Found 25 Companionship & Social Support volunteering opportunities in Australia

We have multiple opportunities available across various areas! -Administration & operational support -Companionship & social support -Driving & transportation -Gardening & plant care -Introductions & greetings at the centres -Hospitality (can you make great coffee, or cook a perfect snag on the barbie?) -Community engagement -Additional positions depending on your skills & expertise!

It’s a new year, use your skills and talents for good and dive into an opportunity to share your passion for community service and meet new people. Join Able Australia as a Volunteer Driver and make a difference in the Jimboomba community by providing a much needed and vital service.

Join our team at the Engagement Hub! Work and learn from an incredible team to be part of our community. We provide food, a social network, fun activities, and assistance with referrals, in a place where people can feel safe and connected. Your efforts directly help consumers that need it most. Opportunities Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays.

Are you passionate about mental health and making a positive impact in your community? Join us as a Wellbeing Volunteer in our mental health programs!

Share your personal lived experience of a mental illness or as a carer to address stigma and educate our community on mental health and wellbeing.

Could you support a small group of women participating in a residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation program by providing training and mentoring in work ready skills, enabling paricipants to be prepared to rejoin the broader community.

We are looking for volunteers in the role of Overnight support workers, for our new womens facility. The role requirement is to sleep overnight, be oncall to support and oversee the women during the evening and overnight and stay on the premises until the day staff arrive.

Would you like to share your skills and knowledge of an activity, hobby or interest. Assist with the facilitation of group programs and activites with participants whose lives have been impacted by drug and or alcohol addiction.

Share your skills and knowledge of any activity or interest, and assist with the facilitation of group programs and mentoring, with those whose lives have been impacted by drugs or alcohol addiction.

We are looking for volunteers in the role of Support Worker. The role requirement is to help facilitate and engage in the group program for people whose lives have been impacted by drug and or alcohol addiction.

Anglicare WA's Active Response Bereavement Outreach (ARBOR) Program is a free service offering emotional support to people recently impacted by losing loved ones to suicide through grief and loss counselling, group sessions and peer support. As you will bring your own lived experience as a peer volunteer, this role can be challenging, but rewarding as your presence and narratives will tell that people are still able to find hope after the worst thing that could ever happen in their lives.

Mentoring Men has available positions for Men seeking support (Mentees). You will have the opportunity to be provided with Free support and life guidance from a male mentor and be a part of our organisation's efforts to encourage men throughout Australia to embrace their mental health support. All men regardless of their background or beliefs are welcome to apply for our program.

Mentoring Men has available positions for Men seeking support (Mentees). You will have the opportunity to be provided with Free support and life guidance from a male mentor and be a part of our organisation's efforts to encourage men throughout Australia to embrace their mental health support. All men regardless of their background or beliefs are welcome to apply for our program.

Mentoring Men has available positions for Men seeking support (Mentees). You will have the opportunity to be provided with Free support and life guidance from a male mentor and be a part of our organisation's efforts to encourage men throughout Australia to embrace their mental health support. All men regardless of their background or beliefs are welcome to apply for our program.

Mentoring Men has available positions for Men seeking support (Mentees). You will have the opportunity to be provided with Free support and life guidance from a male mentor and be a part of our organisation's efforts to encourage men throughout Australia to embrace their mental health support. All men regardless of their background or beliefs are welcome to apply for our program.

Support people who call Lifeline's national hotline 13 11 14, so no person has to face their darkest moments alone. Contribute to an Australia that is less lonely and has a lower suicide rate today.

Are you passionate about mental health and are looking for a volunteer role that is meaningful? Come and join the Lifeline Melbourne and provide a human connection to help people get through their darkest moments.

Enthusiastic, dog-loving volunteers required to join the Canine Court Companion Program at Lismore Court House.

We are looking for volunteer driver who will Provide a warm, inclusive, and welcoming approach to assist with transport of carers/supporters to and from events (i.e., transport to and from walking group destination, picking up guest speakers/facilitators. This is a rewarding opportunity and is your chance to join a team that will be shaping the future of mental health and wellbeing in Victoria.

We are looking for community members with a lived experience of suicide to provide peer support to other members of our community who have been bereaved through suicide, caring for someone through a suicidal crisis, have experienced suicidal thoughts or survived a suicide attempt. The nature of your role may vary from having a cuppa with someone, or accompanying them to an appointment, cooking a meal, walking the dog, or just chatting via text, email or phone.