Found 600 volunteering opportunities in Australia

Mercy Connect engages trained volunteers, with an educational background, to provide additional support and mentoring to asylum seeker, refugee, humanitarian visa students at a critical time in their settlement in Australia. Families from asylum seeker, refugee and/or humanitarian backgrounds are supported through improving their children’s capacity to negotiate the challenges of mainstream schooling and integrate into the wider Australian community.

Looking for a flexible volunteer role that makes a positive difference to another person and reduces loneliness in our community? A lovely older lady living in an Aged Care Home in Craigieburn would enjoy having conversations in Syriac with a new female friend. Our program helps to improve the lives of older people who face social isolation through meaningful friendships. It's very rewarding, flexible, and suited to anyone who is friendly, kind and reliable!

We are seeking Greek-speaking volunteer visitors who would love to bring joy to an older person's life through meaningful friendship. If you are kind, empathetic and can spare one hour per fortnight, you are perfect for this role.

Looking for a flexible volunteer role that makes a positive difference to another person and reduces loneliness in our community? We are seeking champion volunteers to visit lonely older people in the northern suburbs. Our program helps to improve the lives of older people who face social isolation through meaningful friendships. It's very rewarding, flexible, and suited to anyone who is friendly, kind and reliable!

We are seeking Macedonian-speaking volunteer visitors who would love to bring joy to an older person's life through friendship. We believe that everyone deserves a friend, and volunteer visitors play a vital role in reducing loneliness while bringing a smile and companionship to older people in the community. This role makes a positive difference to another person, reduces loneliness in our community, brings mutual joy and is flexible.

Looking for a flexible volunteer role that makes a positive difference and reduces loneliness in our community? We are seeking champion volunteers to visit lonely older people in Ivanhoe and its surrounding suburbs. Our program helps to improve the lives of older people who face social isolation through meaningful friendships. It's very rewarding, flexible, and suited to anyone who is friendly, kind and reliable!

Do you want to make a difference? Do you enjoy interacting with older people and getting to know them and hearing their stories? We are looking for kind and caring volunteers to become Volunteer Visitors and regularly visit with lonely elderly people living in an Aged Care homes around the Wynnum / Manly area in Queensland. All you have to do is be a friend. If you have 1 hour to spare each fortnight, please get in touch to find out more!

Kingston Toy Library is a wholly member owned toy library, serving the local community with over 2000 toys. We operate just like a book library but with toys. Volunteering with us will give you the opportunity to experience how a library service operates as you assist with all aspects of library operations. You will gain skills of value for the workplace, be a valued part of the team, while also having the experience of a community run service.

Kingston Toy Library is a wholly member owned toy library, serving the local community with over 2000 toys. We operate just like a book library but with toys. Volunteering with us will give you the opportunity to experience how a library service operates as you assist with all aspects of library operations. You will gain skills of value for the workplace, be a valued part of the team, while also having the experience of a community run service.

MiCare is looking for a chatty volunteer can share a smile and offer companionship during fortnightly friendly visits to this isolated elderly lady who still lives in her own home. Volunteering brings fun and fulfilment to your life and makes a huge difference to those in the community seeking companionship.

We’re looking for special Volunteer Visitors with insight into how aged care residents with dementia see and experience the world around them. By spending an hour per week or fortnight engaging and forming friendships you'll be improving lives and helping people living with dementia feel more heard, valued and included.

We are looking for Volunteer Visitors interested in spending time with individual residents or a small group of residents to give gentle hand massages and apply colour to nails. No experience is necessary, and all products are supplied. 

Our Kentish & Knowles Court Aged Care Community at Sinnamon Park is looking for Volunteer Visitors who would like to spend time with a small group of residents, assisting them with simple beading and jewellery-making. 

The Social Support Volunteer visits an older person who might be feeling isolated or lonely, with a view to forming a friendship over time.

Good communication skills are a vital part of being a good dentist or oral health therapist. Dentists and oral health therapists need to be able to communicate well with their patients for many reasons. This is why, as a volunteer helping to prepare our students to eventually interact with real dental patients, you’ll be providing an extremely valuable service to your community.

Can you spare 1-2 hours per week supporting migrants and refugees to learn English and settle in Australia? The AMEP Volunteer Tutor Scheme is experiencing a high demand of learners needing tutors. Volunteers are vital to helping eligible migrants and refugees practice English, learn about the Australian way of life and connect to the local community.

The Social Support Program meets on a weekly basis providing social and recreational opportunities for older residents who have difficulty accessing mainstream community/senior’s groups.

If you live in the local Hornsby LGA or nearby, we are seeking a volunteer mentor to assist learners over the age of 50 to become digital literate. Inspire learners one-on-one or in a small group to get online and develop digital skills. We are currently seeking volunteers to facilitate face-to-face sessions and/or online sessions (using Zoom or MS Teams).

The Aged Care Volunteer Visitor Scheme is a Federal Government initiative established to promote links between people living in an aged care facility and their local community. The aim of the scheme is to improve residents quality of life for those who have limited family, cultural and social contact and may be at risk of social isolation.

MiCare are looking for a female, Italian speaking volunteer who can share a smile and companionship during weekly friendly visits to an isolated and lonely elderly woman in the Southport area. Volunteering brings fun and fulfilment to your life and makes a huge difference to those in the community seeking companionship.