Found 33 volunteering opportunities in Melbourne

We are seeking a Board Director with legal qualifications who wants to advance Eva Tilley’s mission to embrace, enhance and strengthen the relationships, connections and support networks of our residents and their families and friends.

We are a state-wide, Victorian non-profit aged care advocacy organisation established in 1990 as Residential Care Rights. Our services include aged care information and advocacy for older people and their families and a volunteer-based friendly visiting service for older people. Our mission is to support older people’s right to quality care. Our vision is a diverse, vibrant, multicultural community, where older people are respected, heard and well-informed, and can exercise their rights and r

Ready to make a real difference? Join us as a Community Companion! Are you great at offering friendly company? Become a beacon of light for older adults facing loneliness. As a Community Companion, you'll bring joy and connection to those experiencing social isolation. Apply now to be a source of comfort and happiness in someone's life.

COTA Victoria has an active volunteer program with many interesting and diverse roles available to volunteers. Retirees and volunteers 50 years and over are encouraged to apply.

WAM empowers women who are in contact with the justice system to create positive change in their lives. We work with women who are experiencing disadvantage and criminalisation because of financial strain, family violence, social isolation, and homelessness. Through the power of a formal mentoring relationship with a screened and trained volunteer mentor, women can improve their self-esteem, develop their skills and abilities, and ultimately build their life away from the justice system.

Women And Mentoring (WAM) are looking for Volunteer Mentors to support women, transwomen and non-binary people by providing a trusted mentoring relationship. This relationship encourages self-determination and self-advocacy to assist women to address the underlying issues behind their offending, and meet their social and wellbeing goals.

Having good social connections is essential for all aspects of health, especially as we age. Red Cross Patient Transport supports older and vulnerable people who have no means of getting to non-urgent medical appointments.

Having good social connections is essential for all aspects of health, especially as we age. The Aged Care Volunteer Visitors Scheme (ACVVS) and Volunteer Visitors program supports older Australian’s who live in an aged care facility or their own home and who are lonely or socially isolated.

Support someone to get back to the things they love! If you’re interested in connecting with older people who are socially isolated, we’d love to hear from you! We’re looking for Volunteers who are creative thinkers and committed to supporting people live their best lives. Volunteers who can support older people with their goals around staying independent, healthy and connected to their community.

Do you love to go for a drive? We are seeking a Volunteer for our Coasthaven Community in Norlane who can help us take our aged care residents out for tours and trips. They are a lively bunch and a lot of fun and love to get out and see new things. If you can see yourself as our new mini bus driver and tour guide then we need you!

Do you love to go for a drive? We are seeking a Volunteer for our Westhaven Community in Footscray who can help us take our aged care residents out for tours and trips. They are a lively bunch and a lot of fun and love to get out and see new things. If you can see yourself as our new mini bus driver and tour guide then we need you!

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.

Would you like to make a difference to a elderly? Elder Rights Advocacy is looking for compassionate and caring volunteers to enrich the lives of older people living in residential aged care or at home.

Uniting AgeWell has a diverse range of integrated service options that offer continuity of care and peace of mind and they are looking for volunteers that could help to improve the social connection of their elderly clients.

Are you looking for a meaningful way to make a difference in someone's life? We are calling on compassionate souls to become volunteer visitors and brighten the days of older people longing for companionship. Imagine the smiles you could bring, the stories you could share, and the memories you could create by simply lending an ear and a kind heart. Together, we can combat loneliness and foster connections that truly matter.

Provide companionship to an isolated senior. Through sharing your time, you will share their life journey. Be matched to an older person who is feeling isolated. You will help to improve their sense of self-esteem, and community connectedness. All it takes is up to two hours per week. Provide social support and companionship to a person aged 65 years and above. You will help to ease feelings of social isolation and brighten their day!

Provide support for activities in residential and day care programs for this large aged care provider.

Volunteer as a support mentor in this early intervention program for women and non-binary people in contact with the legal system.