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Volunteering with LETR VIC

Volunteering with LETR

Benefits

  • Joy in giving back and experiencing the appreciation and happiness of others
  • Being a part of a high functioning team working toward a common goal
  • Training & Development opportunities – enhance your business acumen, improve engagement with the disability community, develop event plans and network with people across the State
  • Attend a thank you lunch/dinner annually as a gesture of our appreciation for your time and commitment and meet our key sponsors
  • Acknowledgment during National Volunteers Week and International Day of Volunteers
  • Opportunity to attend events as a guest
  • Opportunity to sit on additional boards/committees
  • Acceptance and inclusion within a community who truly values the relationship with Torch Run and its volunteers
  • 'Be Collective' volunteer profile development that can be utilised external to LETR VIC
  • Support from a community external to Victoria Police
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I’m departing Vic Pol can I still volunteer?

If you’re departing Victoria Police LETR keeps you connected in a non-policing role however heavily focused on community engagement and service delivery.

Stay connected with peers, bring your wealth of knowledge and experience to the front stage of helping and supporting others.

I’m looking to join Victoria Police can I volunteer?

If you’re looking to join Victoria Police there’s no better way to get involved and learn than being amongst members, engaging with community and building on life experience. Broaden your communication skills and engage with a vulnerable community group, be a mentor and shape the life of an athlete…. Create a volunteer profile and submit it with your application;
amongst many more opportunities.

I’m departing Vic Pol can I still volunteer?

If you’re departing Victoria Police LETR keeps you connected in a non-policing role however heavily focused on community engagement and service delivery.

Stay connected with peers, bring your wealth of knowledge and experience to the front stage of helping and supporting others.

If you’re looking to join Victoria Police there’s no better way to get involved and learn than being amongst members, engaging with community and building on life experience. Broaden your communication skills and engage with a vulnerable community group, be a mentor and shape the life of an athlete…. Create a volunteer profile and submit it with your application;
amongst many more opportunities.

That’s up to you and what you can and want to manage. Liaise with our Business Manager and see what roles are available, who could do with support and assess your options. Be a general volunteer and help out by attending events in your local area, organise one event a
year, take on a portfolio or a greater responsibility. It depends on what you want to contribute and manage and what you want to get out of it. There is something for everyone and no amount of assistance is too little or too much.

We advertise events regularly via social media and our website. Connect with us and register to attend an event.

From here, you might consider joining our General Committee or Executive Committee if you’re interested when positions are available.

YES. All volunteer hours are logged via your volunteer profile. You essentially have a resume created of your skills, attributes, responsibilities and hours contributed that you can use externally to LETR VIC. You will also have the opportunity to attend events as a guest, undertake training and development, raise your professional and public profile, represent the organisation and be considered to attend the LETR International Conference in the USA partly funded.

No. Anyone can express interest to volunteer for LETR. Given the nature of our work and close association to Victoria Police, due diligence will be taken in ensuring that volunteers are appropriately suited to our cause.

Each year the Alumni members are invited to attend the Gala Ball to celebrate our ongoing success.

Equally, they are invited to join our LETR VIC team in support of the Blue Ribbon Angela Taylor Fun Run/Walk at no cost and enjoy a bbq breakfast with the greater team.

Alumni have access to the initiative that primarily supports Victoria Police employees who are carers for individuals with disability and/or autism.

Past Executive Committee of LETR are recognised on the honour board displayed at the Victoria Police Centre.

What are the expectations of volunteers?

Committee Members

All committee members are expected to be Workplace Givers and either hold a significant portfolio or organise an event each year. Everyone should attend a minimum of two events per year to assist with on the ground presence at sporting events, cheering on athletes and presenting medals.

Volunteers

There is only one contracted individual paid by LETR for 3 days per week. Everyone else is considered a volunteer. Volunteers that are not on the General Committee or Executive Committee have more flexibility and no official expectations. However, we do ask that everyone treats their role with integrity and respect and if you can no longer attend a commitment or continue volunteering, that time along with assistance to locate a
replacement is attempted.

LETR would like to recognise the following individuals and welcome them to our Alumni

Executive Committee

  • COMING SOON

General Committee

  • COMING SOON
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Torch Run acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land where Torch Run work and live. Torch Run pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging. Torch Run celebrate the stories, culture and traditions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders of all communities who also work and live on this land.

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WAIVER TERMS & CONDITIONS

Background

The Law Enforcement Torch Run (LETR) conducts a wide range of events throughout the year in support of Special Olympics Australia. These events serve both to raise funds and to promote awareness of Special Olympics activities at local, state, and national levels. Examples of such events include, but are not limited to:

  •  Bunnings BBQ fundraisers,
  • Polar Plunge events,
  • Torch Run and associated supporting activities,
  • Sports carnivals,
  • Club, regional, state, and national sports and games events,
  • Winter sports programs,
  • Athlete Leadership Programs,
  • Family fun days,
  • Special Olympics program events.

These events are organised by Law Enforcement Torch Run (Victoria) Incorporated in collaboration with Special Olympics Victoria and Special
Olympics Australia.

Participation in these events may involve physical exertion and/or risks inherent in recreational, leisure, or sporting activities. It is important to note that:

Participant Responsibilities:

Event organisers do not possess knowledge of individual participants’ physical abilities or disabilities. Accordingly, they are not reasonably able to assess, nor do they accept responsibility for assessing, the safety of an individual’s participation. Each participant is responsible for determining their own fitness and capacity to engage safely in the event.

On-Duty Status for Victoria Police Employees:

Victoria Police employees may attend LETR events in an “on duty” capacity, but this status must be granted and confirmed in advance. In most cases, securing “on duty” status is the responsibility of the individual participant and must be sought through the appropriate command structure. Event organisers may facilitate this process where explicitly stated. 

By participating in LETR events, participants acknowledge these terms and
accept all associated risks inherent in the activities.

Terms & Conditions

By agreeing to enter the Event, the participant:

  1. Agrees that they have been sufficiently advised of the potential risks, dangers and hazards associated with attending the Event.
  2. Agrees that at all such times while attending the Event the participant’s property and person is at their own risk.
  3. Wholly assumes and accepts all liability for the materialisation of any risks, dangers and hazards associated with their actions in attending the Event.
  4. Agrees to participate and voluntarily assume the risk of injury or bodily harm to themselves on attending the Event and participating in any activity at the Event.
  5. Agrees to abide by any lawful instructions given by the employees, agents and volunteers of the Event Organisers, and further agrees to indemnify the Event Organisers and its employees, agents and volunteers, against all liability that may incur, including legal costs, caused or contributed by the participant’s negligence or failure to comply with such instructions.
  6. Agrees to ask for any additional information or explanation about the Event or a particular activity at the Event should they not fully understand the Event, an activity at the Event, or any instructions about participating in an activity at the Event, prior to attending the Event or participating in any activity at the Event.
  7. Acknowledges that the purpose of this document is, to the maximum extent permitted at law, to exclude any liability for personal injury which may be incurred by the Event Organisers or its employees, agents or volunteers, arising out of or in connection with your attendance at the Event or participation in any activities at the Event.
  8. Acknowledges that on occasion, promotional videos or photographs may be used by the Event Organisers which may include your image while attending the Event and consents to this use unless you specifically request the Event Organisers in writing that your image not be used for this purpose.
  9. Accepts with full knowledge that there is a risk of injury and accident associated with attending the Event or participating in activities at the Event, and accepts that they will not have any claim of any nature against the Event Organisers or their employees, agents or volunteers, for any illness, injury or adverse change in medical condition or state of health, arising directly or indirectly from attending the Event, or participating in any activities at the Event.
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