In 2004, 17 organisations were awarded a Share Vision Training Grant to develop and deliver innovative training programs illustrating the use of partnerships, resource sharing, technology and collaboration. State wide grant recipients represented the diversity of the volunteering sector in areas including indigenous and culturally and linguistically diverse groups, disability, health, emergency services, youth, environment, and advocacy and legal support.

Training programs were developed in a range of areas such as peer support, para-legal skills, corporate governance for indigenous management committees, trauma support, palliative care, disability care, high needs parenting support, youth mentoring and a general volunteer skills program.

Funding granted was based on the number of recipients which formed partnerships to deliver programs, the volunteers to be trained, and the extent and complexity of the proposed training program.

Three training presentations made during National Volunteer Week in 2004 are available on video at no cost. To request a copy of the video please contact the Volunteering Secretariat on (08) 6217 8500 or email us.

Additional resource materials from the programs are also available for public use. Please see below for a summary of the "Shared Vision" Training Grants Programs the training programs and resources available.

LEAD ORGANISATIONS	DETAILS OF PROGRAM
Midland Women's Health Care Place	First Aid training and cross cultural awareness training for management committees and volunteers involved in providing services for a number of agencies to the Indigenous community in the Midland area.
Kids Camp and Special Olympics Inc.	This specialised training for volunteers overseeing camps and international sporting competitions focuses on a wide array of skills from bus driving for kids with special needs to managing children with intellectual problems.
Geraldton Resource Centre   Resources outline available	Volunteers had their skills recognised, receive gap training and assessor training in order to mentor others in the network. The focus was on legal training for volunteers from a range of not-for-profit organisations in Geraldton.
East Kimberley Family Support Assoc. and St John Ambulance	First Aid training for the Board and volunteers who assist with events. The isolation issues made this training vital for volunteers.
Youth Headquarters (HQ)	Leadership development for youth volunteers including skill recognition through the medium of skate-boarding. 18 young volunteers from diverse backgrounds and interests will be trained using project based, accredited training programs. The program will be transferable for regional and on-line delivery.
Leukemia Foundation, Volunteering WA, Morley Training & Australian Red Cross	Orientation and listening skills/support training for 20 transport service volunteers who have the important task of transporting leukemia sufferers or their siblings to appointments. They often are required to deal with the child's distress or hear about traumatic events in their lives.
Amputees in Action, Meningitis Centre, Telethon Child Health Research, Spina Bifida, Lupus, Emergency Support Network	This peer training program was for those volunteers who have suffered a similar condition and volunteer to visit people in hospital. The program improved skills to support others through loss and grief and will be available for use for agencies with similar training needs.
Kondinin Telecentre Network	Computer training for volunteers throughout the area including accounting packages. Workshops were delivered to volunteers working in the region's special bushlands, wetlands and rivers system.
Gnowangerup Telecentre and 14 other telecentres	This collaborative training helped volunteer management committees to better manage their involvement on boards. It utilised videolinks and has a flow on effect as part of the project plan. Telecentres provide a valuable mechanism to support volunteers in regional areas.
Greening Australia, Swan Catchment, DCALM	This community volunteer training program brought the expertise of the partners to develop/present a program targeting conservation of natural places.
Volunteering WA, Anglicare, Stirling, Coalition for Asylum Seekers refugees and Detainees, Mandurah HACC, RSPCA, Red Cross, School Volunteer Program, Southcare, St John Ambulance, Trinity Learning Centre for Teenage Mums, Women's Healthworks	The funding allowed the design and delivery of a pilot program for generic skills for volunteers from all these organisations.
Shire of Wyndham E. Kimberley & Kimberley TAFE	Governance training to isolated Indigenous Community Committees was provided utilising a program that had received high commendation by Indigenous participants. The Shire in collaboration with TAFE worked to support Indigenous communities to access Governance training.
School Volunteer Program, City of Cockburn, Challenger TAFE, Fremantle PCYC	Leadership training for youth who will be mentoring at risk primary school students. The young volunteers received support from the School to address their on-going needs.
Centrecare & TTI (A Registered Training Organisation)    Resource material available - highly recommended	This will build on the current training available to volunteers to meet the more complex needs of the parent client group. A training manual and CD-Rom will be a support for volunteers as a portable, transferable accredited training program available to organisations throughout the State.
Albany Community Hospice	Palliative Care Workshops for volunteers in Albany, Denmark and Mount Barker will include the use of key speakers which will be filmed for future use by volunteers throughout the State.
Advocacy Southwest & South West Regional College of TAFE	This will provide an induction program for volunteers from a range of disability services. The program will be mapped to accredited training to permit pathways into programs conducted by Activ or HACC. The trainers will be provided with Certificate IV in Assessment and Workplace Training for ongoing delivery of the program.
Peel Community Legal Service, Quality Relationships, Volunteering WA   Corporate Goverance Kit and CD available - highly recommended	Corporate Governance training relating to policies and procedures will be provided to volunteers to Boards and Committees in the Peel region.

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