Skills-based volunteering allows Woodside employees the opportunity to give back to the community while also exercising, developing and improving their professional skills.
City West Lotteries House (CWLH) has a small team of three staff, two of which are part time receptionists. CWLH’s receptionists were using Excel at a basic level to calculate their end of month tenant charges and were keen to upskill staff so they could work more efficiently and consistently.
Cheeditha Group Aboriginal Corporation (CGAC) is a small community of around fifty people living on 400 hectares of freehold land four kilometres from Roebourne. Cheeditha community members are very keen to develop an economic base to sustain their community and move away from any reliance on welfare.
Meerilinga had drafted a Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) and was in need of a volunteer to help them review and finalise it, to enable them to better serve those in the community. They also required support to develop an implementation plan for the RAP. The objectives within the RAP needed to be achievable so it could be implemented easily and transform the way Meerilinga delivers services. It also needed to be flexible so it can be implemented across Meerilinga’s seven sites in both Whadjuk and Ballardung regions of the Noongar people.
The Board of WestCycle was preparing to develop a strategic risk register and appropriate controls to ensure they had considered its strategic risks and subsequently put in place the relevant action plan to manage the identified strategic risks. They needed the assistance of a skilled volunteer to make this happen.