Found 243 volunteering opportunities in Australia

Would you like to be a welcoming face for the newest members of our community? Make new connections and learn about other cultures by visiting someone from a refugee background to provide friendship, guidance and practical assistance with their settlement. **MAINLY FEMALE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED IN NORTHERN SUBURBS OF ADELAIDE**

As an English Teacher Volunteer, you will be providing a training programme online, empowering migrant and refugee women by teaching them conversational English.

As a Computer Literacy Teacher, you will be working in the SisterWorks training room, empowering women by teaching digital skills on-site and/or online.

Do you love being part of an organisation making a difference to people doing it tough? Your help will make the difference for pensioners and their pets - help keep these best friends together by joining the Pet Medical Crisis team. We are looking for volunteer social workers to help vulnerable pensioners and their pets in crisis.

You do not need to have horse experience to volunteer at APRDA but you could pick up some horse experience by volunteering with us. We are seeking people to assist us with our horse based activities. A great opportunity to help a great cause and get some exercise. A level of fitness is essential as you can be required to stand and walk for up to 1 hour in lessons. Each rider has a volunteer leading their horse and most will have at least one side walker in support. (C)

Maintenance Workers are responsible for applying basic fixes to equipment and premises as well as ensuring facilities are tidy and functional. Ideally you would have some experience or sound handyman skills. The role can require a level of physical stamina from time to time, so you need to possess manual dexterity. You will join a team of dedicated volunteers who provide companionship and a happy team environment. This is a very rewarding role, in a beautiful and peaceful setting. (C)

The Volunteers primary role is to assist the participants to ride a wave! Each participant has a different disability which can either be physical, intellectual or both. Disabled Surfers Association - SA Branch assist them to enjoy the experience of surfing & ensure they stay safe & injury free in the process. A surfing background is an advantage for volunteers but not essential. However you need to be a physically fit, aged 17+ & be comfortable in the water for periods of up to 2 hours.

The Meals Program Volunteer is required from 10.00am to 2pm every Thursday to work with staff and consumers to organise and prepare a communal lunch at the Asylum Seeker Welcome Centre. The volunteer will work autonomously and ideally have experience working in a commercial kitchen. Creativity is necessary in order to create a lunch menu using food items that are available in the foodbank during that week. Your work will offer comfort to those seeking asylum in this country.

Vinnies Support Centres are client-centred support and referral services operated by the St Vincent de Paul Society. They offer face-to-face support to those in the community who require financial, food or material assistance. Volunteering is a great way to interact with like-minded people and build friendships. Feel satisfied knowing you are working for an organisation that makes a difference for those in need.

Help unpack a food order and supervise the food bank at a learning centre in North Melbourne supporting migrant, refugee and asylum seeker women.

Visiting a person with developmental disability on a regular schedule, usually once every 2 months but occasionally once a month for 1-3 hours, developing a rapport with that person and reporting back on their health or any needs they may have. This is a great opportunity for someone seeking a rewarding long-term volunteering position that can fit around other life, work, or education commitments and which makes a significant impact in their community.

You can help improve lives and create a positive impact in your community It’s an opportunity to enhance your skills & knowledge & gain new experiences You’ll be helping Red Cross to support vulnerable people across Australia

Have a passion for helping people and animals? Help create happy paws & hearts with us by volunteering 🐾💞 Send your expression of interest via our website.

4LifeSkills2Work is looking for a volunteer to assist our Community Support Workers with clients who have an intellectual or physical disability to build on independent living skills.

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 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.

To support the SisterWorks team, in particular the Dandenong Hub Manager and People & Culture Officer, with the management of databases of volunteer information to ensure our volunteer related systems (primarily Infoodle), onboarding, offboarding processes are maintained diligently and accurately. It is important to capture the right people data to ensure that we provide meaningful metrics and insights to the our people within SisterWorks .

Volunteering with Valley RDA is a very rewarding experience assisting riders with varied abilities to reach their goals as a rider whilst improving their physical mental and emotional well being. It is also giving them a fun, joyful experience. You will be a valued team member working alongside like minded volunteers and of course our beautiful horses. (Y)