Found 10 volunteering opportunities in Australia

Your basic sewing machine skills, or willingness to learn, will be useful in this role sewing wildlife rescue pouches and basket liners. Only straight line sewing, and patterns are cut along straight lines. All equipment is provided. Pouches and liners are sewn to specific sizes and designs and are given to local wildlife carers as needed. Timing is flexible - between 8am and 1pm on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Willunga Recreation Park (WRP) was established in 1875 & is an entirely community owned & community run organisation based in Willunga. WRP hosts four festivals throughout the year including the iconic Willunga Almond Blossom Festival, Fleurieu Beer Festival, Chilli Festival & the Jigsaw Competition. WRP is the umbrella organisation for over twenty sporting clubs & community groups including netball, football, CWA, tennis, Girl Guides, Cinemallunga, the CFS and many more. Volunteers needed!

Repair Lab Melville is a community event run by volunteers who use their skills to help people repair items that would otherwise be discarded and sent to landfill. Repair Lab Assistants will help set up and pack up the event, help Repair Lab Melville attendees to carry items for repair into the venue, answer general enquiries and direct attendees to repair stations.

The Volunteer Child-Safe Protection Officer ensures that all children are able to play & grow...being free from harassment, abuse (psychological, psychical, sexual, emotional and neglect). This is an essential role where you must be able to identify risks and implement guidelines and processes that need to be followed when/if a child protection issue arises. If you have a firm understanding of the Children and Young People (Safety) Act 2017 and the reporting requirements, apply now!

We need a local with a suitable camera and editing software to produce a series of short videos for uploading to the net.

If you have a decent camera and like to record stuff, we need a local who is available on periodic short notice to come to our premises and photograph techniques and incoming animal cases. These are for future use on our website. We also receive requests from lots of people wanting photographs for their social media pages. Before our President can comply, the images need to be chosen, scanned and watermarked. It would be great if the photography co-ord has basic skills with Fireworks.

The Forest Discovery Centre is located in the beautiful Jarrah Forest in Dwellingup. We are dedicated to promoting arts, heritage and environment in our values. Are you looking for the opportunity to gain experience in the arts and heritage sector then this position could be for you as we are looking for someone to assist in the coordination of our art exhibition at the Forest Discovery Centre.

The Forest Discovery Centre is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to promoting the arts, heritage and environment in the beautiful Jarrah Forest in Dwellingup. We are seeking a Activities Coordinator to join our team, so if you have a passion for working with children and be able to create and deliver engaging and educational activities we would love to hear from you. We offer a rewarding and stimulating volunteer experience in a beautiful natural setting.

Varied positions available. Also suitable for Centrelink clients 60 to 65 years Worldwide ‘Precious Plastic Community’ finds ways to turn plastic lids into useful and beautiful plastic objects.Our philosophy is that discarded plastic is a precious resource, not waste. So far we have been able to create items such as plates, cups, bowls, plant pots, surfboard fins and wax combs but there is no limit to what can be created from discarded items.

ACT Wildlife rehabilitates injured, sick and orphaned native animals to return them to the wild. Our interface with the public is our 24/7 phone. The day is broken into several shifts and you would be required to have our phone diverted to yours for a shift a week, a fortnight or month, depending on your availability. You will be working from home and have access to our online database to record calls.