Found 520 volunteering opportunities in Australia

We are looking for an outgoing volunteer who has the heart and passion to help us bring joy and satisfaction to our residents day. This role will see you assist staff with the weekly game of BINGO. If you have a few hours to spare and are looking for a rewarding, social volunteering role, this could be the one for you.

Friendly, punctual volunteer with a strong understanding of professional boundaries sought to assist in the facilitation of the Rye afternoon tea group. The group provides a recreational and social outlet for participants.

VMCH is currently welcoming volunteers to engage with residents who have personalised activities which has been tailored to meet their individual interests, cultural background, and physical abilities, you would provide conversation and assistance to create a wonderful interlude which can enhance a resident's day. We don’t need you to have experience we just want you to be an active part of our team with ideas and enthusiasm and engage with residents to provide fun and entertainment.

Share your language, smile and companionship with an elderly Uruguayan lady in an Aged Care facility in Runaway Bay QLD. These visits may be spent talking or sharing a simple leisure activity. Your regular visits can make a real and positive difference.

Are you a caring, patient individual who enjoys spending time with older people? If yes, then this is the perfect role for you.

The Aged Care Volunteer Visitor Scheme is a Federal Government initiative established to promote links between people living in an aged care facility and their local community. The aim of the scheme is to improve residents quality of life for those who have limited family, cultural and social contact and may be at risk of social isolation.

Visit a socially isolated elderly man living in an aged care home in Healesville. Resident is Scottish and was a missionary in Africa and Hong Kong. He is legally blind but loves to get out and about. He enjoys gospel music and heading outside the facility for a coffee. Enjoy a cup of tea together, talk about family or go for short walk.

Silverchain are looking for a friendly mature male volunteer to visit one of our male clients in Woodvale. Do you have a spare hour or two each week or fortnight to visit our client who will appreciate your social companionship visit? Volunteering in our Community Connections program is rewarding, and you will play a key role in helping clients reconnect with their local community and encouraging them to do the things they love.

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.

We have a fun position at Woolgoolga day programme helping our elderly clients with quizzes, bingo, morning tea and lunch. We are looking for a volunteer for Fridays between 9am and 3pm. A staff member will be on hand to train the volunteer

Friendly, punctual volunteer with a strong understanding of professional boundaries sought to assist in the facilitation of the Rye afternoon tea group. The group provides a recreational and social outlet for participants.

Create genuine connections with older people. Have a chat, make a cuppa, play a game or talk about topics of interest with people in their own homes, or in a group context.

Drive one of our 12 - 25 seater vehicles transporting people to medical appointments, shopping or group activities.

Calvary Flora McDonald is seeking the support of volunteer Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion to distribute Holy Communion to our residents on either Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Fridays. The Wednesday role also includes set up for and attendance of Mass.

Male/Female Volunteers to visit lonely and isolated gentleman in an Aged Care Facility a in Wentworth Falls to provide social support on a weekly/fortnightly basis. This gentleman used to be a jockey and has a strong love for all animals.

Male/Female Volunteers to visit a blind gentleman in an Aged Care Facility in Penrith Area for social support and friendship on a weekly or fortnightly basis.

Volunteer needed to visit residents in an Aged Care Facility in Springwood for social support and friendship on a weekly or fortnightly basis.