Found 457 volunteering opportunities in Australia

Share your language, smile and companionship with an elderly Uruguayan lady in an Aged Care facility in Runaway Bay QLD. These visits may be spent talking or sharing a simple leisure activity. Your regular visits can make a real and positive difference.

Telechat supports older Australian’s who live alone and have minimal social contact with others in their community.

Calvary Flora McDonald is seeking volunteers who have a passion for improving the lives of elderly people living in residential aged care, and can experience social isolation. If you enjoy chatting and generally engaging socially with people we would like to chat with you. During your visit we are requiring you to assist our Chef's and Kitchen staff with helping prepare menu selections for residents’ meals.

Provide social connection to someone who feels lonely and isolated Make a difference to the life of an elderly person and at the same time feel rewarded

Inclusion Melbourne believes that everyone within our community should be able to live in an inclusive community, supported by people who genuinely care for them, and have equal opportunity to participate in community life. Through our volunteer programs, we provide social support and friendship to people with a cognitive disability and older Australians who are at risk of loneliness and social isolation.

Inclusion Melbourne believes that everyone within our community should be able to live in an inclusive community, supported by people who genuinely care for them, and have equal opportunity to participate in community life. Through our volunteer programs, we provide social support and friendship to people with a cognitive disability and older Australians who are at risk of loneliness and social isolation.

Inclusion Melbourne is a participant in the Aged Care Volunteer Visitors Scheme (ACVVS); a national program that aims to enrich the quality of life of older people and enhance their social connectedness. As a volunteer, you will be making a real difference by: • Spending time with participants engaged in shared interest activities • Providing companionship and support • Reducing the social isolation and loneliness experienced by some older people.

If you have a love for the elderly & want to see them flourish in their latter years then please apply. We're looking for volunteers who can sit with our residents & play music to them on a supplied iPad/device

Are you looking to volunteer? Do you have a spare hour each fortnight? We are searching for wonderful mature aged male and female Volunteer Visitor volunteers to meet with socially isolated residents in a care facility in Eight Mile Plains. Are you interested in giving back to your local community while making a new friend in the process? We help you through the entire process!

Are you looking to volunteer? Do you have a spare hour each fortnight? We are searching for wonderful male Volunteer Visitors to meet with socially isolated male residents in a care facility in Maroochydore. Help give back to your local community by alleviating social isolation for someone in care - all while making a new friend in the process!

Are you looking to volunteer? Do you have a spare hour each fortnight? We are searching for wonderful mature aged male and female Volunteer Visitors to meet with socially isolated residents in a care facility in Merrimac on the Gold Coast. Be part of a rewarding program that gives back to those in need. Are you interested in giving back to your local community while making a new friend in the process? We help you through the entire process!

Are you looking to volunteer? Do you have a spare hour each fortnight? We are searching for wonderful mature aged male and female Volunteer Visitors to meet with socially isolated residents in a care facility in Sandgate. Experience in communicating with the elderly would be beneficial for this rewarding social role role. Are you interested in giving back to your local community while making a new friend in the process? Apply today, and give the gift of friendship!

Are you looking to volunteer? Do you have a spare hour each fortnight? We are searching for wonderful male Volunteer Visitors to meet with socially isolated male residents in a care facility in Sandgate. Help give back to your local community by alleviating social isolation for someone in care - all while making a new friend in the process!

Are you looking to volunteer? Do you have a spare hour each fortnight? We are searching for wonderful male Volunteer Visitor volunteers to meet with socially isolated male residents in a care home in Tugun. Help give back to your local community by alleviating social isolation for someone in care - all while making a new friend in the process!

Are you looking to volunteer? Do you have a spare hour each fortnight? We are searching for wonderful mature aged male and female Volunteer Visitor volunteers to visit with socially isolated residents in a care facility in Tugun on the Gold Coast. Are you interested in giving back to your local community while making a new friend in the process? We help you through the entire process!

Visit a socially isolated elderly man living in an aged care home in Healesville. Resident is Scottish and was a missionary in Africa and Hong Kong. He is legally blind but loves to get out and about. He enjoys gospel music and heading outside the facility for a coffee. Enjoy a cup of tea together, talk about family or go for short walk.

Silverchain are looking for a friendly mature male volunteer to visit one of our male clients in Woodvale. Do you have a spare hour or two each week or fortnight to visit our client who will appreciate your social companionship visit? Volunteering in our Community Connections program is rewarding, and you will play a key role in helping clients reconnect with their local community and encouraging them to do the things they love.

We are looking for friendly people who are interested in making a real difference in the lives of seniors by regularly visiting at an aged care community at Kenmore Hills. In this particular role, a small group of 2 or 3 older men would enjoy chatting with you, sharing the experiences of years already lived and creating new opportunities for learning and joy.

Buongiorno! We are looking for friendly people who are interested in enhancing the lives of people living in aged care by connecting them to their cultural communities. In this particular opportunity, an older lady would enjoy conversation with you in her first language, Italian.

We are looking for friendly people who are interested in making a difference in the lives of our community’s seniors by regularly visiting and being a social friend to individuals living in residential aged care in Fortitude Valley. In this particular role, a lady who grew up in former Yugoslavia would enjoy reminiscing in her first language and sharing a tea or coffee with you.