Found 22 volunteering opportunities in Australia

This year’s Refugee Week theme “Finding Freedom” has a focus on family and encapsulates the profound journey of resilience, strength, and unity that defines the refugee experience. SSI will be celebrating this year's Refugee Week on 16th June (11:00 - 3:00) with an event at the Community Refugee Welcome Centre with music, food and more!

The role of the Youth Program Mentor is to support PCYC’s youth program’s participants by acting as a positive role model to help young people make better life choices and to create a positive and supportive relationship between mentees and the community.

Assist with food prep and service to vulnerable community members and service users.

Service of alcohol and water at one or more of 4 Bars along the Nightcliff foreshore. We also have a few RSAs up for grabs!

The role of the Drop-In Support Volunteer is to support PCYC with the execution of PCYC’s diversionary “Drop In” program which supports youth participation through physical engagement in a safe and positive environment. This role focusses on supporting the PCYC staff with program and activity preparations, general engagements, and pack down of activity.

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.

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

Help migrant, refugee and asylum seeker women with their digital literacy and to complete forms in English.

Have you ever wished you had a mentor, an extra adult to talk to when you were growing up? Then become a mentor, who spends an hour a week being a positive role model, listening and doing activities with a student for 1 hour each week during school hours during the school year. EdConnect Australia are seeking volunteers with general life skills to help young people in secondary schools who are at risk of disengaging in education.

Have you ever wished you had a mentor, an extra adult to talk to when you were growing up? Then become a mentor, who spends an hour a week being a positive role model, listening and doing activities with a student for 1 hour each week during school hours during the school year. EdConnect Australia are seeking volunteers with general life skills to help young people in secondary schools who are at risk of disengaging in education.

Play a vital role in the maintenance of the ASWC's Food Pantry service. The primary task is to ensure that the ASWC foodbank is replenished weekly, via driving trips to Foodbank and Secondbite, in order to provide for vulnerable people in the community.

Play an essential role in the management and maintenance of the Asylum Seeker Welcome Centre Food Relief Program. Support the consumers and staff of the Centre by: picking up and organising food and material donations; assisting consumers to choose food and material items from the ASWC food bank, contacting clients to confirm food relief appointments.

Fresh Start is a not-for-profit addiction and substance use disorder recovery program that is looking for one or two photographers or videographers to capture the magic of the night at the End of Financial Year Fundraising Event “Raising for Recovery”. This cocktail, butterfly themed event is to raise funds so Fresh Start can continue their work in supporting thousands of people and families in their addiction recovery journey and create awareness and a platform for advocacy.

Fresh Start is a not-for-profit addiction and substance use disorder recovery program that is looking for 4 volunteers to help with food distribution (wait staff) at the End of Financial Year Fundraising Event “Raising for Recovery”. This event is to raise funds so Fresh Start can continue their work in supporting thousands of people and families in their addiction recovery journey and create awareness and a platform for advocacy.

Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of children from migrant or refugee backgrounds? Are you dedicated to fostering connection, belonging, and academic growth? Join our team at the St Vincent de Paul Society and become a valued volunteer for our Kids Clubs Program! There is a strong focus on developing literacy skills and a love of reading through reading books together. Volunteers will also provide help with homework if required.

Would you like to help a young person from a refugee background? Can you spare one or two hours per week to help a VCE student from a refugee backgrounds? If so, the Migrant Information Centre (MIC) needs your help.

Mercy Works is currently recruiting volunteers to support students from a refugee asylum seeker background focused around Geelong in the Mercy Connect Project. The project aims to provide support and mentoring for children and young people to optimize their literacy development and academic and social learning.

Mercy Works is currently recruiting volunteers to support students from a refugee asylum seeker background in the region around Heidelberg West. through their Mercy Connect Project. The project aims to provide support and mentoring for children, young people to optimize their literacy development and academic and social learning.

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.

LDAG are a community led action group targeting drug and alcohol issues in Rockingham. We are looking for a passionate volunteer to join our committee. The role of the secretary includes supporting the chair and committee to ensure productive and time effective meetings.