Waiting for work: Bac-Links’ Stephanie Woolnough with willing volunteers Charlie Adornetto, David Dorsey, Kim Tompkins and Jo Forssman.
JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
WILLING corporate volunteers are all tooled with no projects to work on in Geelong.
Their shortage of works has prompted community project broker Bac-Links to call on welfare agencies and charities to register jobs for volunteers.
Manager Sheree Holdsworth said the organisation had “an array” of business partners seeking projects for their employees.
“This is a wonderful opportunity for community groups to register their projects with us,” she said.
“Businesses such as Alcoa and GMHBA engage our services to assist them to be active in our community and assist community groups to achieve things they sometimes struggle to do on their own.”
Ms Holdsworth said jobs such as garden maintenance, simple building or renovation projects and support for a service or event were all potential projects.
Alcoa’s Kate Betts said employees looked forward to opportunities to support communities with “hands-on” projects.
“This program has allowed our employees to engage with a diverse range of community project and events. We’ve completed projects with Rainbow Riders, Headspace Bellarine and Karingal Transcend to name just a few.”
Ms Holdsworth said project registrations were available at www.baclinks.org.au or by phoning BacLinks on 5249 8989.
