Found 94 volunteering opportunities in Australia

We currently require Volunteer Foster Carers' to open their homes to cats & kittens, to give them a home while we search for their forever homes! If you have a love of cats and a spare room, this could be the purr-fect opportunity to help us out!

YPRL is seeking a new **Reading Dogs team** to join Thomastown Library. Our Reading Dogs program promotes children’s literacy by having children read aloud to dogs at the library. Our mission is to make reading fun and enjoyable for children so that they become confident and lifelong readers. Reading Dogs are accredited companion animals who volunteer with their owner/handler as a team by facilitating reading sessions. If your dog is calm, patient, and loveable, get in touch with us today!

While the primary role of the SES is to respond to incidents involving floods and storms, it also provides crucial support and assistance to other emergency service organisations. SES is open to men and women with a reasonable degree of physical fitness and a passion to get involved within their community. When a natural disaster strikes or an emergency situation arises, DFES’s SES volunteers can be found providing a wide range of volunteer services to help the community.

Volunteer Now! Collie SES is a team of dedicated volunteers who respond to natural hazards such as storms, floods, cyclones, and earthquakes, & assist with land searches, & fire ground support. The Collie SES Unit are seeking new volunteers to work behind the scenes & assist the front-line crews. Support members are essential to the operation of unit activities by assisting & supporting operations from the unit or non-frontline locations. If this sounds like you we would love to hear from you!

Volunteer Now! Collie SES are a team of dedicated volunteers who respond to natural hazards such as storms, floods, cyclones, earthquakes, assist with land searches, flood boat operations and fire ground support. If you are interested in meeting new people, learning new skills, or are looking to apply existing skills and knowledge in a challenging new environment then we would love to hear from you! This is a time to shine and show your community what you are made of.

By volunteering with VICSES, you will: • be part of a dedicated team of individuals who are passionate about helping others. • gain valuable experience, and learn new skills. • meet new people, and • make a positive impact on the community.

The mission of Diverse Voices is to provide an anonymous peer support telephone, web chat and referral service that listens to and supports the diverse voices that make up the community; aiming to make useful referrals, improve the mental health and overall wellbeing of those who contact us with unconditional positive regard.

Join the 'Friends of Parks' volunteers at Mapleton Falls National Park and help the local Rangers with a variety of activities that will benefit a much-loved rainforest ecosystem on the Blackall Range. Tasks may include: manual weed removal, maintenance and repairs to tracks and other infrastructure, revegetation/tree planting, rubbish collection, recording of wildlife sightings, and more.

Join the 'Friends of Parks' volunteers at Kondalilla Falls National Park and help the local Rangers with a variety of activities that will benefit a much-loved rainforest ecosystem on the Blackall Range. Tasks may include: manual weed removal, maintenance and repairs of the walking track and other infrastructure, revegetation/tree planting, rubbish collection, recording of wildlife sightings, and more.

Join the 'Friends of Ferny Forest' volunteer group and help the local Rangers with a variety of activities that will benefit the much-loved mountain bike track and ecosystem in Mooloolah River Conservation Park, at Ewen Maddock Dam. Tasks may include: manual weed removal, maintenance and repairs of the mountain bike track, revegetation/tree planting, rubbish collection, recording of wildlife sightings, and more.

On Sunday 11 August Muscular Dystrophy will stage Run for Strength - a fun run/walk around Princes Park. We need volunteers to act as marshalls around the course making sure participants dont go the wrong way. It is an easy job but one that is crucial to the success of the event. Its a wonderful celebration of able bodied people coming together with those with a disability.

Make a positive impact on the lives of our elderly in aged care! Gregory Lodge located in Flemington requires volunteers to come in with their friendly pet dog to interact with the residents.

Be part of the vital team that supports Marine Rescue in saving lives on the water

The helpline was established in 2009, and is the only such service in Australia helping people living with pain. Guides have a personal connection to chronic pain and are able to support callers with chronic pain.

Are you a good listener and want to learn critical skills to support someone who is struggling or experiencing crisis? Lifeline Harbour to Hawkesbury, based in Gordon, is recruiting now for new volunteers to join their training course in August 2023.

If you have a passion for our native animals come volunteer with us. We'd love to have you on board. You will be caring for our animals, preparing their food, cleaning their environments and getting to love them all.

provide emergency relief support to clients experiencing hardship

MUST BE A PARENT OF A CHILD WHO HAS OR HAD DRUG AND ALCOHOL ISSUES. Supporting and mentoring parents of children with drug and alcohol issues.

The co-facilitator for the "Everybody is Welcome" Pain Support Group can be located anywhere in Australia. The group is a safe space for to help participants to share their experiences of living with chronic pain, promoting self-management techniques, reducing isolation and assisting with health system navigation.

We are looking for an Emergency Relief (ER) volunteer who is non-judgmental and can commit to attending every Monday. Our ER Volunteers deliver a responsive and appropriate service providing equitable access to all members of the community. Suits volunteers who have had experience with interviewing and can display an understanding and empathy to members of the community who need assistance. Basic computer skills essential.