Found 728 Companionship & Social Support volunteering opportunities in Australia

The Community Grocer runs weekly pop-up fruit and veg markets in communities experiencing food insecurity, making culturally relevant and high-quality food affordable and accessible for all. Alongside the market, we have a thriving box delivery scheme. We are looking for a volunteer cyclist to bring their bike and attach a trailer to deliver fruit and veg boxes to local residents and community organisations.

Enjoy a cuppa and a chat? Have 1 hour fortnightly to spare? Want to make a difference to the life of someone in your local area?

Enjoy a cuppa and a chat? Have 1 hour fortnightly to spare? Want to make a difference to the life of someone in your local area?

Enjoy a cuppa and a chat? Have 1 hour fortnightly to spare? Want to make a difference to the life of someone in your local area?

Enjoy sharing stories and making a difference? Have 1 hour fortnightly to spare?

If you enjoy talking to elderly members of our community and you have some spare time, we would love to hear from you. Perhaps you speak Italian, or you would like to practise what you are learning.

Seeking natural leaders to lead the charge in welcoming refugee newcomers. Do you seamlessly navigate splitting a bill between a large group? Are you the voice of reason in your WhatsApp group chat? And, above all, do you have a desire to do good, rooted in the belief that local action can create global change? If you answered yes to any of the above, read on.

Would you like to visit an older person in their home and make a new friend? Have you got some time and conversation to share? We are seeking a Volunteer Visitor for a lady who would greatly benefit from some company. She loves to reminisce about cooking, through listening to classical music together, sharing conversation and a walk in the garden. Dementia experience helpful (training provided). Contact us to learn more about this great opportunity and other opportunities across Victoria.

Would you like to visit an older person in their home and make a new friend? Have you got some time and conversation to share? We are seeking a Volunteer Visitor for a lovely lady who would greatly benefit from some company through listening to music together, sharing conversation and general company. Dementia experience helpful (training provided). Contact us to learn more about this great opportunity and other opportunities across Victoria.

Do you love being part of an organisation making a difference to people doing it tough? Your help will make the difference for pensioners and their pets - help keep these best friends together by joining the Pet Medical Crisis team. We are looking for volunteer social workers to help vulnerable pensioners and their pets in crisis.

Do you love being part of an organisation making a difference to people doing it tough? Your help will make the difference for pensioners and their pets - help keep these best friends together by joining the Pet Medical Crisis team. We are looking for volunteer social workers to help vulnerable pensioners and their pets in crisis.

The Aged Care Volunteer Visitors Scheme supports regular in-person volunteer visits to give friendship and companionship to older people who: ☎ don’t have regular contact with friends or relatives 💔 are feeling isolated from their culture or heritage

The Aged Care Volunteer Visitors Scheme supports regular in-person volunteer visits to give friendship and companionship to older people who: ☎ don’t have regular contact with friends or relatives 💔 are feeling isolated from their culture or heritage

The Aged Care Volunteer Visitors Scheme supports regular in-person volunteer visits to give friendship and companionship to older people who: ☎ don’t have regular contact with friends or relatives 💔 are feeling isolated from their culture or heritage

To bring joy, social and cultural connection to an older man by visiting in his residential home. Approximately an hour weekly/fortnightly at a time to suit both of you. Volunteering under the Aged Care Volunteer Visitor Scheme you will make a difference in the life of an older person by helping to reduce feelings of loneliness and isolation improve their overall wellbeing.

Music can heal, uplift and even transform lives but the people who need it most often have the least access to it. That is where A Sound Life comes in - we do all the legwork to make it easy for you to simply turn up and perform your music either live over Zoom or directly to patients by their bedside in hospitals. Our next Musician Training Day is happening on Sunday, April 28 from 10am-3pm at Together2, Rozelle in Sydney and via Zoom.

To bring joy and social connection to an older person by visiting them in their own homes - in and around the Inner West. You may be able go for a short walk together, go to a cafe or stay indoors for a cuppa and a chat. Approximately an hour a week or fortnight at a time to suit both of you.

To bring joy, social and cultural connection to an older man by visiting in his residential home. Approximately an hour weekly/fortnightly at a time to suit both of you. Volunteering under the Aged Care Volunteer Visitor Scheme you will make a difference in the life of an older person by helping to reduce feelings of loneliness and isolation improve their overall wellbeing.

To bring joy and social connection to an older person by visiting in their residential home. Approximately an hour weekly/fortnightly at a time to suit both of you.

Volunteers to visit lonely and isolated residents in an Aged Care Facility to provide social support and friendship on a weekly/fortnightly basis.