Like many community service organisations Mission Australia can only exist with the support of volunteers like Malcolm Senior - incredibly generous people willing to give their time and efforts to make a difference in the lives of others.

Malcolm Senior – who sadly passed away last fortnight aged 87 – was a man characterised by a passion and commitment to helping people in need, attributes which saw him volunteer for Mission Australia for almost 25 years.

Malcolm will be greatly missed by the many people within Mission Australia who had the pleasure of working alongside him.

Malcolm first volunteered with the Sydney City Mission in the early 1980s. As an experienced coach driver, he volunteered his time driving bus loads of aged clients on day trips out of the city.

In 1993, Malcolm offered to provide a free courier service within Sydney's CBD for Mission Australia. He was a man completely dedicated to his work and would continually go above and beyond what was expected of him making regular trips to Mission Australia services in Mount Druitt, Green Valley, and Sefton – locations well outside the CBD.

Even after a quadruple bypass Malcolm was keen to keep volunteering and only agreed to rest up and spend more time with his beloved wife Edna after many suggestions from Mission Australia.

But even then Malcolm still found time to work for Meals-on-Wheels and Mission Australia from time to time.

Malcolm was a remarkable man who led an incredible life, helping everyone around him along the way. On behalf of the hundreds of people who Malcolm helped over the years, and on behalf of our staff, Mission Australia would like to publicly thank and honour Malcolm Senior. Our condolences are with Malcolm’s wife Edna.