🚀Dulcie Boag Honored with The Joy Noble Medal at SA Volunteer Awards

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Five outstanding individuals and organisations were honoured at a ceremony honouring South Australia's volunteers, including an 89-year-old woman who has spent half her life helping homeless South Australians.

Dulcie Boag, who volunteers with the Hutt Street Centre, was awarded The Joy Noble Medal, South Australia’s highest distinction for an individual volunteer, at tonight's 2024 South Australian Volunteer Awards.Coinciding with National Volunteer Week, the awards were presented by Minister for Human Services Nat Cook across a range of categories:

• The Joy Noble Medal - South Australia’s highest distinction for an individual volunteer, to Dulcie Boag from the Hutt Street Centre

• ‘The Andamooka’ Community Project Award - Recognising a community or group volunteer project of significant community benefit, to the Rotary Club of Onkaparinga for the APY Lands Shelter Project

• The Young Volunteer Award – Honouring an impressive young volunteer aged 12 to 25, to Atiu Kuot Madut

• The Excellence in Volunteer Management Award - Honouring a volunteer manager for their outstanding contribution to the profession, to Manju Shelke from the Northern Healthcare Volunteer Association

• The Premier’s Award for Corporate Social Responsibility – Recognising the community contribution of a South Australian for-profit business, to Beyond Bank Australia.

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Established by the State Government in 2005, the South Australian Volunteer Awards are presented by Volunteering SA&NT and supported by the South Australian Department of Human Services (DHS).An independent judging panel assessed the nominations. Judges considered the nominee’s achievements in relation to their commitment, level of service and how their work benefited the South Australian community.

2024 SOUTH AUSTRALIAN VOLUNTEER AWARD WINNERSJoy Noble Medal: South Australia’s highest distinction for an individual volunteerWinner: Dulcie Boag - Hutt Street CentreDulcie Boag has been an integral part of Hutt St Centre for over 44 years, contributing her time, skills, and compassion to almost all aspects of the organisation.Dulcie has helped the Hutt St Centre through its Op Shop, front reception, sorting donations, coordinating fundraising efforts and events, and helping out in the kitchen.Her steadfast presence and compassionate nature have been a source of comfort and support for countless individuals facing homelessness.In a terrific recent milestone of her own, Dulcie celebrated her 89th birthday – which equates to her committing almost half her life to Hutt St Centre!The Young Volunteer Award: Recognising an impressive young volunteerThe Young Volunteer Award is presented in partnership with Volunteering SA&NT and the Youth Affairs Council of SA (YACSA)Winner: Atiu Kuot MadutAtiu has volunteered with the Australian Refugee Association (ARA) since 2018 as a Peer Leader in its Youth Ambassador program.After being a participant, she has returned each year as a mentor to new students undertaking the program.The program focuses on developing leadership skills and confidence for high school students who are passionate about refugee issues, so that they can be advocates for positive change.Through her involvement as a volunteer, Atiu has played a meaningful role in helping young people identify their ideas, vision for their communities and discover their unique leadership style and capacity.'The Andamooka’ Community Project Award: Recognising a community or group volunteer project of significant community benefitWinner: APY Lands Shelter Project - The Rotary Club of OnkaparingaThrough the APY Lands Shelter Project, the Rotary Club of Onkaparinga designed and constructed a number of purpose-built roadside shelters with an accompanying water tank, wind protection and table setting which are placed adjacent to roadsides in strategic locations.With the APY Lands covering over 103,000 square kilometres, this very remote part of South Australia poses significant issues for the indigenous people when travelling between communities.Having a designated, known place to rest or to seek emergency shelter, to have access to shade, wind break and water is a vital component of keeping people safe in these remote areas.The Excellence in Volunteer Management Award: Recognising a volunteer manager for their outstanding contribution to the professionThe Excellence in Volunteer Management Award is presented in partnership with Volunteering SA&NT.Winner: Manju Shelke - Northern Healthcare Volunteer AssociationEach year the Northern Healthcare Volunteer Association has provided an average of 97,000 hours of community service to patients and families across the Lyell McEwin Hospital, Modbury Hospital, James Nash House and Northgate.Manju Shelke has made a huge impact as Volunteer Coordinator. Her review of the program helped to identify opportunities where volunteers could better support the needs of the Health System.Manju collaboratively developed the greatly appreciated 'Comfort Care Program', where volunteers can cuddle, read, sing, play or just sit with infants or children to provide support when hospital staff are occupied performing clinical tasks.She also revived and revitalised the much-valued Palliative Care Biography program at the Modbury Hospital, which enables patients in Palliative Care to share and record their life story as they near the end of life.The Premier's Award for Corporate Social Responsibility: Recognising the community contribution of a South Australian for-profit businessWinner: Beyond Bank AustraliaBeyond Bank is one of Australia’s largest customer-owned banks with branches and offices across Australia.It partners with more than 5000 community organisations around the nation to create and return value for its customers and communities and, through this, change lives.Beyond Bank is a huge supporter of volunteering, facilitating corporate volunteering programs and providing all staff with two fully paid volunteer leave days per year – with its SA team volunteering for nearly 740 hours in 2023.

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