Volunteering Opportunities - Melbourne
Volunteering Opportunities – Community Engagement – Metro Area
Various organisations are seeking your support NOW! Browse our Volunteer Opportunities page for further details. You will need your student username and password to access this site.
The list below provides examples of community organisations that require volunteers on a casual or long-term basis.
Students are also welcome to select and volunteer for a not-for-profit organisation that is currently not listed.
Contacting Volunteering Organisations
It is your responsibility to contact the organisation of your choice.
Victoria’s Volunteering Portal can provide you with valuable information on how to approach and make contact with external volunteering organisations.
Go Volunteer also provides valuable information on your rights and responsibilities as a volunteer.
Volunteer Organisations and Additional Requirements
Some organisations have additional requirements, which may include an interview, Police Checks, Working with Children Checks or induction training*.
It is your responsibility to check what further requirements are necessary to fulfil your volunteering role.
*Any induction training you complete (i.e. volunteer training you complete for your organisation for example) can be counted towards your total volunteering hours.
| Name of Organisation | Volunteering Activity |
|---|---|
| Ames | Offers 3 main streams of volunteering: Volunteer tutors; Volunteer Mentors and Settlement Volunteers |
| Animal Aid | Rescues and cares for abandoned and abused animals |
| AVI - Australian Volunteer International | Providing volunteer opportunities with organisations overseas |
| AYAD - Australian Youth Ambassadors | Providng volunteer opportunities overseas |
| Banyule City Council | Volunteering opportunities for the environment |
| Blue Light Disco (Preston area) | Disco takes place on the last Friday of every month in Gower St. Preston. Assist with general crowd control of children aged between 8 -12 years. Contact Joanna Parrisis - joanna.parrisis@police.vic.gov.au for further details |
| Brimbank Youth Services | Homework Club in the Sunshine, Deer Park and St. Albans area |
| Bundoora Extended Care - Northern Health | Assist the elderly in an extended care facility. Volunteering opportunities include: drivers, shopping trips and light entertainment. Contact the volunteer co-ordinator marie.mcmahon@nh.org.au. for further details |
| Centre for Multicultural Youth | Provides assistance to refugee and newly arrived migrant youth |
| City of Whitehorse | A wide range of volunteering opportunities available |
| City of Whittlesea | Has a number of events / programs during the year that requires volunteers to assist |
| Conservation Volunteers | Volunteering for the environment |
| Darebin City Council | Has a number of events / programs during the year that requires volunteers to assist |
| Darebin Information, Information Volunteers Resource Centre (DIVRS) | Volunteer Resource Centre. This organisation will match you with a volunteering activity which suits your interests. |
| Eastern Health | Volunteering in the Health field |
| Eastern Volunteer Resource Centre | Providing a range of support services to those who live in the City of Maroondah and Whitehorse |
| Foodbank Victoria | Volunteers are required for the KickStart Breakfast program and to help distribute and pack food for Victorians in crisis |
| Go Volunteer | This link will provide you with a list of available volunteering opportunities in your area |
| Hume Volunteer Gateway | Connecting people who want to volunteer with organisations that need volunteers |
| La Trobe Homework Club | Tutoring high school students. Contact Siobhan Lappin s.lappin@latrobe.edu.au |
| La Trobe Wildlife Sanctuary | Contribute to maintaining the biodiversity of this on campus sanctuary |
| La Trobe Community Garden | Contribute to maintaining the La Trobe Community Garden on campus. Contact John Hassall - j.hassall@latrobe.edu.au |
| Learning Beyond the Bell - Centre for Multicultural Youth | Homework Club - Linking volunteers with homework clubs in their local area |
| Lort Smith Animal Hospital | Duties could include: administration, animal attendants, dog walking and events |
| Lost Dogs' Home | Duties could include: administration, dog walking and event volunteers |
| Louise - Multicultural Community Centre | Helping refugees and migrants living in Australia |
| Melbourne CityMission | Matching your skills and interests with areas that suit you |
| Migrant Information Centre | Assists refugees and newly arrived migrants in the Eastern suburbs |
| RSPCA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) | Shelter, customer service and clinic duties |
| Spectrum | This organisation provides support to newly arrived migrants and refugees to successfully settle in Australia |
| St. Vincent De Paul - Kids' Camps |
Camps are run three times a year - usually around the University calendar year - for underpriviliged children Email: vinnies.kids.camps@gmail.com |
| St. Vincent De Paul - Volunteering Opportunities | Soup vans, home tutoring, aged care, shop assistants |
| Starlight Foundation | Providing laughter and support for seriously ill children |
| Sunday Lunch Club - East Ivanhoe |
First Sunday of each month from 12pm-2pm. Volunteers are required to assist in the provision of lunch to the elderly. You also get to partake in the 3 course meal. Contact Rosalie Prince rosalieprince@optusnet.com.au |
| Tax Help Volunteers | Helping people complete their tax forms during tax time. |
| Tourism Melbourne | Volunteers are needed to assist at the Melbourne Visitor Booth and Visitor Centre and as City Ambassadors. Recruitment for these roles start in Jan/Feb 2013 |
| UN Volunteers | Online volunteering |
| Victoria State Emergency Service | Assisting Victoria Police with search and rescue operations and bush fires |
| Volunteering Victoria | This link will provide yoiu with a list of available volunteering opportunities |
| Volunteers of Banyule | Volunteer Resource Centre. This organisation will match you with a volunteering activity which suits your interests |
| Whitehorse Community Health Services Ltd | Assists the elderly - there is a need for drivers, shopping and entertainment volunteers. |
| Whittlesea Community Connections | Helps volunteers find volunteering opportunities in the government and non-government sector |
| Wildlife Victoria | Wildlife volunteer rescuer, transporter, foster carer and admin assistant |
| Yarra Plenty Regional Library | Volunteer opportunities at the library |
