ashburton office. She previously worked a...

Volunteer Story - Anna Yanga

18 June 2024 | Articles

I am Anna Yanga and I am originally from the Philippines. I started my volunteering journey since I was in highschool in the Philippines. I first got...

Volunteer Story - Paul

17 June 2024 | Articles

My name is Paul Mayer and I am 53 years old and have been a full-time volunteer since October 2018. I have many mental health and medical issues that...

Photo of Helen with fellow volunteers
Volunteer Story - Helen McPherson

16 June 2024 | Articles

My story starts in 2005 when I had been helping friends who were already on the Hospice fundraising committee with decorating the Bay Hall for the pop...

Volunteer Story - Rachael Anderson

15 June 2024 | Articles

Hi, my name is Rachael and I volunteer for Age Concern. I moved to Timaru at a time when we were navigating the traffic light system of a pandemic....

Give Volunteers a Big Shout-Out This June

11 June 2024 | Articles

Give a Big Shout-out to the volunteers in your community this June, says Haidee Woods from Volunteering Mid & South Canterbury. “Volunteers are vi...

Knit for Purpose

15 April 2024 | Articles

Join us again between 15 April and 8 June, to knit peggy squares or blankets! Volunteering Mid and South Canterbury in partnership with Volunteering C...

Mid Canterbury Manager of Volunteering Mid & South Canterbury is leaving.

23 January 2024 | Articles

New year’s bring new beginnings. After seven and a half years as the Mid Canterbury Manager of Volunteering Mid & South Canterbury it has come ti...

From Client to Volunteer, to Community Manager

5 December 2023 | Articles

It was meant to be. Tracey Barratt received a call from the Cancer Society confirming her new role with them as Community Manager in the same week as...

Youth Volunteer of the Year - Madeline Tew

29 October 2023 | Articles

The Volunteering Mid & South Canterbury Youth Volunteer Awards were presented in the Ashburton District on Tuesday 24 October at our annual Youth...