Found 310 volunteering opportunities in Australia

Contribute to changing the narrative regarding people seeking asylum in Australia by increasing knowledge, empathy, and inclusion in your community.

Join the #WishForce today and feel uplifted by the difference you can make in your local community! The friendly team at the Brisbane City South Branch are looking for an enthusiastic individual to join Make-A-Wish as their volunteer Branch President. By sharing your time and skills, you can help Australian children experiencing life-threatening illnesses.

Way Finding Volunteers help families navigate their way around the Queensland Children’s Hospital (QCH).Everyday QCH sees more than 1000 families come through the doors and the Way Finders are often the first point of contact for worried and often hurried parents, offering a welcoming smile and a gentle guiding hand.

As an Operating Theatre Recovery volunteer, you will work closely with staff to support the post-anaesthetic care of patients by providing comfort, as well as reconnecting and regulating caregiver visits. Volunteers also support the Queensland Children’s Hospital Recovery staff by answering the phones and maintaining comfort supplies.

Provide support to parents and carers entering the operating suites at the Queensland Children’s Hospital. Volunteers help ease the anxiety of a child’s surgical journey by working closely with medical staff to provide information and emotional support to parents and carers.

Help facilitate play, activities and distraction for patients, siblings and visitors at the Queensland Children’s Hospital. Join our volunteer team to provide moments of happiness and social connection in the hospital environment!

Visiting refugee families in their Townsville home and/or weekly calls for an hour. Tutors need no qualifications, experience or special skills. We are looking for people who want to know that they can make a difference to a family and to a person’s future. St Vincent de Paul will assist you to get a Blue Card and also complete police checks. #1hour #tutor #migrantservices #communityservices #learning #YouthVol #teaching

You will be spending time with young people, who are within the out of home care system. Offering an open ear and guidance, while you work on projects together.

Are you passionate about making a difference in your community? Do you have a knack for teaching and a bit of extra time to spare? You Belong invites you to become a Mentor Driver in our Learner Driver Mentor Program (LDMP) and empower refugees on their journey to obtaining an Australian Licence.

SisterWorks is a partner of UN Women, to deliver UN Women’ Second Chance Education pilot project in Australia. SisterWorks provides training programs to the most vulnerable women with little English of refugee and migrant backgrounds. As a Sewing Teacher, you will be working in the SisterWorks design lab, empowering women by coordinating their sewing classes and teaching new skills.

Scouts provides young Aussies with fun and challenging opportunities to grow through adventure. The Scout Movement encourages the development of young people so they take a constructive place in communities by through gaining life skills, self-confidence and independence. Kennedy Region Scouts have opportunities on the team who provide support to the program activities. Note: Under 18 year olds are encouraged to express interest. #youngpeople #YouthVol #scouts #leadership #assistants

StreetWork is looking for an experienced and responsible person to coach young people in soccer at a venue in St Ives on Friday afternoons, from 3pm onwards, during Term 2. This is a regular and popular opportunity to help young people who need support and is providing a wonderful contribution to StreetWork in its outreach program. StreetWork is a not-for-profit organisation helping high risk young people to turn their lives around.

We are looking for Arabic or Rohingya speaking volunteers to provide language support to adult migrants and refugees attending our monthly Women’s Group in Zillmere. Volunteers play an important role in creating welcome, inclusion and belonging.

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The St Vincent de Paul Society Youth Team is looking for leaders aged between 21 – 35 years old to support local teenagers in our Youth Mentoring program. Leaders do not require any previous volunteering experience, but must be warm, energetic, and have a passion for supporting young people. The program takes place on a monthly Sunday from 8:00am-5:00pm.

Australian Refugee Volunteers (ARV) is an entirely volunteer-run non-religious and apolitical organisation that runs exciting programs for children from asylum seeker and refugee backgrounds in Sydney. Our excursions are a mix of fun and developmental activities that give our clients skills and confidence whilst allowing them to just be kids for the day! Volunteers collect children, bring them together as a program group for the activity, and then drop them home at the end of the day.

We are seeking a male mentor for a young person who is in care for a long term mentoring role. There is a great need for mentors for our young people in care and for this we would like a mature and well-grounded person who can give some of their time to take on this essential and mutually rewarding role. Please note this opportunity is for a male volunteer who lives around the central Perth area.

We're on the hunt for some likeminded and eager volunteer to join our team of volunteers to run the Op Shop. Everything from sorting the varied donations, pricing and steaming the gorgeous garments, through to researching designers, artists and the unique pieces that we're blessed to receive Mornings 9.30 - 1.00 Thursdays Come and join us!

Provide social and physical support and supervision for teenagers with a mild to moderate disability to assist them in having maximum fun while attending the Variety Adventure Camp. Camp dates are 29 June to 6 July 2024 and will be held at Goanna Park 90kl south of Darwin on the Arnhem Highway.

Provide medical support and supervision for teenagers with a mild to moderate disability to assist them in having maximum fun while attending the Variety Adventure Camp. Camp dates are 29 June to 6 July 2024 and will be held at Goanna Park 90kl south of Darwin on the Arnhem Highway.