Giving your time makes you shine! #Volunteers are generally #healthier, #happier and have greater life satisfaction than their peers says Council of Australian Volunteer Fire Associations chair Ken Middleton #AFAC18
What has all the buzz been about this week in #Perth for #AFAC18? Research, & lots of it! Here is the highlights of our Research Forum, where more than 400 people gathered to hear about how #naturalhazards research is making a difference https://t.co/WOu1BHJZU4 @AFACnews@dfes_wa
Volunteer panel discussion: #young people want to engage with #volunteering, perhaps what we are offering is the problem. It is time to start asking questions about what they want from the volunteer #experience#AFAC18
"There's no statute of limitations for how long people are going to continue to learn after an event" -- Sandra Whight sharing insights into the @TasFireService project to capture #stories from the '67 bushfires #adrc2018#afac18
Great to see @bnhcrc end users and CRC researchers debating and encouraging each other to meet challenges to volunteering in Australia. #afac18@viajerabj@andrewmccullou
For those at #AFAC18 in the risk stream with @dfes_wa here are a couple of refs Andrew mentioned. World Economic Forum annual global risks report: https://t.co/3vucAvxpwl
GA national exposure index:
https://t.co/oQyQnNkri3
Dr Dana Born from the Harvard @Kennedy_School asks the audience to reflect on their competing #personal#narratives what are the self-affirming stories, what are the self-doubting? #AFAC18