Found 35 volunteering opportunities in Australia

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.

Inpatient Orientation volunteers provide caregivers with knowledge and support for their hospital stay. It can be overwhelming as a caregiver of an inpatient dealing with the stress of a sick and injured child. As a Inpatient Orientation volunteer you will be able to ease the stress by informing caregivers of services and support networks available to make their stay as supported as possible.

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.

The Department for Child Protection Volunteer Driver would transport children and young people to and from family contact, appointments and may also assist with learner driver training. Some out of hours, long distance and overnight travel may be required.

We are looking for applicants that are passionate about helping our charity support seriously ill children and their families by becoming a volunteer within our after-hours 'House Custodian' team. To act as after-hours sentinels who ensure the efficiency of evening House operations from 4.30PM – 8.00PM Monday - Friday and weekends Saturday & Sunday 3 shift per day available :- 8.00am - 12.00pm 12.00pm - 4.00pm, 4.00pm - 8.00pm.

Family Drug Support (FDS) offers a 24/7 National Support Line for families & carers supporting someone with substance use issues. Volunteers are trained in the Family Drug Support model to offer non-judgmental support to reduce the isolation and stigma that people experience.

Brainwave's first Mums Group enables mothers of children with brain illnesses and injuries to leave their home and meet other mothers supported by Brainwave at a local cafe on a monthly basis We are seeking a volunteer to help coordinate 5 of the local groups by arranging these catch ups with the mothers

Digital Marketer • Advertise products through online selling platforms (if they are comfortable doing this) • Marketing. If you happened to have any volunteers who are IT and social media savvy, we would also love to have a volunteer that could produce social media content

This role has been developed to support the Thriving Families Team - We are looking for a worker who can bring a positive energy to Thriving Families and who likes to be a part of a fun and enthusiastic team.

Just like a normal library but for toys instead of books! We are a community run organisation with 3 borrowing sessions a week and this is where we need helpers. Our sessions are busy - we would love your help with checking in toys; returning toys; helping members borrow new toys and maintaining toys.

Inside clean of our toy library (just like a normal library but for toys). Essential to help us keep the toy library running to its full potential. We are 100% run by volunteers and have a fast growing membership base.

Cairns Toy Library (just like a book library but for toys) is looking for someone to help us to keep our lawn area neat and tidy - mowing, edges and general tidy up services required. We are a fully volunteer run not-for-profit organisation. Just like a normal library but for toys instead of books! We would love your help with maintaining the lawns so we can encourage greater play and use of the beautiful yard and grass area we have at our library. community to access toys and play

Assisting with raising funds through the sales of preloved and new clothing, accessories and homewares to support the everyday work of Red Cross. Volunteers assist to drive sales through delivering excellent customer service, emphasizing on positive shopping experience for our customers.

Join our dedicated fundraising and grant writing team to gain valuable experience in a supportive environment. Your inquisitive nature and administration skills will be put to good use making a difference in the lives of vulnerable children and their families. If you're seeking experience in an admin role, or volunteer tasks you can complete in your own time, we encourage you to apply!

This volunteer position enables Land Of Welcome to • Increase the number of volunteers for Land Of Welcome and for the organisations it supports. • Maintain and extend volunteer engagement Your contribution to the achievement of Land Of Welcome’s objectives will be recognized by a formal certificate of appreciation. A job well done may open new opportunities for you with people within our network who might benefit from your skills.

MUTTI invites a volunteer with a marketing background to refine our strategy, amplifying events shaped by those who've faced discrimination. Help us enlighten the public on community impacts and solutions. Join us in championing social inclusion through your marketing expertise.

Flying Free is a peer run advocacy and support service for survivors of abuse or mistreatment from mental health and alcohol and other drug services in Western Australia. We are dedicated to making systemic change to protect consumers from harm and ensure justice for survivors. As an entirely volunteer run organisation we need your help! If you have basic administration skills, live in WA and are passionate about improving the mental health system please apply.

Emu Community Children's Centre are looking for someone who can care for the outside environments of the childcare centre and assist with handy jobs around the centre.