Found 11 volunteering opportunities in Australia

The National Trust is seeking an active and friendly people to join our close community volunteer team in a vital role as Treasurer at historic Labassa Mansion in Caulfield. Are you good with numbers and finance? Now is your chance to join our passionate team of volunteers.

Want hands-on work that actually helps the environment? We grow local native (indigenous) plants from seed or cuttings for revegetation projects or local gardens. Our retail area is open to the public for plant sales. More indigenous plants in gardens and larger revegetation projects provide habitat for native animals, birds and insects, and reduce species loss. We rely on volunteers but lockdowns hit us hard. Please help us get back to the thriving nursery from before the pandemic!

Based at 83 Princes Highway in St Peters, Circle Paints is Australia's first paint rescue charity. We would LOVE your help to sort and catalogue donated paint, so people who need cheap and environmentally friendly paint can find what they need.

It’s all here, tourism, history, holiday programs and events! Opportunities exist for volunteers in multiple roles: heritage guides, customer service, visitor information assistants, and village “stollers” in heritage costume. If you enjoy a social chat, promoting our city, maybe a bit of local history or helping out in a school holiday program – contact us to find out more.

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.

Do you want to make a difference to our planet? Are you environmentally aware and uphold the values of reduce, reuse and recycle? Then we want to hear from you!! Our shop gives recyclable items a second chance at life by recovering and selling them for a bargain.

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

Our Port Kennedy Containers for Change depot is a not-for-profit, this means we are an organisation driven by a purpose, not profit, and our purpose is to create opportunities for people to get into work. Containers for Change is the 10c refund recycling scheme that has been introduced to Western Australia. The Bridging the Gap – Port Kennedy depot receives eligible recyclables for the Rockingham region, keeping them out of landfill.

Board members provide governance oversight of the Leschenault Community Nursery (LCN) Inc.

Do you have a love of trains? We are looking for versatile volunteers and have several different positions to fill: Driver / Guard / Signaller / Maintenance Crew and the Kiosk. In each of these positions you can also assist with roles such as customer service, public direction, ticket collection, signal operation, guard, maintenance crew etc. and eventually the elevation to 'Train Driver' for those who are interested.

Containers for Change is the 10c refund recycling scheme that has been introduced to Western Australia. The Care for Hedland depot receives eligible recyclables for the Hedland region, keeping them out of landfill. In this role you will be sorting and counting eligible drink containers and providing refunds to customers. The depot received both small and large returns of containers so extra hands to help sort, count and serve the community are always welcome.