• Coburg VIC, Fitzroy VIC, Moorabbin VIC, Mordialloc VIC, Murrumbeena VIC, Nunawading VIC, Oakleigh VIC, Pascoe Vale VIC / Remote Friendly
• Category: Mentoring & Advocacy
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Counselling & Help Line

Mentoring Men has available positions for Men seeking support. You will have the opportunity to be provided with Free support and life guidance from a male mentor and be a part of our organisation's efforts to encourage men throughout Australia to embrace their mental health support. All men regardless of their background or beliefs are welcome to apply for our program.

• Blackburn VIC, Camberwell VIC, Croydon VIC, Kew VIC, Oakleigh VIC, Rowville VIC, Warrandyte VIC, Yarra Junction VIC
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support

Join the Cloud Nine team and help some of the most vulnerable people in our community shine! It can be very hard for people living with terminal illness to take care of the little things we all take for granted: like finding time and feeling well enough to get a haircut. Something as simple as looking well-groomed can make people in this situation feel more like their 'normal' self, and contribute to a sense of wellbeing and reduction in anxiety.

• Chirnside Park VIC, Ferntree Gully VIC, Glen Waverley VIC, Oakleigh VIC, Rowville VIC, Warburton VIC, Warrandyte VIC, Yarra Glen VIC
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Seniors & Aged Care

Our community palliative care volunteers bring normality and a piece of the community into the homes of people living with terminal illness in Melbourne's eastern suburbs, who might be isolated, or just want to chat about something other than health for a while. They are there for respite, companionship, sharing a hobby or meeting out for coffee.

• Croydon VIC, Ferntree Gully VIC, Lilydale VIC, Oakleigh VIC, Rowville VIC, Warburton VIC, Warrandyte VIC, Wonga Park VIC
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Library Services, Marketing, Media & Communications, Writing & Editing

Join Eastern Palliative Care's award-winning volunteer biography team! We are looking for people with typing & editing skills to make a real community impact: helping people who are enduring serious life-limiting illness, to tell their story. Biography volunteers offer the space to reflect on life, and a means to leave tributes or special messages for family. We have helped over 1,700 people in this way and our volunteers tell us they get far more from this work than they give.

• Clayton Victoria
• Category: Seniors & Aged Care
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Seniors & Aged Care

Can you play a musical instrument? Cantonese speaking volunteer visitor needed to visit socially and culturally isolated lady living in aged care facility. Do you have experience with the elderly? Are you empathetic and want to change someone's life? We have a lady who has been living in a facility for over a decade. She would benefit from someone who can visit her and play a musical instrument or share Chinese/Malaysian food.

• Clayton Victoria
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Driving & Transportation

Australian Multicultural Community Services (AMCS) is currently looking for an English volunteer in Clayton. Australian Multicultural Community Services supports and empowers older people to live their best lives in their own home, and we need your help! We are looking for caring individuals to share their most valuable asset – your time!

• Clayton Victoria
• Category: Animal Welfare
• Types of work: Governance, Boards & Committees, Working with Animals

Expressions of interest are sought for a volunteer wildlife animal welfare representative. We are looking for an individual with demonstrated commitment to and experience in promoting animal welfare, to help ensure that activities relating of the care and use of animals for scientific purposes are conducted in compliance with the Australian Code.

• Clayton Victoria
• Category: Animal Welfare
• Types of work: Governance, Boards & Committees, Working with Animals

Expressions of interest are sought for volunteer membership to fulfil roles on a newly constituted Animal Ethics Committee at Monash University in Clayton, Victoria. We are looking for veterinarians and individuals with demonstrated commitment to and experience in promoting animal welfare, to help ensure that activities relating of the care and use of animals for scientific purposes are conducted in compliance with the Australian Code.

• Mulgrave Victoria
• Category: Human Rights
• Types of work: Disability Support, Mediation & Advocacy

Would you like to make a difference in the lives of people in your own community and also hold a prominent volunteer role? Become a Community Visitor with the Office of the Public Advocate. Community Visitors are the eyes and ears of the community and perform an important role of upholding the human rights of people with a cognitive disability and/or mental illness who are living in supported care.

• Hughesdale Victoria
• Category: Human Rights
• Types of work: Disability Support, Mediation & Advocacy

Would you like to make a difference in the lives of people in your own community and also hold a prominent volunteer role? Become a Community Visitor with the Office of the Public Advocate. Community Visitors are the eyes and ears of the community and perform an important role of upholding the human rights of people with a cognitive disability and/or mental illness who are living or residing in supported care.

• Clayton Victoria
• Category: Human Rights
• Types of work: Disability Support, Mediation & Advocacy

Would you like to make a difference to the lives of people in your own community? Become a Community Visitor. Community Visitors are the eyes and ears of the community and perform an important role of upholding the human rights of people with a cognitive disability and/or mental illness.

• Clayton Victoria
• Category: Family Services
• Types of work: Administration & Office Management, Companionship & Social Support, Fundraising & Events

Make a difference in the lives of seriously ill children and join our vibrant organisation! Ronald McDonald House Charities is an iconic charity where the volunteers really do positively impact families and their kids. We are seeking enthusiastic volunteer/s to take on a Live-In Role: Volunteer House Caretaker. - Receive free rent and utilities in share house accommodation (1 bedroom unit) - Includes ongoing training & support - Easily combine with your existing work or study commitments

• Mulgrave Victoria
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Seniors & Aged Care

Provide companionship and friendship to socially isolated Culturally and Linguistically Diverse seniors.

• Hughesdale Victoria
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Seniors & Aged Care

Would you like to visit an older person in an Aged Care Home or their own home and make a real difference in their life? We have a delightful gentleman who would benefit from your caring friendship. He enjoy records, videos and music. He has an appreciation for philosophy, is passionate about music and photography. Contact us to learn more about this great opportunity and other opportunities across Victoria and NSW.

• Clayton Victoria
• Category: Health
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Disability Support, Seniors & Aged Care, Translating & Interpreting

Would you like to help out in a hospital setting? Volunteers offer support and assistance to patients, their families and staff, to improve patient care and experiences. You can make a difference! Read full description for more information and apply through the Monash Health volunteer website.