Found 518 Companionship & Social Support volunteering opportunities in Australia

Share your language (English or Dutch) and companionship during fortnightly visits to a lovely lady who lives in Werribee. Our client is looking for a mature volunteer to have an intelligent conversation with and give her inspiration. Volunteering brings fun and fulfilment to your life and makes a huge difference to those in the community seeking companionship.

We are looking for an compassionate volunteer who can take our lonely client out once a week. Our client loves the beach and would like someone to drive her to the beach from her house once a week. she is full of life and still wants to remain active.

Become a Silverchain volunteer and enrich lives of seniors in your community through meaningful connections. Silverchain is looking for dedicated volunteers to help the elderly in regional Western Australia to improve their digital technology skills and use their devices to stay connected with family and friends.

Become a Silverchain volunteer and enrich lives of seniors in your community through meaningful connections. Silverchain is looking for dedicated volunteers to help the elderly in regional Western Australia to improve their digital technology skills and use their devices to stay connected with family and friends.

Silverchain provides an award-winning palliative care service that helped clients manage their symptoms and meet their physical, social, and spiritual needs for over 40 years. Our dedicated volunteers play a key role in providing this care as part of a compassionate team of Healthcare professionals. You will be helping Australians living with an advanced, progressive, or life-limiting illness to experience the best quality of life possible.

Lack of transport is a common barrier for seniors to remain part of their community. Having no transport can stop them from doing the things they need to do, and leads to feelings of loneliness and isolation. If you enjoy driving, you can make a difference by helping with their transport needs to important medical appointments or social activities.

As a Community Connections Volunteer, you play a key role in helping clients reconnect with their local community and encouraging them to do the things they love. Our Community Connections program supports our clients who are at risk of feeling lonely or isolated, by providing them with social visits.

MiCare Aged Care and the Retirement village in Carrum Downs is looking for a friendly individual to contribute as a volunteer at our shop. Our small shop is designed for our Aged Care residents, families, visitors and friends providing a cosy environment for them to buy the things in need close to their homes, or when they come to visit their love ones. We sell some Dutch foods and products as well.

Warrigal Coniston is seeking enthusiastic and caring volunteers to assist with table game activities on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday between 4pm - 5pm. If you can only attend one of these days, that is perfectly fine.

Warrigal Coniston is seeking enthusiastic and caring volunteers to assist with group games activities on Friday mornings from 10.30am to 12pm.

Warrigal Coniston is seeking enthusiastic and caring volunteers to assist with group game activities on Monday mornings from 1pm-3pm

Warrigal Queanbeyan is seeking enthusiastic and compassionate volunteers who can dedicate their time to visit a resident or a small group of residents for a delightful 'Cuppa & Chat' experience. Our goal is to foster companionship and enhance the sense of connection among our cherished residents.

Visiting Patients in the community to provide social support.

MiCare is looking for a friendly individual to contribute as a volunteer at our local Coffee shop. Our coffee shop is designed for the families and friends of our Aged Care residents, providing a cosy environment for them to spend quality time together close to their homes. It can be a shared job, if you can do volunteering just for a couple of day(s).

Qualified Therapists/teachers needed to provide Carer Wellness to parents/carers of children in Hospital.

To support patients of the Palliative Care Service, as well as their families and carers. There are various roles available which can involve hospital or home-based patient and carer support, or administrative assistance.

Would you like to join our team of visitors and engage our residents in conversation and support being in nature with beach walks

Do you have a dog or pet that is suitable to come with you to our Aged Care home and share some social interaction with our residents? Our residents living at our Wayville Aged Care Home really miss the family pets they had in their family homes. Animals bring great joy to others hearts and the social chit chat and a pat bring smiles and fill hearts. All volunteers must have up to date Influenza vaccinations, the Covid-19 vaccinations and a Police clearance to work in Aged Care.

Our residents living at our aged care homes like to continue to connect with others and take part in creative activities such as art and drawing, craft activities and playing games. Do you have some spare time to share and support our residents to connect and stay active? Mandatory annual Influenza vaccination and triple vaccination for Covid required for all aged care staff and volunteers.

We are keen to hear from you if you have any spare time to be with people, assist a resident with activities suitable to their ability and enjoy the moments bringing individualized and one on one support over weekend's.