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

Do you have basic sewing machine skills? Can you thread a machine, fill a bobbin and change stitch length? Use a series of step-by-step samples and/or pattern sheets to make large and small Wildlife Pouches. If you can knit and/or crochet, we make Possum Palaces and bird nests for wildlife carers. Some volunteers take home materials and make the products at home, allowing us to provide a flexible volunteer experience.

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

You will be responsible for delivering/collecting various items (including heavy/ bulky items) to/from shops across the region and will deliver these items to community members in need. By performing this role, you will help raise funds by distributing welfare items across the region to support the housing of the homeless and other vulnerable people in the community. You will perform your duties alongside another volunteer and will work as part of the wider team at our Distribution Centre.

• Hamilton New South Wales
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support

This Community Visitors Scheme matches volunteers to people who are living in their own homes or who are living in Aged Care Homes who would enjoy, and benefit from, friendship and companionship. Your friendly nature, good people skills and empathy for the frail and aged will be highly regarded in this role. Being from a non-English speaking background is desirable but not essential. Current National Criminal Check required and will be arranged by organisation.

• Newcastle East New South Wales
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Tour Guides, Information & Heritage

We are seeking Tour Guides to lead visitor tours through one of Newcastle's most iconic and historical sites. If you love meeting and communicating with people, come and join our friendly team of volunteers. This role is available 1 - 2 days per week, including weekends.

• Newcastle East New South Wales
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Administration & Office Management

We are looking for an enthusiastic and organised Volunteer Office Assistant. This role is available up to 3 days per week Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Office hours are from 10 am to 3 pm. Office duties will include computer entry, taking telephone calls, general administration and minor office cleaning. No previous experience is required, but familiarity with Windows or the equivalent is preferred.

• 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.

• Salamander Bay New South Wales
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Accounting & Finance

Your financial skills are required to help us support vulnerable community members. You will ensure all money due is collected and received and authorised payments made. You will also keep accurate books and accounts showing the financial affairs of the association, including details of receipts & expenditures, and that the financial needs of funding bodies are met. You will prepare the annual audit and ensure the accounts show the financial position at the end of the preceding financial year.

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

Mayfield is a community that looks out for each other. We are seeking Volunteer Visitors to connect with individuals in a small Aged Care facility in Mayfield. Are you someone who is patient and can slow down to listen and provide companionship to an older person? Our older people are looking for visitors with particular skills and interests. Perhaps you like to wander in the garden, play scrabble, play the keyboard, listen to classical music, or love to visit the Mayfield Pool?

• Adamstown NSW, Belmont NSW, Cardiff NSW, Merriwa NSW, Muswellbrook NSW, New Lambton NSW, Scone NSW, Singleton NSW
• Category: Seniors & Aged Care
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Driving & Transportation, Seniors & Aged Care

Do you want to help improve the quality of life of an older person, experiencing loneliness or isolation? We’re looking for a friendly person who would love to brighten the day of our elderly clients living in their own homes. Our clients would like to connect with someone for social support and to share their interests. Join our team of volunteers who provide important social visits to isolated or lonely aged-care clients who are still living in their homes.

• New Lambton Heights New South Wales
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Administration & Office Management, Fundraising & Events, Retail & Sales

Your previous fundraising experience, perhaps on school/sporting/community committee, is required for this role. You'll assist this well regarded organisation to seek and arrange fundraising opportunities. These might include the facilitating of stalls, raffles, functions and requests for assistance from local businesses. A National Criminal Check will be arranged by the organisation as part of the recruitment process. You must be fully vaccinated for COVID 19.

• Glendale NSW, Green Hills NSW
• Category: Education & Training
• Types of work: Education & Training

Come along and get your tech problems fixed while helping the next generation to acquire some essential life skills. Bring along your device be it a phone, laptop, computer, tablet, kindle etc that you wish to learn to use better, or have a particular functionality you need help with. It might be sending photos, uploading to social media, taking better pictures, or setting up an email address. Maybe you need help with an update? Or you've lost something you thought you had saved?

• Cessnock NSW, Newcastle West NSW, Raymond Terrace NSW
• Category: Education & Training
• Types of work: Education & Training, Tutoring & Coaching

Your strong literacy and numeracy skills, and your patience and dedication, will be highly regarded in this role, assisting Adult Vocational Education students who may be challenged by, or face barriers with, the literacy and numeracy requirements within the course they are undertaking. You’ll assist a student with reading, writing & numeracy exercises, sometimes during class and sometimes one-on-one.

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

Your excellent customer service skills and friendly nature are required for this Role. We are looking for volunteers to assist visitors and tourists in our kiosk. You will meet and greet local and international tourists, provide information and make sales. The Role involves dealing with EFTPOS machines and cash handling. Experience in these areas is helpful but not essential.

• Wickham New South Wales
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Disability Support, Education & Training, Sport & Physical Activity

We’re looking for committed/dedicated volunteers to help run our sailing programs on large racing yachts. Some sailing experience is preferred but not essential, however, a love of helping young people be the best they can be is a must. You’ll sail with and mentor our very excited young clients, many of whom have a disability or come from socially challenged backgrounds.

• Hamilton New South Wales
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Driving & Transportation

Drive For Life is a local community service program designed to assist young people in obtaining their 120 logbook hours of practice driving. Volunteers and learners meet on site and utilise three vehicles for practice driving. We are looking for a willing hand to maintain the vehicles by washing, detailing, refueling, checking oil and tyres, etc.