St John Ambulance SA Annual Report 2022-23

Annual Report 2022/23

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Community Care program Extending the gift of friendship as a volunteer can include home visiting or outings, help with shopping or a friendly chat, to improve quality of life. 284 Community Care clients 208 Community Care volunteers 6 Community Care support staff Volunteers Our compassionate and devoted volunteers make a meaningful difference in the lives of our clients by building bridges to community involvement, independence, self-esteem and confidence. 11,125 Volunteer hours $518,648 Value of volunteering hours 3 Funding Commonwealth Government Department of Health – Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP) Commonwealth Government Department of Health – Community Visitors Scheme (CVS) Home Care and Residential Care The Community Visitors Scheme (CVS) activity received grant funding from the Australian Government. Commonwealth Home Support Program Funded by the Australian Government Department of Health. Visit the Department of Health website: http://www.health.gov.au/ for more information. Although funding for this program has been provided by the Australian Government, the material contained herein does not necessarily represent the views or policies of the Australian Government. 3 The updated volunteer dollar replacement hourly rate figure for 2022/23 is $46.62 per hour and was provided by Volunteering SA/NT. The basis of this calculation is taken from the biannual Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) average weekly earnings figures for Australia. This methodology follows Associate Professor, Dr Lisel O’Dwyer’s (previously Prof Duncan Ironmonger) approach to calculating a dollar value figure for volunteering, and is one of the calculations that forms the overall value of volunteering figure.

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