The international year of the volunteer medal is now to be worn on the left.
When originally issued, it was to be worn on the right.
There was some process it went through, (that I can't remember exactly what) and it meant that it was then to be work on the left.
Pip
Hey Pip,
I would be really interested to see what process this was... Under the Australian Awards and Honours, the IYV medal is still not a listed medal under the "THE ORDER OF WEARING AUSTRALIAN HONOURS AND AWARDS" at
http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/awards/wearing.cfm - listed in "order of wearing"....
I think many people simply wore it on the left out of ignorance or decided that they wanted it mounted with other medals (National medal etc)..
Happy to learn and see what happened at the commonwealth to change this to a listed medal and where it is listed...
As for a CFS medal, whilst no longer a member, I personally think its a great reward and recognition tool, however should not be the only one. It should be used as a milestone tool to recognise service, however the other good stuff done by volunteers should be recognised and acknowledged in many other ways, including on the spot verbal acknowledgement by peers and ranking staff..
Just my 2c....
Cheers
Shane
