HEARD on Life Matters ABC radio programme a talk by Dr. Melanie Oppenheimer on cultural volunteering. She highlights the value of volunteering, how it strengthens our communites, how it is fun and makes us feel good. For us at Slow Food Perth we would like to highlight that without the help of our own volunteers, our large events would not be nearly as much fun nor as successful.

WITH the devastating bushfires in Victoria and the wonderful support of so many Australians, this article is a reminder about volunteer organisations throughout the world in which people give so much of their time to help.