Volunteering Opportunities - Regional
Volunteering Opportunities - Community Engagement - Regional Areas
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 task.
*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 |
|---|---|
| Albury Wodonga Volunteer Resource Bureau (Albury and Wodonga areas) | Helping volunteers find the right volunteer opportunity to match their interests and skills |
| AVI - Australian Volunteer International | Overseas volunteer opportunities |
| AYAD - Australian Youth Ambassadors for Developement | Overseas volunteer opportunities |
| Bendigo Volunteer Resource Centre (Bendigo, Eaglehawk, Epsom, Golden Square areas) | Matching volunteers with organisations that need support |
| Go Volunteer | This link will provide you with a list of available volunteering opportunities in your area |
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Mitchell Community Skillsbank (Beveridge, Broadford, Heathcote Junction, Kilmore, Puckapunyal, Pyalong, Seymour, Tallarook, Tooboorac, Wallan, Wandong areas) |
Helping volunteers find the right volunteer opportunity to match their interests and skills |
| North East Victoria Community Skillsbank (Benalla, Shepparton, Wangaratta, Yea areas) | Helping volunteers find the right volunteer opportunity to match their interests and skills |
| RSPCA - Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals - BENDIGO | Make a difference to animals in need |
| RSPCA - Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals - MILDURA | Make a difference to animals in need |
| St. Vincent De Paul - Kids' Camps |
Camps are run three times a year - usually around the University calendar year - for under priviliged children. Email vinnies.kids.camps@gmail.com |
| St. Vincent De Paul - Volunteering Opportunities | Soup vans, home tutoring, aged care, shop assistants needed |
| Starlight Foundation | Providing laughter and support for seriously ill children |
| Tax Help Volunteers | Helping people to complete their tax forms during tax time. Applications open in January 2013 |
| UN Volunteers | Online volunteering opportunities available |
| VicRelief Foodbank (for the rural areas of Gippsland, Barwon South West, Loddon Mallee and Grampians | VicRelief Foodbank often require drivers, fruit/produce pickers throughout the year |
| Victorian State Emergency Service | Assisting Victorian Police with search and rescue operations and bush fires |
| Volunteering Victoria | This link will provide you with a list of available volunteering opportunities in your area |
| Volunteering Western Victoria (Edenhope, Jeparit, Hopetoun, Horsham, Nhill, Stawell, Warracknabeal areas) | This link will provide you with a list of available volunteering opportunities in your area. |
| Welcome to Australia | Become a Welcome to Australia Ambassador for newly arrived immigrants and refugees |
| Wildlife Victoria | Wildlife volunteer rescurer, transporter, foster carer, admin assistan |
