Found 7 volunteering opportunities in Melbourne City

Have you ever wished you had a mentor, an extra adult to talk to when you were growing up? Then become a mentor, who spends an hour a week being a positive role model, listening and doing activities with a student for 1 hour each week during school hours during the school year. EdConnect Australia are seeking volunteers with general life skills to help young people in secondary schools who are at risk of disengaging in education.

Mercy Works is currently recruiting volunteers to support students from a refugee asylum seeker background in the region around Heidelberg West. through their Mercy Connect Project. The project aims to provide support and mentoring for children, young people to optimize their literacy development and academic and social learning.

Mercy Works is currently recruiting volunteers to support students from a refugee asylum seeker background in Melbourne and Ballarat Government and Private Schools through their Mercy Connect Project. The project aims to provide mentoring for children, young people and young adults to optimize their literacy development and academic and social learning.

Women and Mentoring (WAM) are seeking volunteer mentors for our Young Women's Program. The WAM Young Women’s Program assists young women, gender diverse and trans people aged 12-24, who are identified as at risk or who are in the early stages of contact with the criminal justice system. The program acts as both a preventative and early intervention approach for vulnerable young women living in the Frankston, Mornington Peninsula and Kingston communities.

WAM are looking for more volunteers! Women and Mentoring WAM support women, trans and gender diverse people who have justice system involvement. We are looking for women who are committed to 12 months or more and with availability during the day to meet a woman to support her in her community. Volunteers will be matched with women across the metro region, including Frankston and in both the Mornington Peninsula and Ballarat areas.

Big Brothers Big Sisters is a mentoring program for disadvantaged young people. It matches one adult with one child for a significant friendship. The young people, often lonely, isolated or at risk of social dislocation, gain support and guidance from a reliable adult as a trusted friend for the period of the match.

Looking for a change? We’re always looking for Australian volunteers to support our partner organisations across the Pacific, Asia, and Africa.