• Mount Evelyn 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. Community Visitors are the eyes and ears of the community and perform an important role of upholding the human rights of people with a cognitive disability and/or mental illness who are living in supported care.

• Gladysdale Victoria
• Category: Animal Welfare
• Types of work: Working with Animals

Forever Friends Animal Rescue (FFAR) is seeking passionate and dedicated Animal Volunteers to join its Rehabilitation Sanctuary in the Yarra Ranges, to spend time with its rescued dogs/cats and/or farm animals on a regular basis.

• Warburton Victoria
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Retail & Sales, Tour Guides, Information & Heritage

Come share your love of the Upper Yarra Valley with visitors and locals alike. Volunteers at the Warburton Waterwheel provide information about local and nearby attractions, serve as cashier for the handmade gift shop stocked with beautiful locally made items, and direct patrons to our gallery exhibiting local artists and artisans.

• Lilydale VIC, Monbulk VIC, Tecoma VIC, Yarra Junction VIC
• Category: Young People
• Types of work: Driving & Transportation, Education & Training, Tutoring & Coaching

Become a Yarra Ranges TAC L2P Program volunteer mentor and help a young person who doesn't have access to get the hours they need for their licence. Volunteer around your own schedule!

• Lilydale VIC, Mount Evelyn VIC, Seville VIC, Wandin East VIC, Wandin North VIC
• Category: Seniors & Aged Care
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Seniors & Aged Care

Lonely lady in Wandin looking for a friendship volunteer. Would love a cuppa and someone to talk to. If you have an hour a fortnight to spare and would like to give back to the community then we have the perfect opportunity.

• Bayswater North VIC, Croydon VIC, Kalorama VIC, Kilsyth VIC, Mount Evelyn VIC
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Seniors & Aged Care

Do you have one spare hour per fortnight? Do you want to make a change in the community? Then share your time and companionship during fortnightly visits with a lonely elderly lady living in Kilsyth. Your friendly visits will give this lady something to look forward to!

• Blackburn VIC, Camberwell VIC, Croydon VIC, Kew VIC, Oakleigh VIC, Rowville VIC, Warrandyte VIC, Yarra Junction VIC
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support

Join the Cloud Nine team and help some of the most vulnerable people in our community shine! It can be very hard for people living with terminal illness to take care of the little things we all take for granted: like finding time and feeling well enough to get a haircut. Something as simple as looking well-groomed can make people in this situation feel more like their 'normal' self, and contribute to a sense of wellbeing and reduction in anxiety.

• Doncaster VIC, Glen Waverley VIC, Hawthorn VIC, Mitcham VIC, Ringwood VIC, Rowville VIC, Warburton VIC, Yarra Glen VIC
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Driving & Transportation, Translating & Interpreting

If you’ve ever considered Volunteering, EPC might be the place for you. We are needing volunteers who speak Chinese Mandarin, Cantonese, Greek to help translate for our volunteers who are working on a biography with a client and English is not their first language. Volunteering at EPC provides opportunities to enhance leadership skills, network with others, be active in your local community and change the day of somebody living with a terminal or life-limiting illness.

• Chirnside Park VIC, Ferntree Gully VIC, Glen Waverley VIC, Oakleigh VIC, Rowville VIC, Warburton VIC, Warrandyte VIC, Yarra Glen VIC
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Seniors & Aged Care

Our community palliative care volunteers bring normality and a piece of the community into the homes of people living with terminal illness in Melbourne's eastern suburbs, who might be isolated, or just want to chat about something other than health for a while. They are there for respite, companionship, sharing a hobby or meeting out for coffee.

• Croydon VIC, Ferntree Gully VIC, Lilydale VIC, Oakleigh VIC, Rowville VIC, Warburton VIC, Warrandyte VIC, Wonga Park VIC
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Library Services, Marketing, Media & Communications, Writing & Editing

Join Eastern Palliative Care's award-winning volunteer biography team! We are looking for people with typing & editing skills to make a real community impact: helping people who are enduring serious life-limiting illness, to tell their story. Biography volunteers offer the space to reflect on life, and a means to leave tributes or special messages for family. We have helped over 1,700 people in this way and our volunteers tell us they get far more from this work than they give.

• Belgrave VIC, Ferny Creek VIC, Kallista VIC, Lilydale VIC, Macclesfield VIC, Monbulk VIC, Mount Evelyn VIC, The Patch VIC
• Category: Seniors & Aged Care
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Seniors & Aged Care

Lonely gentleman in Monbulk looking for a friendship volunteer. Would love a cuppa and someone to talk to. If you have an hour a fortnight to spare and would like to give back to the community then we have the perfect opportunity.

• Belgrave VIC, Chirnside Park VIC, Hawthorn VIC, Healesville VIC, Kew VIC, Lilydale VIC, Seville VIC, Yarra Junction VIC
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Arts, Craft & Photography, Companionship & Social Support, Music & Entertainment, Seniors & Aged Care

About us: MiCare is an Aged Care Organization, (formally known as DutchCare) based in both Victoria and Queensland. MiCare is a multi-cultural service provider, caring for many diverse groups, including refugees, migrants, and older people within their homes, in the independent living units, or at one of our Aged Care Facilities. Our services are offered state-wide in Victoria and in the lower regions of Queensland.

• Wodonga Victoria
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Administration & Office Management, Counselling & Help Line, Food Preparation & Service

Welcome consumers with referrals for a food parcel from Uniting Wodonga. Food given according to instruction on the food voucher referral form. • On food delivery days, assist other volunteers to restack shelves from delivered pallets. • Assist with keeping the centre clean and tidy. • Maintain records of consumer food parcels according to the system in place.

• Wodonga Victoria
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Administration & Office Management, Counselling & Help Line

Conduct interviews with people who present to Uniting Wodonga seeking assistance with food or other forms of financial relief. • Facilitate referral to other programs of Uniting and other agencies as appropriate. • Assist with administrative tasks including answering the phone and taking messages as directed. • Maintain records of people’s visits according to the data system in place.

• Mooroolbark Victoria
• Category: Family Services
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support

Are you resourceful, a good communicator and passionate about reducing social isolation in the community? The Parents Hub supports parents caring for infants and toddlers who have additional needs. The volunteer will support the group facilitators with the weekly hosting of parent gatherings. This group aims to engage isolated families and encourage network building! Wednesdays from 9.30am-10.30am. We do ask that volunteers can commit to the role for 6 months or longer.