Found 35 volunteering opportunities in Australia

Do you love catering and working with volunteers to bring people together to celebrate over food? The National Trust (NSW) is currently recruiting volunteers who want to bring out their inner Master Cook! We have a dynamic catering team but they need a few extra pair of hands.

James Craig is a magnificent operating tall ship – a 3-masted barque built in 1874 so she is now 148 years old – and she needs you to help look after her!

The Kwinana Heritage Group requires the services of a volunteer cleaner to help clean / dust the displays in their buildings. The Museum and buildings house a large collection of donated items that tell the story of the development of modern Kwinana. This is not heavy cleaning, just general tidy. Own transport required as no public transport.

MITE Radio is looking for a cleaner to maintain a clean environment for our team. Responsibilities include vacuuming, dusting, and general cleaning once a month.

The National Trust of Australia (Victoria) are seeking a Exhibition Room Attendants to assist us with various exhibitions throughout 2024 at Como House and Gardens. An exciting design exhibition is being held in the historic home, Tablescaping which will explore the art of table service and design. Followed by NTAV annual Christmas at Como installation later in the year. Now is your chance to join our passionate team of volunteers and enjoy being part of museum operations and exhibits.

Be part of a team that restores and repairs historic aircraft. Persons with a disability are welcome to apply if they can meet the position requirements.

We are seeking enthusiastic, friendly, motivated and reliable volunteers to assist us in providing customer service and front desk services to our museum's visitors on weekends as a preference, and also to anyone who is interested and able to volunteer on Special Event Days.

An opportunity for those who love model/miniature railways. We have a 7 ¼” gauge railway around the grounds that is available to visitors most days we are open. We have 3 locomotives (Steam, petrol, hydraulic). We are looking for someone who will be a practical leading-hand for this museum activity: From driving to track-work. The line has opportunities for development and a range of projects are possible with the right person to take the lead.

Pearn's Steam World has one of the best collection of agricultural steam engines, tractors and other farming artifacts in Australia. These need maintenance, preservation, restoration, or rebuilding depending on their condition. We welcome anyone with the skills and/or aptitude to join the team who care for the collection. The collection ranges from large steam engines to small items such as hand-cranked seeders and butter churns.

Do you fancy yourself as a bit of a Jack / Jan of all trades? Join our restoration team, which you would join, is tasked with the responsibility of restoring and maintaining the train collection at Bennett Brook Railway. Tradies and non tradies welcome!

Have you ever wanted to be a hero? Well, we have the role for you! Our Starting Over Support (SOS) team are in much need of Drivers and Driver Assists to help us deliver household goods and furniture to community members who are moving from crisis situations such as homelessness, domestic violence and more.

There is a lot that goes into helping people rebuild their lives after crisis and our warehouse is a buzz of activity every day. Our Starting Over Support (SOS) team are in much need of kind hearted angels to help us organise, sort, clean, and pack household items to community members who are moving from crisis situations such as homelessness, domestic violence and more!

Outer East Foodshare collects donated, surplus and rescued food and delivers it to agencies in the Outer Eastern suburbs of Melbourne that help families in need. This role will take responsibility for overseeing the deliveries and food collections including responsibility for food safety The role involves overseeing a team of volunteers who will pack, unpack food and may need to re-pack food into smaller units. Must also oversee the record keeping of volumes of food handled

St Brendans provides 2 course hot lunch and shower facilities to the homeless every Friday at the Guide Hall, Watts Road Safety Bay from 11am-2pm. Volunteers can help set-up and prepare meals from 9.30am-11.30am or serve and pack-up from 11.30am-1.30pm.

The duties of this opportunity are to assist with the maintenance of the Puffing Billy Railways' buildings and infrastructure in accordance with the organisations training regime and safe operating procedures. You may also engage visitors in conversations about Puffing Billy Railway and provide assistance to visitors to enhance their visit.

Train enthusiasts - this one is for you. Bennett Brook Railway are in search of new Train Drivers to welcome tourists and visitors visiting Whiteman Park for a fun experience. This is a great opportunity to gain qualifications as full training to qualification standard will be provided if required.

Call out for handy persons - are you handy with a passion for helping others - please contact us!

We need volunteers to assist our Collection Manager with the on-going preservation of the Cairns’ important Chinese heritage which includes unique artefacts from the nationally significant Cairns Lit Sung Goong Temple Collection.

The Kwinana Heritage Group requires the services of a volunteer mechanic to work on old engines/motors in their machine shop. The prospective volunteer should have a working knowledge of mechanics. The Museum and buildings house a large collection of donated items that tell the story of the development of modern Kwinana.

Love vintage trains? Are you a people person and enjoy food service? We want to hear from you....