{"id":160,"date":"2018-11-12T00:52:28","date_gmt":"2018-11-12T00:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tongala.vic.au\/?page_id=160"},"modified":"2025-04-14T01:40:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T01:40:38","slug":"volunteers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.tongala.vic.au\/?page_id=160","title":{"rendered":"Volunteers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thinking of volunteering? <strong>We need you!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Volunteering is a great way for people, regardless of their age, cultural background, location or circumstances, to get involved in the community and make a positive contribution.\u00a0 In addition to the satisfaction of helping out for the benefit of other, there are many benefits you can also enjoy:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Connecting with others and improving social ties.<\/li>\n<li>Positively engaging and being active within the community.<\/li>\n<li>Experiencing new challenges.<\/li>\n<li>Raising awareness and supporting important community issues.<\/li>\n<li>Interacting with different cultures.<\/li>\n<li>Contributing to social change.<\/li>\n<li>Developing professional networks.<\/li>\n<li>Finding a pathway to gaining employment, accessing a course or training.<\/li>\n<li>Developing new skills or gaining experience in a variety of roles.<\/li>\n<li>Exploring different career and job opportunities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Research has found a significant connection between volunteering and good health, showing that volunteering can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alleviate depression.<\/li>\n<li>Increase satisfaction with life.<\/li>\n<li>Lower the frequency of hospitalization.<\/li>\n<li>Boost a person&#8217;s ability to cope with illness.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nhagainstabuse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/volunteers-wp-photo.jpeg\" alt=\"Volunteering at New Horizons - New Horizons\" width=\"223\" height=\"148\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thinking of volunteering? We need you! Volunteering is a great way for people, regardless of their age, cultural background, location&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-160","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tongala.vic.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tongala.vic.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tongala.vic.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.tongala.vic.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.tongala.vic.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=160"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.tongala.vic.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":542,"href":"http:\/\/www.tongala.vic.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/160\/revisions\/542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tongala.vic.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}