• Brunswick VIC, Brunswick East VIC, Brunswick West VIC
• Category: Migrant Services
• Types of work: Food Preparation & Service

The Meals Program Volunteer is required from 10.00am to 2pm every Thursday to work with staff and consumers to organise and prepare a communal lunch at the Asylum Seeker Welcome Centre. The volunteer will work autonomously and ideally have experience working in a commercial kitchen. Creativity is necessary in order to create a lunch menu using food items that are available in the foodbank during that week. Your work will offer comfort to those seeking asylum in this country.

• Brunswick VIC, Coburg VIC, Fawkner VIC
• Category: Mentoring & Advocacy
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Mediation & Advocacy, Tutoring & Coaching

Seeking flexible, patient and reliable volunteers to mentor young people aged between 11 to 17, through engaging in negotiated recreational activities for a couple of hours per fortnight. Activities may include walking in the park, visiting the local library, attending festivals, playing sports, cooking or going for a drive together.

• Craigieburn VIC, Roxburgh Park VIC, Somerton VIC
• Category: Seniors & Aged Care
• Types of work: Arts, Craft & Photography, Companionship & Social Support, Driving & Transportation, Seniors & Aged Care

Miss having a yarn with your grandparents? Learn from those wiser, and volunteer to visit the young at heart and keep them connected to the communities they love. Befriend and spend quality time with a lonely senior in the local community. No doubt you’ll develop a soft spot for adorable seniors and be able to simultaneously brighten their day!

• Brunswick East VIC, Coburg VIC, Thornbury VIC
• Category: Seniors & Aged Care
• Types of work: Arts, Craft & Photography, Companionship & Social Support, Driving & Transportation, Seniors & Aged Care

Miss having a yarn with your grandparents? Learn from those wiser, and volunteer to visit the young at heart and keep them connected to the communities they love. Befriend and spend quality time with a lonely senior in the local community. No doubt you’ll develop a soft spot for adorable seniors and be able to simultaneously brighten their day!

• Craigieburn VIC, Mill Park VIC, Whittlesea VIC
• Category: Young People
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Mediation & Advocacy, Safety & Emergency Services

Support a young person, when a parent/guardian is not available, by attending police interviews at a designated Police Station.

• Coburg VIC, Moonee Ponds VIC, Preston VIC, Reservoir VIC
• Category: Education & Training
• Types of work: Administration & Office Management, Education & Training, Working with Animals

The Coordinator will commence as a dog reading team volunteer and after two school terms receive training to take on the Coordinator position. The Coordinator will recruit, train, support, manage and give recognition to volunteers within the region. The position will also raise awareness of the Story Dogs brand and services. This is a non paid, volunteer role. This role requires you to have a suitable dog.

• Brunswick West VIC, Flemington VIC, Moonee Ponds VIC, Parkville VIC
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Arts, Craft & Photography, Companionship & Social Support, Music & Entertainment, Seniors & Aged Care

At MiCare, we don't want anybody to be lonely. We are looking for female volunteer who can speak Italian (Calabrese dialect) to spend some quality time with an elderly lady who lives in Brunswick West. Your visit may be spent reminiscing about the good old days and family while sitting around having a cuppa or enjoying a leisurely activity like going for a short walk.

• Carlton North VIC, Collingwood VIC, Fairfield VIC, Richmond VIC
• Category: Mentoring & Advocacy
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Mediation & Advocacy, Tutoring & Coaching

Seeking flexible, patient and reliable volunteers to mentor young people, through engaging in negotiated recreational activities for a couple of hours per fortnight. Activities may include walking in the park, visiting the local library, attending festivals, playing sports, cooking or going for a drive together.

• Broadmeadows VIC, Humevale VIC, Roxburgh Park VIC, Sunbury VIC
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Education & Training, Fundraising & Events, Tutoring & Coaching

Use your natural skills and talents to make a positive impact on the education journey of Australian school children. You will make a difference by supporting students one on one or in a small group setting with Literacy, Numeracy and STEM. Most importantly the connection you make with children in your local community will empower them to realise their educational dreams.

• Clifton Hill VIC, Craigieburn VIC, Epping VIC, Greensborough VIC, Reservoir VIC
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Seniors & Aged Care

We are looking for friendly, compassionate and caring volunteers interested in enriching the lives of older people living in residential aged care or at home. If you love a chat and can commit to visiting someone regularly please get in touch.

• Campbellfield VIC, Craigieburn VIC, Footscray VIC, Meadow Heights VIC, Tullamarine VIC
• Category: Seniors & Aged Care
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Seniors & Aged Care

Share your stories and companionship during fortnightly friendly visits with an isolated / lonely elderly Maltese lady living in her own home in Meadow Heights. She is interested in Arts, painting and walking but needs encouragement.

• Fawkner VIC, Kingsbury VIC, Preston VIC, Reservoir VIC, Thomastown VIC
• Category: Seniors & Aged Care
• Types of work: Arts, Craft & Photography, Companionship & Social Support, Seniors & Aged Care, Tour Guides, Information & Heritage

A short visit can make an older person’s day. We are seeking a volunteer visitors to befriend older people around Melbourne. All you need is to be kind, empathetic and willing to give one hour per fortnight (or more if you'd prefer). The role is rewarding, flexible and will help to improve the wellbeing of people experiencing social isolation.

• Coburg VIC, Ivanhoe VIC, Melbourne VIC, Northcote VIC, Preston VIC, Reservoir VIC, Thornbury VIC
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Retail & Sales

Uniting Op Shop Preston is a firm favourite amongst High Street op shoppers. From vintage dresses to quirky homewares and great fashion our Shop is full of gems. Uniting Op Shops provide affordable clothing and homeware items in a welcoming and inclusive environment, while providing an essential role in funding Uniting’s program delivery.

• Brunswick East VIC, Brunswick West VIC, Carlton VIC, Coburg VIC, Coburg North VIC, Parkville VIC, Pascoe Vale VIC
• Category: Seniors & Aged Care
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Seniors & Aged Care

The ACVVS aims to reduce loneliness for the elderly and offer more social support and connectivity to the wider community. Becoming an aged care volunteer is incredibly rewarding. We carefully match you with an elderly person based on interests, background, location and life experiences to help ensure a long-lasting connection. Your time is incredibly powerful and sharing it is one simple way you can make a difference to someone’s life.

• Brunswick VIC, Coburg VIC, Footscray VIC, Hawthorn VIC, Melbourne VIC, Richmond VIC, South Yarra VIC, St Kilda VIC
• Category: Environment & Conservation
• Types of work: Fundraising & Events, Retail & Sales

Help raise funds and save orangutans, elephants and tigers from extinction! The Orangutan Project is looking for volunteers to manage and organise fundraising stalls and events, as well as for volunteers to assist at stalls and events. We are an international conservation organisation working in Borneo and Sumatra to save orangutans, safeguard forests, and support local and Indigenous communities.