Found 19 volunteering opportunities in Australia

Interested in making a difference in asylum seeker families lives and disrupting food waste in Australia? We are looking for a delivery driver who can give 3- 4 hours of their time each Wednesday. Multicultural Australia together with OzHarvest provides food hampers to help feed families in Logan, Darra and Bundamba.

SisterWorks is a partner of UN Women, to deliver UN Women’ Second Chance Education pilot project in Australia. SisterWorks provides training programs to the most vulnerable women with little English of refugee and migrant backgrounds. As a Sewing Teacher, you will be working in the SisterWorks design lab, empowering women by coordinating their sewing classes and teaching new skills.

This year’s Refugee Week theme “Finding Freedom” has a focus on family and encapsulates the profound journey of resilience, strength, and unity that defines the refugee experience. SSI will be celebrating this year's Refugee Week on 16th June (11:00 - 3:00) with an event at the Community Refugee Welcome Centre with music, food and more!

Learn how to be an events planner by assisting us in the organisation and execution of a wide range of events.

The Meals Program Volunteer is required from 10.00am to 2pm every Thursday to work with staff and consumers to organise and prepare a communal lunch at the Asylum Seeker Welcome Centre. The volunteer will work autonomously and ideally have experience working in a commercial kitchen. Creativity is necessary in order to create a lunch menu using food items that are available in the foodbank during that week. Your work will offer comfort to those seeking asylum in this country.

Help unpack a food order and supervise the food bank at a learning centre in North Melbourne supporting migrant, refugee and asylum seeker women.

Help migrant, refugee and asylum seeker women with their digital literacy and to complete forms in English.

Play a vital role in the maintenance of the ASWC's Food Pantry service. The primary task is to ensure that the ASWC foodbank is replenished weekly, via driving trips to Foodbank and Secondbite, in order to provide for vulnerable people in the community.

Play an essential role in the management and maintenance of the Asylum Seeker Welcome Centre Food Relief Program. Support the consumers and staff of the Centre by: picking up and organising food and material donations; assisting consumers to choose food and material items from the ASWC food bank, contacting clients to confirm food relief appointments.

Would you like to volunteer your time supporting newcomer families settling in the community? Do you speak a community language such Arabic, Dari and or Farsi?

MiCare is looking for committed and enthusiastic people to volunteer in our Family Learning Clubs in Werribee and Laverton. The program aims to assist newly arrived young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds with their school work, basic literacy and numeracy skills. Must be over 18 years of age.

Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of children from migrant or refugee backgrounds? Are you dedicated to fostering connection, belonging, and academic growth? Join our team at the St Vincent de Paul Society and become a valued volunteer for our Kids Clubs Program! There is a strong focus on developing literacy skills and a love of reading through reading books together. Volunteers will also provide help with homework if required.

Would you like to help a young person from a refugee background? Can you spare one or two hours per week to help a VCE student from a refugee backgrounds? If so, the Migrant Information Centre (MIC) needs your help.

IMS is looking for enthusiastic volunteers to help others with technological enquires, technical support, device repairing and more.

We are looking for local guides and members of the community to meet with newly arrived families to help them learn about their new surroundings and their responsibilities as tenants. Volunteers who can communicate with clients in the basics of English and provide transport.

Learning for Employment are looking for dedicated and enthusiastic volunteer tutors to provide English language support, community information and a general understanding of Australian culture.

To contribute to Refugee Migrant Children Centre's mission of empowering kids from refugee and migrant backgrounds by providing educational support both online and face-to-face.

This volunteer position enables Land Of Welcome to • Establish a report with people sharing the values of Land of Welcome • Build their desire to attend Land of Welcome picnics and support the organisation’s activities, fundraising • Contribute to 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

About the role This volunteer position enables Land Of Welcome to • Welcome email subscribers and nurture their engagement • Attract a broader range of people from highly supportive of people seeking asylum to less supportive. 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.