Found 3693 volunteering opportunities in Australia

Looking for dedicated Support Workers who are looking to have a positive impact on peoples lives to work. If you are a positive, adaptable and energetic Support Worker who enjoys challenging and rewarding work – we want you to join our dedicated team!

The Paradise Spinning Yarns group would welcome your support. As you can imagine, they enjoy a yarn or two whilst knitting. They are more than happy to teach you to knit. This is a great way for people to connect over a favourite activity. Knitting is a method of producing textile fabrics by using knitting needles to loop interlace yarn.

This position involves engaging with older people and spreading happiness.

Bus trips are popular, offering passengers the pleasure of sightseeing and exploring various places in South Australia. To drive the Rosa Bus, an LR licence is required, which we can assist you in obtaining.

This Women's Wellness group is significant, bringing individuals together for gentle exercise, meditation, and discussions on various themes. Your support is crucial in connecting people, fostering dialogue, and creating a social setting.

The Volunteer Reading Helper assists children in practicing reading in the classroom at local schools. Just one hour a week can improve children's reading skills enormously. Training provided, great flexibility, wonderful environment. Expanding to other areas soon, please inquire. Reading Friends Australia is registered for Volunteer Work with Centrelink.

Chung Wah Community Care (CC) is a group under the Chung Wah Association. CC’s goal is to provide care for the seniors, people living with disabilities, and their carers, particularly those from the non-English speaking backgrounds, in Perth metropolitan area.

Do you enjoy driving and meeting new people? Our drivers transport clients all over the City of Melville, join our friendly team. Drivers sought for Fridays in particular.

This is a great opportunity to form a new friendships and improve the quality of life for residents of local aged care facilities.

Melville Cares are seeking a drivers and assistants for their Friendship Group based in the Melville area. Times required Monday a- Friday 8.30am – 4pm approx.

The Melville Friends provides social support within a small group setting, offering a variety of engaging activities. These include evening meals, concerts, leisurely catch ups for dinner.

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

Looking for a flexible volunteer role that makes a positive difference to another person and reduces loneliness in our community? A lovely older lady living in an Aged Care Home in Craigieburn would enjoy having conversations in Syriac with a new female friend. Our program helps to improve the lives of older people who face social isolation through meaningful friendships. It's very rewarding, flexible, and suited to anyone who is friendly, kind and reliable!

Do you have one hour a fortnight? Loneliness is one of the biggest challenges we face as we age. Can you spare just an hour a fortnight to visit an isolated senior? Do you speak a second language? We have a waiting list of culturally and linguistically diverse, and LGBTQI+ clients who would love some company. A friendly smile and a caring conversation can make a huge difference. Volunteer with us.

We are looking for a CHSP Community Support & Wellbeing Bus Driver to join our friendly volunteer team. This invaluable and extremely popular program takes members of our community on a range of enjoyable bus trips to various locations around Adelaide.

Be the face and voice of DoggieRescue! Greet our doggie walkers, answer the phone, sell items in the shop, receive donations, and generally tell people about us and the great work we do! Be part of an essential team that rescues animals from death row in pounds around NSW. This is an active role - you'll get your 10000 steps up! its noisy, its busy but its a lot of fun! Training and support provided. We are currently looking for volunteers to help on weekends 10am - 2pm or 11am - 3pm

Can you play a musical instrument? Cantonese speaking volunteer visitor needed to visit socially and culturally isolated lady living in aged care facility. Do you have experience with the elderly? Are you empathetic and want to change someone's life? We have a lady who has been living in a facility for over a decade. She would benefit from someone who can visit her and play a musical instrument or share Chinese/Malaysian food.

Visit a socially/culturally isolated lady in her own home in Mount Waverley. The recipient speaks Arabic and English and was a mechanical engineer who lectured at University prior to retiring Can you spare some time once per week/fortnight for 1 hour visit to help her smile? Enjoy a cup of tea together, talk about family or go for short walk.

Thai speaking volunteer visitor needed to visit socially and culturally isolated lady living in an aged care facility. She is unable to converse with anyone as there are no Thai speakers at this facility. Loves to singalong to Thai music and watch Thai movies. Gentle strolls outside in the garden. Do you have experience with the elderly? Are you empathetic, caring and can spare an hour once per fortnight?

Brighten the day of a lovely local lady and make a difference in your community! We have a wonderful older lady who could do with a regular girlfriend to share a cuppa and chat. Enjoys a game of cards, is a lover of music and loves to read Social connections are essential to the well-being of older people. We are seeking enthusiastic, compassionate, friendly Volunteer Visitors to spend time with older people who are at risk of social isolation and loneliness.