• Wheelers Hill Victoria
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Driving & Transportation, Seniors & Aged Care

Paula* loves a chat and has a great sense of humour. She is easy going and direct, likes going out, listening to music, gardening and dogs (although she no longer has one). Paula* has had a few falls lately and is nervous about going out alone. She'd like a volunteer to take her out for drives or visit her at home for a chat over a cuppa. *Name changed.

• Wheelers Hill Victoria
• Category: Seniors & Aged Care
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Disability Support, Seniors & Aged Care

Share your language (English), cheerfulness and companionship during fortnightly visits to an isolated elderly man living in his own home.

• Wheelers Hill Victoria
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Driving & Transportation, Seniors & Aged Care

Peter* is an outgoing, happy and talkative person who is feeling a bit low due to a lack of interaction with others. He enjoys playing golf, walking, following Collingwood Football club, gardening, shopping and getting out for a coffee. *Name changed.

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

Share your smile and companionship during weekly visits with this Greek lady living in Wheelers Hill. Phone calls only in lockdown.

• Wheelers Hill Victoria / Remote Friendly
• 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.

• Mulgrave VIC, Wheelers Hill VIC
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Driving & Transportation, Seniors & Aged Care

Personable and patient volunteer sought to assist in the facilitation of a social support lunch group that meets on a monthly basis at the Mulgrave Country Club, Wheelers Hill. The group provides a recreational and social outlet for participants.

• Glen Iris VIC, Glen Waverley VIC, Malvern East VIC, Wheelers Hill VIC
• Category: Animal Welfare
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Seniors & Aged Care, Working with Animals

Volunteers with experience walking large and smaller dogs are needed in and around the City of Monash. The aim of the LinkPETS program is to support socially isolated elderly clients to assist them with their pets. Volunteers can assist with dog walking and basic grooming.

• Ashwood VIC, Glen Waverley VIC, Mount Waverley VIC, Mulgrave VIC, Oakleigh VIC, Wheelers Hill VIC
• Category: Family Services
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support

Would you like to make a difference to a young family's life? We have local families in the city of Monash who need a volunteer to come to their home once a week for company and some practical support. You could be assisting with feeding and settling babies, playing with toddlers and being a support through listening and companionship.

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

Polish speaking Community Visitor required to contact isolated Polish lady virtually at Aged Care Home in Monash

• Glen Waverley Victoria / Remote Friendly
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Seniors & Aged Care

The Community Visiting Scheme connects people of the same or different cultures to older members of the community living in aged care homes. Volunteers chatting in their native language can make any person regardless of age feel like home, but especially for members of the elderly community. Simple gestures like this can have a positive impact reducing social isolation and improve health and well being.

• Boronia Victoria
• Category: Homeless
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Counselling & Help Line, Food Preparation & Service, Seniors & Aged Care

The breakfast program will serve guests who are vulnerable, homeless, disadvantaged, or isolated, providing a warm, supportive community and place to belong.

• Boronia Victoria
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Driving & Transportation, Fundraising & Events

Supporting Knox families “doing it tough” at Christmas. The Knox Community Christmas Support (KCCS) project aims to reach more families and individuals in need with a hamper of festive food and a selection of quality gifts for children. We've assisted thousands of families in the past and we need your help to pack and sort these hampers again or become a driver this year in December 2021.

• The Basin Victoria
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Administration & Office Management, Driving & Transportation, Marketing, Media & Communications, Tour Guides, Information & Heritage

Reach out and connect with your local community! The role of Distribution Manager is voluntary and represents a key function for the paper. Main Duties: Maintain up to date list of Walkers and Deliverers, and numbers of papers required. Attend the delivery of the papers each month at The Basin Community Hall, Prepare distribution lists for Drivers Liaise with Walkers and arrange coverage for those absent. Report to monthly Committee Meeting.

• Wantirna South Victoria
• Category: Community Services

Sorting processing and shelf filling, as well as shop front and register duties. We try to match volunteers to positions where they enjoy what they are doing.

• Bayswater Victoria
• Category: Community Services

Knox Opportunity Shop Bayswater Inc. require volunteers. Any age and ability!