Found 79 volunteering opportunities in Australia

The Hunter Cancer Hub is based in the Canteen office in Newcastle and is an exciting new project, launched in early 2022 that will act as the central point between those who are impacted by cancer and support services. The Hunter Cancer Hub (HCH) Office Administration Volunteer will play a pivotal role in supporting families and individuals who approach The Hub for support.

headspace Fraser Coast is currently seeking Youth Advisory Committee members who are volunteers aged 12-25 for their Marybourough and Hervey Bay locations. The group represents each state and territory and work with headspace to ensure young people's voices and opinions remain front and centre.

As a Local Coordinator, you will provide additional support to a High School Exchange student from overseas who is living with a host family and attending High School in your local community. A Local Coordinator must live within 2 hours of where a student is living. If you are interested in other cultures, young people and families, this role is perfect for you. You may have been an exchange student or host family yourself - but that is not a requirement.

Have you ever wished you had a mentor, an extra adult to talk to when you were growing up? Then become a mentor, who spends an hour a week being a positive role model, listening and doing activities with a student for 1 hour each week during school hours during the school year. EdConnect Australia are seeking volunteers with general life skills to help young people in primary schools who are at risk of disengaging in education.

Join our team as a Volunteer Communications Assistant! Assist our Policy and Advocacy team in amplifying our community's voice. Reporting to Community Advocacy Lead, this position is based in our Erina Office.

Passionate storyteller wanted! Help shape our advocacy efforts by creating engaging content that amplifies personal cancer stories. This position is based in our Erina Office.

Passionate about community advocacy? Reporting to Community Advocacy Lead, this position is for someone who wants to work remotely or in our Erina Fair office, once a fortnight for 4 hours, and contribute to positive change.

As a volunteer you and your volunteer colleagues will learn about the NSW Mental Health Act, in particular the role of the Mental Health Review Tribunal. To facilitate an understanding of this information for the relatives, carers and families attending a Hearing, our service supports a volunteer family support program. Specifically designed for the weekly Hearings, family provide positive feedback about the support provided.

Do you have a talent in arts and craft and would like to help patients in palliative care?

We are looking for GPs that can volunteer 4 hours a month at one of our busy Street Side Medic clinics. Join a fun medical team that focuses on primary care for those in the community that are experiencing homelessness or tough times.

The Helping Hand Project is a community-based organisation. Our vision is to provide youth of refugee background with supportive Mentors, so that they can achieve their goals and reach their dreams.

A Consumer Advisor is a member of our community who can voice a lived experience of health care at Western Health. They participate in committees, focus groups, projects and a range of other activities to ensure the patient perspective is always considered. Consumer Advisors are part of the Western Health community and should reflect the diversity of our community

Double the impact on families & early childhood development. Join our passionate Board! (Volunteer)

The helpline was established in 2009, and is the only such service in Australia helping people living with pain. Guides have a personal connection to chronic pain and are able to support callers with chronic pain.

The Branch Commissioner Inclusion is responsible for providing advice and support to Leaders and Unit Councils. This support could include strategies and programs to assist members to use inclusive practice in their everyday Scouting and maximise the integration of members from historically marginalised groups in the Scouting program at all levels.

We are currently looking for Parent Peer Volunteers to facilitate family peer support groups to parents and families in the following areas: Mandurah, Fremantle, Thornlie, East Perth & Midland.

MUST BE A PARENT OF A CHILD WHO HAS OR HAD DRUG AND ALCOHOL ISSUES. Supporting and mentoring parents of children with drug and alcohol issues.

Approved volunteers agree to provide mentoring and friendship to a young person between the ages of 7 and 17. They commit to spending quality time with a carefully selected young person from a vulnerable or disadvantaged background for approximately 2 hours per fortnight for a period of 12 months. You will not be sitting in an office all day but going out to meet mentees.

Are you a Social Worker, Counsellor or Psychologist looking to support Young People? Canteen, delivers overnight programs, workshops and recreational and social events that bring young people together to build peer relationships. As a Psychosocial Support volunteer, your role will be to provide effective psychosocial support and information to young people during programs and specifically through the facilitation and delivery of manualised group work content on overnight programs.

The Family Drug Helpline provides information, support and referrals to people who have someone in their life using alcohol or other drugs. The helpline is staffed by volunteers. THIS IS A PEER SUPORT ROLE, filled by people who have personal experience of being impacted by someone’s substance use. This lived experience is the key selection criteria.