Found 16 volunteering opportunities in Australia

Join the team at Candlebark Community Nursery selling local native plants to enhance biodiversity and wildlife habitat in our area.

Are you passionate about supporting the important work of Community Gardens and maintaining their financial health? Do you possess strong skills in bookkeeping, accounting, or a keen eye for numbers? If so, we are seeking a dedicated individual to serve as the Committee Treasurer.

Want hands-on work that actually helps the environment? We grow local native (indigenous) plants from seed or cuttings for revegetation projects or local gardens. Our retail area is open to the public for plant sales. More indigenous plants in gardens and larger revegetation projects provide habitat for native animals, birds and insects, and reduce species loss. We rely on volunteers but lockdowns hit us hard. Please help us get back to the thriving nursery from before the pandemic!

Do you love Australia’s built heritage and social history? Are you looking to increase your skills in providing excellent customer service and guiding? The National Trust (NSW) is currently recruiting volunteers the beautiful Dubbo property!

Being an onshore volunteer means that you are a supporter of Sea Shepherd and our shared causes, donating your time and efforts towards furthering our mission. You are also a part of our Outreach Crew – a growing team throughout the world. Application through Sea Shepherd Australia's web page.

If you have a broad interest in the Environment, then this is for you! The Busselton Dunsborough Environment Centre Inc. (BDEC) is looking for keen and interested people for its management committee. Commitment is bi-monthly for 2hour daytime meetings. BDEC engages with government, community agencies, and the public in order to encourage the preservation of the natural environment in the local area. They undertake a number of practical and administrative initiatives.

Would you be aged over 18, have good spoken English, and have at least two hours spare to mind our paint shop in St Peters on a regular or semi-regular basis? We'd love your help. Some knowledge of paint (or willingness to learn) is highly valued.

Based at 83 Princes Highway in St Peters, Circle Paints is Australia's first paint rescue charity. We would LOVE your help to sort and catalogue donated paint, so people who need cheap and environmentally friendly paint can find what they need.

Do you have a passion for people and providing friendly customer service?

We take all volunteers, young and old. You can either use your existing Sales, Management or other skills or we can teach you some new ones. We provide low-cost local native plants to the public and park organisations. We hope that by encouraging the planting of local native plants this will increase the biodiversity & climate resilience of the Whitehorse area.

When money gets tight, you need to have a garage sale! We are looking for an assistant who can help with our preparations and running the sale (tentatively Nov 18th) in Innisfail.

Do you want to make a difference to our planet? Are you environmentally aware and uphold the values of reduce, reuse and recycle? Then we want to hear from you!! Our shop gives recyclable items a second chance at life by recovering and selling them for a bargain.

Our Port Kennedy Containers for Change depot is a not-for-profit, this means we are an organisation driven by a purpose, not profit, and our purpose is to create opportunities for people to get into work. Containers for Change is the 10c refund recycling scheme that has been introduced to Western Australia. The Bridging the Gap – Port Kennedy depot receives eligible recyclables for the Rockingham region, keeping them out of landfill.

Board members provide governance oversight of the Leschenault Community Nursery (LCN) Inc.

LCN Native Plant Nursery is a Bunbury based native plant nursery that propagates and supplies quality native plants to gardens and rehabilitation projects in South West WA. We are currently seeking a Volunteer Retail Assistant to assist the retail team with maintaining plant displays, plant health and general shop duties.

Containers for Change is the 10c refund recycling scheme that has been introduced to Western Australia. The Care for Hedland depot receives eligible recyclables for the Hedland region, keeping them out of landfill. In this role you will be sorting and counting eligible drink containers and providing refunds to customers. The depot received both small and large returns of containers so extra hands to help sort, count and serve the community are always welcome.