• Murray Bridge SA, Mount Gambier SA, Berri SA, Whyalla SA, Port Lincoln SA, Port Augusta SA, South Australia
• Category: Seniors & Aged Care
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Driving & Transportation

Having good social connections is essential for all aspects of health, especially as we age. Red Cross Transport supports people who are older or have a disability, and who have no means of getting to non-urgent medical appointments or social outings.

• Adelaide SA, Port Pirie SA, Whyalla SA, Port Lincoln SA, Port Augusta SA, South Australia
• Category: Seniors & Aged Care
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support

Having good social connections is essential for all aspects of health, especially as we age. The Aged Care Volunteer Visitors Scheme (ACVVS) and Volunteer Visitors program supports older Australian’s who live in an aged care facility or their own home and who are lonely or socially isolated.

• Cowandilla South Australia
• Category: Seniors & Aged Care
• Types of work: Seniors & Aged Care

Calvary Flora McDonald is seeking volunteers who have a passion for improving the lives of elderly people living in residential aged care, many of whom can experience social isolation. If you enjoy chatting and generally engaging socially with people we would like to chat with you. In the traditions of the Venerable Mary ​Potter and Saint Mary MacKillop, Calvary Flora McDonald caters for residents from diverse cultural and religious backgrounds, including a Vietnamese specific wing.

• Cowandilla South Australia
• Category: Seniors & Aged Care
• Types of work: Seniors & Aged Care

Do you enjoy pottering in the garden? We need your assistance! Calvary Flora McDonald is seeking volunteers who would enjoy spending time with residents in our gardens and courtyards. If you enjoy the outdoors, chatting, and generally engaging socially with people we would like to chat with you.

• Cowandilla South Australia
• Category: Seniors & Aged Care
• Types of work: Seniors & Aged Care

Are you a person who enjoys variety and a chat along the way? Our Laundry staff need your assistance! Calvary Flora McDonald is seeking volunteers who can lessen the social isolation some residents feel in aged care, by delivering laundered clothing and having a chat with the residents. The role may also involve labelling clothing, but there is no sewing involved!

• Lockleys SA, Morphettville SA, Glenelg SA
• Category: Seniors & Aged Care
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Seniors & Aged Care

Are you a sociable person who enjoys talking and listening to others? For this volunteering you will need to be understanding of elderly people's needs and limits. You will need to be as reliable as possible. You will need to be willing to contact the ACVVS Co-ordinator to report every quarter and when you need support.

• Morphettville South Australia
• Category: Seniors & Aged Care
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Seniors & Aged Care

Are you a sociable person who enjoys talking and listening to to others? For this volunteering you will need to be understanding of elderly people's needs and limits. You will need to be as reliable as possible. You will need to be willing to contact the ACVVS Co-ordinator to report every quarter and when you need support.

• Lockleys SA, Glenelg SA
• Category: Seniors & Aged Care
• Types of work: Seniors & Aged Care

You need to be sociable, enjoy talking and listening and be understanding of elderly people's needs and limits. You will need to be as reliable as possible. You will need to be keep in contact with the ACVVS co-ordinator to report, and if you need support.

• Glenelg South Australia
• Category: Seniors & Aged Care
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Seniors & Aged Care

Are you a sociable person who enjoys talking and listening to to others? For this volunteering you will need to be understanding of elderly people's needs and limits. You will need to be as reliable as possible. You will need to be willing to contact the ACVVS Co-ordinator to report every quarter and when you need support.

• Mount Barker South Australia
• Category: Seniors & Aged Care
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Seniors & Aged Care, Sport & Physical Activity

Supporting Home and Community Care (HACC) eligible residents of Mount Barker District Council to reconnect and link with their local community to increase the individual's social networks, enhance their independence and quality of life by supporting an indoor Petanque (French bowls) activity on a Thursday afternoon.

• Campbelltown South Australia
• Category: Seniors & Aged Care
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Music & Entertainment, Seniors & Aged Care

Do you love to sing? Do you love chatting with older people, starting or being part of a good conversation? If yes, we want to chat with you.

• Oaklands Park South Australia
• Category: Seniors & Aged Care
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Seniors & Aged Care

Would you like to be a friendly face to an older person by volunteering as an ACVVS Volunteer Visitor? This gentleman is a kind-hearted and intelligent man living in an aged care facility on the Oakland’s Park area. Despite facing challenges such as brain injury and cancer, he remains a lovely and gentle soul. Unlike many residents, he enjoys discussing topics beyond the ordinary and loves listening to Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones.

• Goolwa South Australia
• Category: Seniors & Aged Care
• Types of work: Garden Maintenance, Seniors & Aged Care

Would you like to assist an older person to be independent at home and maintain a beautiful and healthy garden? Come and help out with the Goolwa Green Thumbs!

• Victor Harbor South Australia
• Category: Seniors & Aged Care
• Types of work: Seniors & Aged Care, Sport & Physical Activity

If you enjoy walking, socialising, have a passion for community health and wellbeing, are committed to a regular pattern of volunteering and possess good social and communication skills – we would love to hear from you. We are looking for volunteers to lead weekly walking groups in partnership with the Heart Foundation.

• Hendon SA, Glengowrie SA, Seaford SA
• Category: Seniors & Aged Care
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Seniors & Aged Care

We have a new role we are implementing to support our new residents into care in our residential homes. Do you enjoy talking and hearing other people’s stories? As a Resident transition to care support you get the opportunity to spend time with a resident, get to know them and have a positive impact on their lives by being a companion.