• 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.

• Essendon VIC, Footscray VIC, Laverton VIC, Melton VIC, Werribee VIC
• Category: Disability Services
• Types of work: Disability Support

Gateways Support Services are looking for enthusiastic and creative recreation volunteers to provide fun and safe learning opportunities to children and young people with disabilities. Under the supervision of qualified staff, you will support and encourage our clients to participate in recreation programs, providing an atmosphere of creativity and fun!

• Seaford VIC, South Melbourne VIC, St Kilda VIC, Warrnambool VIC, Werribee VIC, Williamstown VIC
• Category: Environment & Conservation

BeachPatrol & Love Our Street litter collection volunteer groups operate in 40+ postcodes. Groups meet monthly to pick up litter from local beaches, streets or parks and meet like-minded people who are passionate about preserving our environment, wildlife, marine life & ecosystems. The groups log their data in the LitterStopper app, which feeds into the DEECA LitterWatch database. We advocate for changes to reduce litter, raise awareness & support the government in tackling issues.

• Altona VIC, Footscray VIC, Melbourne VIC, Melton VIC, Sunshine VIC, Werribee VIC
• Category: Young People
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Counselling & Help Line, Tutoring & Coaching

Join Sparkways as a Volunteer Mentor and help make a positive difference to a young person's life

• Altona VIC, Altona Meadows VIC, Hoppers Crossing VIC, Laverton VIC, Seabrook VIC, Williams Landing 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!

• Altona VIC, Footscray VIC, Melton VIC, Moonee Ponds VIC, Sunshine VIC, Werribee VIC
• Category: Mentoring & Advocacy
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support

Whitelion Youth by Kids First Australia is looking for Volunteer Mentors to develop & maintain mentoring relationships with at-risk young people on Child Protection Orders.

• Altona VIC, Essendon VIC, Footscray VIC, Melton VIC, Sunshine VIC, Werribee VIC
• Category: Family Services
• Types of work: Childcare, Companionship & Social Support

Do you have parenting or caregiving experience? Would you like to share your knowledge with vulnerable families? Are you a compassionate and caring person who would love to make a real difference to young families who need some support with raising children? If so, you could be a perfect Mentor for Baptcare’s Home-Start program.

• Ardeer VIC, Braybrook VIC, Footscray VIC, Hoppers Crossing VIC, Sunshine VIC, Sunshine West VIC
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Childcare, Education & Training, Library Services, Tutoring & Coaching

If you want to help children and young people reach their true potential, we want to hear from you. You will support students, teachers and schools in Primary and Secondary settings in this dynamic volunteer role. Working one-to-one with children or in small groups, you will help students to further develop their literacy and numeracy skills, as well as being a friendly and positive adult role model to them.

• Dandenong VIC, Heidelberg VIC, Maidstone VIC, Melton VIC, Noble Park VIC, Northcote VIC, Warrnambool VIC
• Category: Young People
• Types of work: Education & Training, Tutoring & Coaching

Join a supportive, like-minded and committed team of volunteers who make a real difference in the lives of young people.

• Altona VIC, Greensborough VIC, Melbourne VIC, Richmond VIC, St Kilda VIC, Sunshine VIC, Wyndham Vale VIC
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Fundraising & Events

We require passionate & friendly volunteers to help The Salvos raise much needed funds. Community fundraising at shopping centres involves collecting donations while sitting at one place, you may be required to use an Eftpos machine. Intersection collecting involves engaging with motorists at intersections encouraging them to donate, you must have some level of fitness as there is lots of walking involved.

• Altona VIC, Footscray VIC, Newport VIC, Point Cook VIC, Sunshine VIC, Werribee VIC, Williamstown 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 and 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.

• 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.

• Albert Park VIC, Altona VIC, Aspendale VIC, Blairgowrie VIC, Brighton VIC, Carrum VIC, Dromana VIC, Elwood VIC
• Category: Environment & Conservation

BeachPatrol & Love Our Street litter collection volunteer groups operate in 40+ postcodes. Groups meet monthly to pick up litter from local beaches, streets or parks and meet like-minded people who are passionate about preserving our environment, wildlife, marine life & ecosystems. The groups log their data in the LitterStopper app, which feeds into the DEECA LitterWatch database. We advocate for changes to reduce litter, raise awareness & support the government in tackling issues.

• Albert Park VIC, Chelsea VIC, Coburg VIC, Kew VIC, Maribyrnong VIC, Newport VIC, North Melbourne VIC, Werribee VIC
• Category: Sport
• Types of work: Sport & Physical Activity

Everyone is welcome to volunteer at parkrun events. We have heaps of fun, simple and rewarding opportunities to lend a hand for one to two hours on a Saturday morning at parkrun events across Australia. No training is required, roles are fully supported on the day and you can take part as often or as little as you would like. You can volunteer as a marshal, timekeeper, photographer or try your hand at scanning barcodes and handing out tokens…..to name a few of the roles we have available.