• Time frame: Ongoing position
• Time commitment: 1 - 3 hours per week. Flexible days
• Join the World’s largest humanitarian network

The program

The program provides regular phone calls to people who benefit from a social chat by volunteers. 

Sometimes it can be difficult for people to get out to social activities and living alone means that they might not always have someone to talk to. TeleCHAT provides that connection to people in the community. 

The opportunity

This role suits someone over the age of 18 who is a good listener and can commit to making a weekly phone call to an elderly person in Tasmania where you might chat together, reminisce, share stories, and have a few laughs. If you enjoy chatting and you feel comfortable speaking on the phone, please consider applying.

The impact

As a volunteer caller, you’ll brighten the life of someone suffering vulnerability by offering them company and friendship. Red Cross will ensure you have the training, ongoing support, and access to other opportunities within the World’s largest humanitarian network.

Red Cross strives to create a safe and inclusive culture with wellbeing at its centre. We embrace diversity and welcome Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people with different lived experiences, abilities, gender, ethnicity, age, and sexual orientation. We are a child safe organisation with zero tolerance of any harm to children. Our vision is to be trusted as the leading humanitarian organisation making a genuine difference in the lives of people and communities.

Thank you for considering volunteering at Red Cross. We also have great career opportunities.