Found 50 volunteering opportunities in Australia

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

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.

To liaise and support the multicultural community in meaningful activities within the Albury library Mondays and Lavington Library Thursdays during School Terms.

The Job Ready Program provides a pathway for migrants and refugees to obtain jobs or pursue training suited to their qualifications and work experience.

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.

Volunteers are required to become General Committee Members for the Seniors Recreation Council of Western Australia. The Seniors Recreation Council of Western Australia organises and runs programs which promote and or encourage healthy ageing through activity.

If you are seeking something rewarding to do and you have a background in education and would like to assist young refugees and can commit for a year please read on.

Want to make a positive impact and help someone new to Australia to learn English? Do you love learning of other cultures? Support adult refugees from CALD backgrounds to acquire English language skills so they can thrive in their community! Our Adult English classes are held in Koondoola Primary School, supported by the Multicultural Community Centre onsite. You will have be able to plan and deliver the lessons. All books, learning materials, training and ongoing support will be provided.

The LEGO Club is an all-ages club for build-masters and LEGO enthusiasts. The Club runs on the first Saturday of every month from 10:00-12:30. If you: - Love all things LEGO - Would like to facilitate a LEGO club for all ages - Have a reliable, energetic and responsible attitude - Can communicate, listen and relate well to others - Are independent and able to follow guidelines This is the opportunity for you!

ESL (English as a Second Language) Teacher to teach English to adult students who speak another cultural language. -To assist students in learning to speak, read, understand and write in English. - Ability to teach in either entry level, intermediate or advanced level language classes.

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.

Would you like to use your spare time during the working week to make a positive impact on young people's lives? Consider volunteering with MercyCare at our early learning centre in Landsdale.

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

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 .

The Volunteer Food Industry Expert will provide advice for Ignite entrepreneurs and program staff about the processes employed in the food industry to ensure and maintain high standards of food quality and safety standards and enhance their food service operations.

Meals with Impact is a not-for-profit social enterprise that empowers women from migrant & refugee backgrounds to thrive through food and opportunity. We do this through hands-on training, paid employment, and capacity building to build pathways for sustainable employment. Our mission is to create opportunity for learning through a hospitality environment (retail, catering, events, manufacturing, food van) whilst also delivering on our secondary purpose to create culturally diverse food relief.

MiCare is looking for committed and enthusiastic people to volunteer in our Family Learning Clubs in Werribee and Laverton. The program aims to assist newly arrived young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds with their school work, basic literacy and numeracy skills. Must be over 18 years of age.

We are looking for a retail assistant to join a vibrant and fun social enterprise supporting the local and new migrant community. You will work closely with our diverse and dynamic designers and artists, look after our customers and help support our newly arrived migrant trainees in the shop.

Volunteer opportunities available with the Darebin Intercultural Centre! The Darebin English Pronunciation Program supports adults who have English as a second language, to focus on improving their communication and pronunciation. Participants work with a volunteer teacher one-on-one, enabling them to practice with language that is relevant to their lives and at an appropriate level.

The Ashy News Writer and Editor will play a crucial role in communicating with the Ashburton community, sharing updates, stories, and important information through the Ashy newsletter. You will use your creativity and writing skill to make a positive impact, engaging and connecting with the local community, and putting together a fun, informative fledgling newsletter for the Ashburton area.