👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Fun Day – Event Volunteers (Woodridge, Brisbane)

Volunteer to change lives. Yours included.

This volunteer opportunity will help to facilitate meaningful engagement between local families and local service providers during the annual Family Fun Day in celebration of Child Protection Week. By contributing your time as a volunteer, you will help create a safe, welcoming, and seamless experience for families accessing vital community support networks.

The Family Fun Day is a key community initiative hosted by UnitingCare to commemorate Child Protection Week and facilitate meaningful engagement between families and local service providers. This event brings together numerous local organisations at Ewing Park during the school holidays to connect the local community with vital support networks, resources, and free family activities.

🌟 Be part of a welcoming and diverse volunteer teams that reflects the communities we serve. We are committed to supporting people to live life in all its fullness by valuing and respecting the unique experiences, perspectives, and contributions of every person, and by creating an inclusive, accessible, and supportive environment where everyone feels they belong.🌟

📍Location: Family Fun Day - Ewing Road, Netball Drive, Woodridge, QLD 4114

Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Event Time: 10:30 AM – 2:30 PM (2-hour shifts)

✅ What you’ll be doing:

We are currently seeking enthusiastic and community-minded volunteers for two event day roles, with the flexibility to rotate between both positions in 2-hour shift blocks:

1. Car Park Attendant

Assist stall holders, vendors, and community members in safely navigating the enclosed car park.

Guide drivers in the car park to designated complimentary parking spaces and ensure vehicles maintain a safe, low speed.

Monitor perimeters to maintain clear, hazard-free pedestrian pathways for arriving families.

2. Train Ride Assistant

Support the coordination of the popular mini train ride attraction alongside the track operators.

Assist community members with queuing, boarding, and disembarking safely.

Collect tickets, tokens, or donations, and monitor the track perimeter to ensure children remain at a safe distance while the train is in motion.

🎁 What’s in it for you?

▪️ Experience the joy of making a meaningful difference

☑️ Requirements of this role include:

• A current and valid Queensland Working with Children Check (Blue Card) is mandatory before commencing volunteer duties.

• Ability to follow strict safety directions, operational procedures, and crowd management protocols under the guidance of staff.

• Strong interpersonal skills to communicate safety instructions or parking directions clearly and politely to a diverse public audience.

• Ability to work effectively within a team environment and collaborate closely with other volunteers and staff.

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Child safe, Child friendly

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:   

▪ Provide welcoming, safe and nurturing services for children   

▪ Implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services  

▪ Appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur

▪ Abide by the Child Safe Standards and adhere to the Reportable Conduct Scheme  

Commitment to Safeguarding

We are committed in creating services and workplaces that are welcoming and safe for every person. We work together to protect children, young people, adults and the elderly from harm within our services and the communities we support. We speak up for their safety to ensure their voices are heard. Our recruitment and workplace practices reflect our dedication in preventing abuse, harm and exploitation across UnitingCare.

️‍❤️ UnitingCare’s Diversity, Inclusion, and Child Safety Statement ❤️

UnitingCare is committed to child-safe practices and to building a volunteer workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We value cultural knowledge and lived experience, and we strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply. To ensure our team mirrors the diversity of the children in our care, We actively invite volunteers from all backgrounds, including young people (15–24 years), people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds, people with disability, LGBTQIA+ individuals, and older people seeking purpose and connection.

*UnitingCare is committed to equitable access and will provide reasonable adjustments to support all applicants. Please advise us of any accessibility requirements at the time of your interview. *