The Brighton Municipality had a huge National Volunteer Week 2024. To celebrate it, David Adams from Action Crew 7172 produced a short film titled Doing My Bit – Stories From Volunteers, which can be viewed on Vimeo. The film shone a light on the incredible volunteers that call our area home and that there really is ‘Something for Everyone’ when it comes to volunteering.

Celebrations kicked off with the Brighton Alive two day Participatory Community Building workshop in conjunction with Jeder Institute at the Brighton Civic Center. Later during the week, Brighton Council’s Volunteer of the Year Awards were presented at the Civic Centre in Bridgewater.

The winners included:

Community Event of the Year – Tea Tree Community Hall Committee for the Tea Tree Community 200th Birthday Celebration.

Young Volunteer of the Year – Stephanie (Stevie) Coe for her work across multiple The Smith Family Learning Clubs in the Brighton Community doing after school tutoring.

Community Volunteer of the Year – Caroline Bedelph from the Brighton Community Food Hub Inc who works tirelessly sourcing low cost food and grocery items so families have access to affordable food via the Food Hub.

A draft Brighton Community Volunteer Strategy was made available for community feedback, which closed in June. This strategy will help to ensure volunteering is given the focus it deserves to nurture our volunteer culture and ensure an ongoing supply of volunteers for the future. A copy of the draft strategy can be viewed or downloaded from Council’s website as follows: www.brighton.tas.gov.au/community/have-your-say