• Balwyn Victoria
• Category: Seniors & Aged Care
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Seniors & Aged Care

VMCH is currently welcoming volunteers to participate in varied lifestyle activities at St Catherine's Aged care in Balwyn. There are numerous entertainment and lifestyle activities for you to choose to engage one or two residents with and you would provide a wonderful interlude which will enhance a resident's day. We don’t need you to have experience we just want you to be an active part of our team with ideas and enthusiasm and engage with residents to provide fun and entertainment.

• Balwyn Victoria
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Retail & Sales

Do you have a passion for secondhand goods, repurposing and helping others in the community? We are seeking enthusiastic people to join us at VMCH Opportunity Shop in Balwyn on Whitehorse Road, as a retail sales assistant. Balwyn Op shop sells affordable preloved clothes, books, other clean and undamaged merchandise for Women and children. Volunteers are an integral part of VMCH's 4 Opportunity Shops and Warehouse, they help raise vital funds for the people we support.

• Balwyn Victoria
• Category: Human Rights
• Types of work: Disability Support, Mediation & Advocacy

Would you like to make a difference in the lives of people in your own community and also hold a prominent volunteer role? Become a Community Visitor with the Office of the Public Advocate.

• Balwyn Victoria
• Category: Seniors & Aged Care
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Driving & Transportation, Seniors & Aged Care

Be part of something great as a volunteer driver at Balwyn Evergreen Centre. Our transport service is critical for our clients to access our activities and programs. As a driver you get to be part of the action and make a genuine difference in the lives of older people. **We currently need a minivan driver (no special licence required) to transport our clients on a Wednesday from 2:00-4:30pm.** Please note, full training and ongoing support provided.

• Balwyn VIC, Camberwell VIC
• Category: Seniors & Aged Care
• Types of work: Tutoring & Coaching

Are you passionate about making a positive impact in the lives of older adults? Become an iPad Volunteer and help older adults stay connected in today's digital world. Your role will be to guide participants to use their iPads and its many features.

• Balwyn VIC, Bulleen VIC, Doncaster VIC, Hawthorn VIC, Richmond VIC
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Counselling & Help Line

Be a change-maker in your community! Make a difference in building a more connected and inclusive place for those who are less connected. The Access to Community program is growing their team of volunteer Community Connectors. Come join our team!

• Balwyn VIC, Croydon VIC, Doncaster VIC, Templestowe VIC, Templestowe Lower VIC
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Seniors & Aged Care

Be part of something great as a volunteer visitor, providing friendship and companionship to isolated older people visiting them at home or going on outings, as part of the Aged Care Volunteer Visitors Scheme (ACVVS). 1 hour per week or fortnight, is all it takes to brighten someone's day as well as your own.

• Balwyn VIC, Balwyn North VIC, Camberwell VIC, Mont Albert VIC, Surrey Hills VIC
• Category: Seniors & Aged Care
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Seniors & Aged Care

Make a new friend and be part of something great - the Aged Care Volunteer Visitors Scheme (ACVVS). Seniors are particularly vulnerable to becoming socially isolated, especially if they don't have any family around. Our volunteers play an important part in keeping them connected with regular visits. If you like to chat and are willing to spend time with a senior in their home, then we'd love to hear from you.

• Balwyn VIC, Camberwell VIC, Hawthorn VIC, Kew VIC, Surrey Hills VIC
• Category: Seniors & Aged Care
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Disability Support, Seniors & Aged Care

Enjoy a cuppa and a chat? Have 1 hour fortnightly to spare? Want to make a difference to the life of someone in your local area?

• Balwyn VIC, Bayswater VIC, Endeavour Hills VIC, Ferntree Gully VIC, Ringwood VIC, Rowville VIC, Wantirna VIC
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Seniors & Aged Care

If you’re interested in connecting with older people who are socially isolated, we’d love to hear from you! We’re looking for Volunteers who are creative thinkers and committed to supporting people live their best lives. Volunteers who can support older people with their goals around staying independent, healthy and connected to their community.

• Ashburton VIC, Balwyn VIC, Camberwell VIC, Canterbury VIC, Glen Iris VIC, Hawthorn VIC, Kew VIC, Surrey Hills VIC
• Category: Seniors & Aged Care
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Food Preparation & Service, Seniors & Aged Care

Boroondara Cooks is a meal sharing and community-strengthening program that supports older residents (Diners) who live in their own home, however aren’t always able to cook for themselves. The program connects community members (Volunteer Cooks) who are happy to share an extra portion of their home cooked meal with an older neighbour on a weekly, fortnightly or monthly basis. The Diner appreciates a regular home cooked meal delivered to them and a friendly face to say hello.

• Bacchus Marsh VIC, Balwyn VIC, Berwick VIC, Bundoora VIC, Mulgrave VIC, Sunshine VIC, Torquay VIC, Upper Ferntree Gully VIC
• Category: Seniors & Aged Care
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Seniors & Aged Care

VMCH is currently welcoming volunteers to engage with aged care residents who have personalised activities which has been tailored to meet their individual interests, their cultural background, and their physical abilities; you would provide activities or sit with a resident to provide company and conversation to create a wonderful interlude which can enhance an aged care resident's day.

• Ashburton VIC, Balwyn VIC, Balwyn North VIC, Camberwell VIC, Glen Iris VIC, Hawthorn VIC, Kew VIC, Surrey Hills VIC
• Category: Young People
• Types of work: Driving & Transportation, Education & Training

Are you interested in helping young learner drivers obtain their hours to gain their P's? Then the TAC L2P Learner Driver Mentor Program might be for you.

• Bulleen Victoria
• Category: Sport
• Types of work: Administration & Office Management, Disability Support, Sport & Physical Activity

Special Olympics Melbourne Inner East (MIE) is seeking one or two enthusiastic volunteers to organise, administrate and oversee our Bocce Program. The Bocce Coordinator(s) will work under the direction of the Club Sports Coordinator and State Bocce Manager. Special Olympics is a not-for-profit organisation with the primary goal of helping those with an intellectual disability to participate in sport to enhance their physical and mental wellbeing, sense of purpose and community connections.

• Kew Victoria
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Disability Support

Calling Allied Health Professionals eg OTs, Physios and Nurses for Upper Limb Training (Able X). Are you a retired or current Allied Health professional – eg physio, OT or nurse, looking to volunteer for a few hours each week in your local community? The Boroondara Stroke Support Group (BSSG) is looking for more volunteers to join it's Able X team. Able X is an upper limb training tool (using hand held control devices).