• Kingston Australian Capital Territory
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Tutoring & Coaching

Learning for Wellbeing is a project run in partnership with schools and community groups. It aims to ensure children feel connected to their family and community, have a sense of confidence, an increased ability to regulate their emotions and are better able to connect with peers in a healthy and rewarding way. The Learning for Wellbeing Mentor provides support to individuals, or small groups of students, focusing on social and emotional learning activities that are facilitated by CS#1 staff.

• Greenway Australian Capital Territory
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Administration & Office Management, Retail & Sales

Vinnies has hundreds of Retail Centres Australia wide. Revenue raised from the Retail Centres allows for the continuation of vital services Vinnies runs across the country. Our Tuggeranong Centre is looking for Retail Assistant/Donation Sorting Volunteers for Saturdays.

• Greenway Australian Capital Territory
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Retail & Sales

Communities-at-Work’s Best Dressed Store is located in South.Point Tugeranong, and sells good quality, second hand clothing and accessories to create sustainable and ongoing funding to help vulnerable clients through our Social Programs.

• Greenway Australian Capital Territory
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Food Preparation & Service

Our Community Pantries provide basic food and personal care items to individuals and families in Canberra who are experiencing hardship. Please note: we are unable to offer volunteering opportunities related to receiving government payments.

• Kambah Australian Capital Territory
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Garden Maintenance, Trades & Maintenance

The Handyperson Volunteer requires to have basic carpentry skills and/or garden maintenance skills. The volunteer assists with the upkeep of our Family Service properties and units for vulnerable individuals.

• Barton Australian Capital Territory
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Driving & Transportation

Our Delivery Volunteers facilitate the supply of meals to Vinnies Special Works Homelessness Programs by transporting from the supply point to the distribution location/s. These meals provide basic support to people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. At services such as Blue Door the meals also act as a “handshake” facilitating deeper engagement and a “hand up” to our service users. These roles are required for Mondays to Fridays, from 8.30 to 10.30am each day.

• Narrabundah Australian Capital Territory
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Retail & Sales

Our Vinnies centres play a vital role in supporting the community by providing affordable daily living essentials and by assisting those that need a helping hand up. We are seeking volunteers to assist with retail duties, donation sorting, customer service and manual handling tasks. We are looking for volunteers from Monday - Saturday.

• Phillip Australian Capital Territory
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Administration & Office Management, Retail & Sales

Vinnies Thread Together program is a shop front aimed at making a difference in the lives of vulnerable people in our community by providing free clothing. Thread Together (Retail Assistant) Volunteer helps with creating a comfortable place for people to access clothing and support. The Volunteer will be working from our new and exciting shop front in Phillip. Our Thread Together Coordinator will supervise the Volunteer and provide on-the-job training, ongoing support and development.

• Ainslie Australian Capital Territory
• Category: Health
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Education & Training, Marketing, Media & Communications

Share your personal lived experience of a mental illness or as a carer to address stigma and educate our community on mental health and wellbeing.

• Lyneham Australian Capital Territory
• Category: Sport
• Types of work: Sport & Physical Activity

Being a Community Official is a great way to get involved in tennis at the grassroots level. They volunteer their time to assist tournaments and competitions by monitoring a number of courts during play, which helps to create a smooth running event. They also play a role in assisting and educating players, parents and coaches. As you progress through the Community Officiating pathway further opportunities to engage in paid officiating roles become available.

• Hughes Australian Capital Territory
• Category: Disability Services
• Types of work: Marketing, Media & Communications

Coordinate and manage the Better Hearing Australia, ACT (BHA) communications and digital media presence.

• Symonston Australian Capital Territory
• Category: Museums & Heritage
• Types of work: Administration & Office Management, Library Services

Geoscience Australia is the custodian of national geoscience collections including gemstones, minerals, fossils, meteorites and thin section slides that have been collected over many decades. These collections require ongoing cataloguing and maintenance to ensure that they are preserved for future generations.

• Mitchell Australian Capital Territory
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Retail & Sales

Vinnies is looking for people to volunteer at our Mitchell Warehouse/Retail Centre - Currently we are looking for Donation Sorting volunteers from Monday - Friday between 9am - 12pm OR 1pm - 4pm.

• Gungahlin Australian Capital Territory
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Retail & Sales

Vinnies Retail Centres (especially Gungahlin and Dickson shops) have a number of roles that are physically demanding. The roles include daily lifting and carrying of donations weighing up to 15kg.

• Curtin Australian Capital Territory
• Category: Disability Services

Legal adviser to provide legal advice to a NFP transitioning from a voluntary, self-help, charity operation to a modern commercialised NFP business model. Central to the transition is the shift of focus from member services to delivery of products and services to selected partners and the wider community.