• Paterson New South Wales
• Category: Museums & Heritage
• Types of work: Tour Guides, Information & Heritage, Trades & Maintenance

Do you like working outdoors? You'll be physically active and able to assist this heritage organisation to maintain their grounds (approximately 1 hectare) for the enjoyment of visitors. Tasks include mowing, mulching, trimming, weeding etc. Some gardening and grounds maintenance experience would be an advantage however, any interest in these fields would be appropriate. Main days of work are Mob and Wed. Must be fully vaccinated for COVID 19.

• Paterson New South Wales
• Category: Museums & Heritage
• Types of work: Tour Guides, Information & Heritage, Trades & Maintenance

Join this friendly and passionate team of volunteers. This role involves maintaining and restoring wooden bodied heritage railway rolling stock (rail motors) for operation on the national rail network. Maintaining other wooden facilities within our Depot precinct. Our maintenance facilities are located in our Depot at Paterson. Your reliability and enthusiasm will be appreciated, as will your previous woodworking or carpentry experience.

• Paterson New South Wales
• Category: Museums & Heritage
• Types of work: Tour Guides, Information & Heritage, Trades & Maintenance

Assist in managing the store of spare parts to maintain and service our fleet of vintage railway rolling stock. Our Depot facilities are located at Paterson.

• Paterson New South Wales
• Category: Museums & Heritage
• Types of work: Tour Guides, Information & Heritage, Trades & Maintenance

Join this friendly and passionate team of volunteers, assisting with restoration and maintenance of heritage rail motors, and other general plumbing works around the depot. Your reliability and enthusiasm will be appreciated, as will your previous plumbing experience. Main days of work are Monday and Wednesday. Must be fully vaccinated for COVID 19.

• Paterson New South Wales
• Category: Museums & Heritage
• Types of work: Tour Guides, Information & Heritage, Trades & Maintenance

This local heritage organisation is looking for people to assist in various aspects of maintaining and servicing our fleet of heritage railway rolling stockk, as well as helping with upkeep of the depot. No previous experience or specific skills are required-just your reliability and enthusiasm to join this friendly and passionate team. Must be fully vaccinated for COVID 19.

• Paterson New South Wales
• Category: Museums & Heritage
• Types of work: Tour Guides, Information & Heritage, Trades & Maintenance

Your diesel experience, motor mechanic or trade's assistant will be highly regarded when you join this friendly and passionate team of volunteers. You'll be servicing railway vehicle engines, doing general maintenance and inspections etc for operation on the national rail network. Our maintenance facilities are located in our Depot at Paterson. Your reliability and enthusiasm will be appreciated.

• Paterson New South Wales
• Category: Museums & Heritage
• Types of work: Tour Guides, Information & Heritage, Trades & Maintenance

This local heritage organisation is looking for people to assist in various aspects of maintaining and servicing their fleet of vintage railway rolling stock and maintaining the grounds and gardens of their Depot Precinct. No previous experience or specific skills are required-just reliability and enthusiasm to join this friendly and passionate team. Main days of work are Mondays and Wednesdays. Must be fully vaccinated for COVID 19.

• Paterson New South Wales
• Category: Museums & Heritage
• Types of work: Tour Guides, Information & Heritage, Trades & Maintenance

Join this friendly and passionate team of volunteers, assisting with heritage railway rolling stock (rail motors) for operation on the national rail network. The role involves maintaining electrical systems within our Depot facilities. Our maintenance facilities are located in our Depot at Paterson.

• Belmont NSW, Bonnells Bay NSW, Booragul NSW, Charlestown NSW, Morisset NSW, Toronto NSW, Warners Bay NSW
• Category: Seniors & Aged Care
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Seniors & Aged Care

Do you have one hour to spare in your week (or fortnight) to share in our passion for improving the quality of life of the elderly? You'd be providing companionship and social interaction for an older person living in their own home within Newcastle and Lake Macquarie districts. Your empathy for the elderly, reliability, caring nature and listening skills are needed for this role. Up to date Flu vaccination and current National Criminal Check are required.

• Carrington New South Wales
• Category: Recreation
• Types of work: Driving & Transportation, Fundraising & Events, Sport & Physical Activity

Do you like boats and sailing? This role involves collecting a 3.5M poly boat on a purpose-built aluminium trailer with an electric start 4-stroke motor and towing it 500 meters to a public boat ramp. Launch the boat with the help of club members, drive the boat out onto Throsby Creek and lay markers to create a sailing course. Return to shore and be on standby to collect distressed model boats if required. When racing has concluded, collect the buoys & return the boat to its original location.

• Carrington NSW, Wickham NSW
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Administration & Office Management, Fundraising & Events, Marketing, Media & Communications

Your planning and communication skills will be highly regarded in this role working with Community User Groups. We are seeking a volunteer to liaise with various sporting clubs to create a collective events calendar. The calendar will identify each club's planned activities. The role also involves planning and coordinating weekly interviews with each of the sporting bodies as well as Community Radio to promote awareness of upcoming events.

• Hexham New South Wales
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Garden Maintenance, Trades & Maintenance

The monthly planting day is held on the 3rd Sunday of each month. You'll join this dedicated team who use these days to expand the revegetation of natural bushland across currently cleared areas. No experience necessary. Over the past 25 years, this program has led to the creation of a National Park!

• Cardiff NSW, East Maitland NSW, Hamilton NSW, Raymond Terrace NSW, Singleton NSW, Toronto NSW, Wallsend NSW, Warners Bay NSW
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Retail & Sales

Want to develop retail and customer service skills? We are seeking enthusiastic Volunteers in our Retail Outlets. Support the Shop Manager in generating income for our organisation in our endeavours to provide crisis support and suicide prevention services to our communities. This role involves maintaining shop presentation, ensuring stock levels, adjusting merchandise and general cleaning duties. You will hang & display stock, complete retail transactions and provide excellent customer service

• Cardiff New South Wales
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Driving & Transportation, Trades & Maintenance

Your good driving record, ability to work in a team and physical fitness will be highly regarded in this role. In addition to driving the vehicle, you'll be loading and unloading bulky (and sometimes heavy) items including deliveries and pickups. You will have an off-sider. National Criminal Check and current drivers licence (at least Class C, up to MR) are required.

• Hexham New South Wales
• Category: Environment & Conservation
• Types of work: Arts, Craft & Photography, Trades & Maintenance

Your basic sewing machine skills, or willingness to learn, will be useful in this role sewing wildlife rescue pouches and basket liners. Only straight line sewing, and patterns are cut along straight lines. All equipment is provided. Pouches and liners are sewn to specific sizes and designs and are given to local wildlife carers as needed. Timing is flexible - between 8am and 1pm on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays.