• Heidelberg Victoria
• Category: Education & Training
• Types of work: Education & Training, Marketing, Media & Communications, Tutoring & Coaching

Have you ever been moved after hearing someone tell you about their experience? If you have been: • injured or had a family member/friend injured or die • first on the scene at a serious road incident • a witness to a road incident • a driver involved in a serious road incident • an emergency service worker attending a road incident Your story could save a life.

• Heidelberg VIC, Thomastown VIC
• Category: Family Services
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Counselling & Help Line, Driving & Transportation

Do you want to make a real, practical difference, supporting people who are facing many challenges? Volunteering in this role will enable more families of Kids First to access our therapeutic services safely and affordably, and in a supportive and comfortable environment. Lots of training and support will be offered in this important NEW volunteer program!

• Heidelberg VIC, Preston VIC / Remote Friendly
• Category: Mental Health
• Types of work: Accounting & Finance, Disability Support, Fundraising & Events, Marketing, Media & Communications

Are you an expert of your craft with a heart for social impact? Do you love the idea of improving the lives of vulnerable people through your skillset and experience? Worthy Cause is looking for experts willing to apply their industry experience in a range of industries to increase the reach and impact of our charitable work.

• Heidelberg VIC, Preston VIC
• Category: Mental Health
• Types of work: Arts, Craft & Photography, Marketing, Media & Communications, Retail & Sales

Are you a content creator with a passion for social issues? We're looking for you! Worthy Cause is a social enterprise that supports vulnerable people who are overcoming severe hardship through our structured employment program. We offer them the core, interpersonal, financial and social skills they need to become employable and change their lives. All through paid employment baking and selling our amazing cookies and social enterprise cafes.

• Heidelberg VIC, Preston VIC / Remote Friendly
• Category: Mental Health
• Types of work: Counselling & Help Line, Disability Support, Education & Training, Tutoring & Coaching

Worthy Cause is a charity that employs and empowers marginalised and vulnerable people. Through our program they can access the skills, tools and experiences they need to live the life they deserve. We're looking for more qualified counsellors to provide weekly or fortnightly sessions to our employment participants.

• Eltham VIC, Greensborough VIC
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Fundraising & Events

We are looking for new volunteer members to join the Lions Club to help the local community by raising money and volunteering with other local not for profit organisations.

• Eltham VIC, Heidelberg VIC
• Category: Seniors & Aged Care
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Seniors & Aged Care

Extend the hand of friendship to an older person in the northern suburbs, such as Eltham, Greensborough, Heidelberg, Ivanhoe, Macleod, Rosanna.

• Heidelberg VIC, Heidelberg West 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!

• Parkville VIC, Reservoir VIC, Rosanna VIC
• Category: Seniors & Aged Care
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Disability Support, Seniors & Aged Care

Apply to join our Coffee & Chat Program to help increase connectedness and happiness among aged care residents. We are looking for a special kind of person to visit our residents – a St Vincent’s kind of person. Someone who puts compassion, connection and caring for other people at the heart of everything they do.

• Briar Hill VIC, Greensborough VIC, St Helena 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.

• Heidelberg Heights VIC, Heidelberg West VIC, Ivanhoe 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.

• 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.

• Heidelberg VIC, Newcastle NSW, South Brisbane QLD, Melbourne VIC / Remote Friendly
• Category: Health

The Australian Epilepsy Project (AEP) aims to change the lives of people living with epilepsy through advanced testing and AI by 2025. To achieve this we need your help. We are seeking volunteers to join our control group. Control groups are vital to a research study providing a point of comparison for general participants and helping to determine the study's efficacy. Your participation will help shape the future landscape of epilepsy diagnoses and treatment for thousands of Australians.

• Epping VIC, Mernda VIC, Mill Park VIC, South Morang VIC
• Category: Seniors & Aged Care
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Seniors & Aged Care

We believe that everyone deserves a friend, and volunteer visitors play a vital role in reducing loneliness while bringing a smile and companionship to older people in the community. If you are looking for a volunteer role that makes a positive difference to another person, reduces loneliness in our community, brings mutual joy and is flexible - this is a role for you.

• Diamond Creek VIC, Eltham VIC, Greensborough VIC, Hurstbridge 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.