Things to know about volunteering with Emergency Volunteering CREW (EVCREW)

• This service matches volunteers with disaster and emergency management agencies ('Organisations' - including all levels of government, well known charitable organisations and community groups).
• Responding to an emergency is complex and requires a high level of coordination.
• The biggest need for volunteers occurs in the recovery period – in the weeks, months and years following a disaster.
• EVCREW refers potential volunteers like you to Organisations when they request volunteer support.
• The Organisation then coordinates the volunteer opportunity, which can require varying levels of skills and experience, and flexibility in terms of location and availability.
• Organisations provide orientation for each opportunity, and some have the capacity to provide training relevant to emergency response and recovery.
• There are no obligations to accept volunteering opportunities through EVCREW.

Your privacy is important to us. Your details are managed by Volunteering Tasmania, and will be shared directly to the local council area in which you reside, plus neighbouring council areas dependent upon your operational area response. This data is held through a secure online platform. For further details on your data security please click here.

Terms and Conditions agreed by an individual registering with Emergency Volunteering CREW

Please read these terms and conditions carefully before registering with Volunteering Tasmania’s Emergency Volunteering CREW (Community Response to Extreme Weather).

I affirm that my interest in volunteering is based on personal choice and is undertaken freely without the expectation of monetary reward.

I am aware that:

• disaster and emergency management organisations (Organisations) who use the EVCREW service to source volunteers are independent entities responsible for their own actions, and are not agents of EVCREW;

• the EVCREW service acts as a referral agency ONLY and cannot guarantee that any volunteer opportunity will become available as opportunities are SOLELY RELIANT ON ORGANISATIONS' needs and also depend on your availability, skills and location;

• the EVCREW service is not responsible for the operations or conduct of Organisations nor for volunteers referred to them;

• the information provided by the EVCREW service is limited to that provided to it by Organisations without being checked or tested.

I consent that at times of immediate disaster and need I give permission to the EVCREW service to, if required, forward registration details provided by me to a relevant State/ Territory peak body for volunteering in a State/ Territory impacted by disaster or in need. My registration details will be passed on for the sole purpose of communicating latest emergency updates to me and for the potential matching of my expression of interest to volunteer with recovery volunteering opportunities in that jurisdiction.

Please appreciate that in most cases EVCREW volunteers will not be engaged during or immediately after a disaster as impacted communities need to be ready for and able to accommodate and request assistance. Your help is more likely to be needed in the longer term recovery period. Volunteering opportunities you could be connected to may be with local organisations working in disaster recovery or more general recovery and rebuilding opportunities.

I consent to allow the EVCREW service to forward the personal details provided by me to an Organisation, for the sole purpose of obtaining a volunteer position with the Organisation and to use the data for subsequent follow-up for research and statistical analysis.

I acknowledge that any volunteer position I attend will be the result of agreement reached between me and the Organisation.

I accept full responsibility to check the currency and adequacy of the Organisation’s insurance cover before starting volunteer work and acknowledge and agree that whilst the EVCREW service does ask that each Organisation it deals with has insurance to cover volunteers, the EVCREW service does not sight any policies for limitations or exclusions of insurance coverage. We ask that you protect yourself by requesting this information directly from the Organisation BEFORE commencing any volunteer position as EVCREW has no responsibility to arrange insurance cover for you.

Volunteer Disclaimer:

By attending any volunteering opportunity through a referral from the EVCREW service, I agree that in so doing to the greatest extent that may be permitted by law that the EVCREW service shall have no liability whatsoever to me as a result of making such details available to any Organisation, including but not limited to disaster and emergency management organisations, who may from time to time take part, avail themselves or be involved in the EVCREW service. Furthermore, I acknowledge that insofar as I shall be linked with or referred to any Organisation as part of the EVCREW Service, that I will make my own assessment to determine as to whether such Organisation and its requirements are appropriate for my needs and skills.

All enquiries regarding EVCREW can be sent to crew@volunteeringtas.org.au.