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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...

Lindsay’s booked up every September.

31 August 2023 | Articles

Lindsay Holland knows a thing or two about books and that’s not surprising because for over forty years he has been involved in Ashburton Rotary Club’...

2023 Volunteer Youth Awards - Ashburton District

30 August 2023 | Articles

**Volunteering Mid & South Canterbury are excited to again be holding the Youth Volunteer Awards for young people in Mid Canterbury who volunteer....

Judy volunteering support's her daughters volunteering

29 August 2023 | Articles

A mother’s commitment to her daughter has led Judy Rodgers to becoming a Volunteering Mid & South Canterbury and the Hotel Ashburton Volunteer of...