EdConnect named Peel Community Group of the Year
EdConnect Australia has been named Community Group of the Year at the 2024 Alcoa Peel Volunteer of the Year Awards.
The awards shine a light on the invaluable contributions of volunteer organisations such as EdConnect, and the people who provide volunteer services for them.
One such volunteer is Tommi Barrie, who has dedicated her time helping students at Halls Head Primary School in Mandurah since 2001. Tommi was nominated for the Volunteer of the Year category for her services over the past 23 years, providing one-on-one sessions to help students, mostly in lower primary school, to develop literacy and numeracy skills.
EdConnect Area Manager Karen Barden said volunteers were the reason the charity could help students in the classroom.