• Merewether NSW, Morisset NSW, Newcastle NSW, Swansea NSW
• Category: Seniors & Aged Care
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Seniors & Aged Care, Sport & Physical Activity

Your energy and enthusiasm, ability to cycle a trishaw carrying 2 people and empathy with the frail aged and disabled members of our community are a must for this role. You'll peddle the trishaw, ferrying people (including a carer) in the front seat around areas of Newcastle and Lake Macquarie. You'll need to be fully vaccinated for COVID 19 and willing to undergo a current National Criminal Check.

• Belmont NSW, Broadmeadow NSW, Cardiff NSW, Lambton NSW, Mayfield NSW, Merewether NSW, New Lambton NSW, Newcastle NSW
• Category: Seniors & Aged Care
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Seniors & Aged Care

Bring along your good natured pet and spend time chatting with people living in their own homes who may be lonely or socially isolated. You’ll see what a difference your furry friend can make. This role will suit you if you have a small-medium sized pet and you're happy to sit and engage in conversation.

• Belmont NSW, Broadmeadow NSW, Cardiff NSW, Lambton NSW, Mayfield NSW, Merewether NSW, New Lambton NSW, Newcastle NSW
• Category: Seniors & Aged Care
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Seniors & Aged Care

We are looking for enthusiastic and caring individuals in the Newcastle area, who can sit and have a chat, reminisce and talk about topics of interest with an elderly lady or gentleman. You may want to spend some time in the garden, play cards, listen to music or do some arts and craft activities.

• Wallsend New South Wales
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Driving & Transportation, Education & Training

Help young people attain their provisional licence by providing safe and supportive driving instruction. Educate learners on vehicle controls, road rules, defensive driving techniques, and manoeuvres to pass driving tests. The role involves tailoring lessons to suit each student’s abilities, instilling safe driving habits, emphasising the importance of defensive driving, hazard perception, & accident prevention, providing feedback and maintaining records of progress, lessons and logbook hours.

• Wallsend New South Wales
• Category: Seniors & Aged Care
• Types of work: Seniors & Aged Care

Make a positive impact on the lives of our residents by assisting in the delivery of planned activity programs. Assist the current Activities Team with recreational activities and socialisation activities for residents. This may include assisting with setting up activities, activity participation and guidance. Your enthusiastic nature and ability to engage with our residents will be highly regarded.

• Hamilton North New South Wales
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Administration & Office Management, Fundraising & Events

Do you have a passion for organising and promoting events? Your skills are needed in this exciting role. We are seeking an Events Coordinator to lead our friendly and supportive Events Team in planning, organising and promoting our special events, including our Volunteer Expos and Volunteer Awards. You will have the opportunity to develop your administration, communication and marketing/media skills. Days and times negotiable. Availability across multiple days will be highly regarded.

• Wallsend New South Wales
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Retail & Sales

Become a Vinnies shop volunteer to provide an exceptional shopping experience for our customers. Gain retail experience and share your skills and talents. Volunteering is a great way to interact with like-minded people and build friendships. Feel satisfied knowing you are working for an organisation that makes a difference for those in need. Our retail shops are a much loved shopping destination for customers who value good quality, affordable & sustainable items.

• Islington New South Wales
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Driving & Transportation, Retail & Sales

Become a Vinnies Retail Volunteer Driver to support the operations of the shop and customer experience. Re-skill and share your talents with your fellow volunteers. Volunteering is a great way to interact with like-minded people and build friendships. Feel satisfied knowing you are working for an organisation that makes a difference for those in need. Our retail shops are a much-loved shopping destination for customers who value good quality, affordable & sustainable items.

• Charlestown New South Wales
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Administration & Office Management, Research, Policy & Analysis, Seniors & Aged Care

Assist the organisation with developing and maintaining an up to date WHS system. Provide guidance and supervision on WHS matters to Staff and volunteers across the organisation. Conduct WHS Audits. Maintain WHS registers and assist with relevant meetings.

• Charlestown New South Wales
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Seniors & Aged Care

Your good communication skills, friendly personality and empathy with frail aged people will be of great value in this role. You will support staff who work with clients in a day care type environment - socialising with clients and assisting with activities such as games and craft. You'll help with tea and coffee making, and serving of meals. Some activities are off-site so having your own vehicle to get there would be helpful. Current National Criminal Check required.

• Charlestown New South Wales
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Garden Maintenance, Seniors & Aged Care

Your general garden maintenance skills and previous experience are highly sought after for this role. You'll be mowing, whipper-snipping, weeding etc around the homes of frail aged and disabled members of our community. Ideally, you'll be able to do this work on Mondays and Tuesdays between 7.30am and 12.30pm. National Criminal Check required.

• Elermore Vale New South Wales
• Category: Community Services

We are seeking volunteers in our Support Team. This may involve facilitating support programs, talking with & supporting those with Lived Experience of Mental Health & Suicide. You may be designing school based ‘mentoring’ support programs and delivering support programming in local schools. If you have experience or interest as a support worker, or educator or have a Lived Experience, and are interested in raising awareness of mental health & suicide prevention, we would like to hear from you.

• Elermore Vale New South Wales
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Education & Training

If you have experience or passion in public speaking, video production, education or have a Lived Experience and can help raise awareness of mental health and suicide prevention, join our volunteer team. We are seeking volunteers to support our work in the community. This may involve designing and facilitating lived experience workshops and/or public speaking for community, corporate, health or school groups. Tasks may involve planning, filming and editing lived experience story videos.

• Elermore Vale New South Wales
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Garden Maintenance

Do you have experience and /or an interest in gardening or education? Are you interested in raising awareness of mental health and suicide prevention? We are seeking volunteers in our Green Team to support our work in the community. This will involve maintenance of our sunflower garden and worm farm, facilitating community garden events and supporting community & school activity sessions.

• Elermore Vale New South Wales
• Category: Community Services

We are seeking volunteers in our Administration Team to provide office-based support. The role includes general administration duties including filing, scanning, photocopying, sending emails, word processing, using databases and resource organisation. If you have experience or an interest in administration, are seeking to develop skills or are interested in learning about what we do in raising awareness of mental health and suicide prevention, please contact us.