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

Your ability to work in a team and physical fitness will be highly regarded in this role. You'll be working in the Distribution Centre team, providing general assistance in the warehouse with loading and unloading of bulky (and sometimes heavy) items, and rearranging items in the warehouse. Previous warehouse experience is an advantage but not essential. National Criminal Check and current drivers licence are required.

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

Your ability to work in a team and physical fitness will be highly regarded in this role. You'll be working alongside the Truck Driver, loading and unloading of bulky (and sometimes heavy) items and assisting with deliveries and pickups. You may also provide assistance with rearranging bulky items around the warehouse. Previous warehouse experience is an advantage but not essential. National Criminal and Working with Children Checks and current drivers licence (at least Class C) are required.

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

Your creativity, fashion sense & eye for detail will be well regarded in this role as you sort donated clothes & goods according to brands & their suitability for resale. You'll be required to prepare & pack goods, once bound for landfill but now recycled, for distribution to our charity shops. Your good time management, presentation & organisational skills and efficiency are essential. You'll assist with cleaning & keeping the centre tidy. You'll be physically able to lift bulky items.

• Elermore Vale NSW, Wallsend NSW
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Garden Maintenance, Trades & Maintenance

Do you have an interest in working outdoors doing gardening and handyperson activities? Volunteer Groundskeepers are responsible for ensuring the grounds of Community Facilities are kept in a well-maintained condition which contributes to buildings being welcoming to the community. The role includes general garden maintenance using tools such as lawn mower and edge trimmer, maintenance of equipment and the removal and disposal of garden and other waste.

• Edgeworth NSW, Newcastle NSW
• Category: Young People
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Counselling & Help Line, Education & Training, Tutoring & Coaching

We are seeking volunteers to assist with our therapeutic groups and one-off events. Groups include recreational groups for children 8 - 11 years, groups for young people aged 12 - 15 years, and one off family and children's events and camps. Have fun and use your enthusiasm and energy to engage with participants in recreational activities and group discussions. Be a role model to participants by encouraging manners, social skills and respect. Assist with set up and pack down of activities.

• Cardiff NSW, Waratah NSW
• Category: Seniors & Aged Care
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Seniors & Aged Care

Enjoy the great outdoors and spend time in the sunshine in our gardens as you walk alongside our elderly residents. You'll be helping people to maintain their mobility as well as their healthy wellbeing.

• Cardiff NSW, Waratah NSW
• Category: Seniors & Aged Care
• Types of work: Seniors & Aged Care

Make everyone’s day by pushing a trolley with all kinds of sweet treats around to residents living with dementia at our residential aged care home. We all love a sweet treat once in a while. You’ll bring joy to residents every time you enter the room.

• Cardiff NSW, Waratah NSW
• Category: Seniors & Aged Care
• Types of work: Seniors & Aged Care

Do you enjoy running a quiz? Share your skills with people living with dementia who are frail & elderly at our residential aged care home. Can you help bring some joy & fun to the elderly residents? You will set up a room with tables & chairs, assist in bringing residents together and announce the quiz questions. You will need a strong voice, a sense of humour, a cheerful demeanour and love to bring a smile to the residents' faces.

• Cardiff NSW, Waratah NSW
• Category: Seniors & Aged Care
• Types of work: Arts, Craft & Photography, Companionship & Social Support, Seniors & Aged Care

Do you like to knit, sew or crochet? Would you like to visit residents and provide conversation while you knit/sew/crochet? Some of our residents used to knit but are unable to now. They would love to watch you and chat.

• Cardiff NSW, Waratah NSW
• Category: Seniors & Aged Care
• Types of work: Seniors & Aged Care

We are building relationships with preschools close to our Residential Aged Care Home. Currently sharing artworks and letters between the children and Residents, with a view to hosting visits hopefully in the not-too-distant future. We’re looking for a volunteer who can bring ideas and activities for residents to engage in to share with the preschool children.

• Cardiff NSW, Waratah NSW
• Category: Seniors & Aged Care
• Types of work: Food Preparation & Service, Seniors & Aged Care

Do you enjoy hosting a good old sausage sizzle? We’re looking for volunteers to assist staff with a barbecue for residents in their cottage garden. Staff will be on hand, your role will be to turn the food over, so it cooks through and chat with residents around the barbecue.

• Cameron Park NSW, Fletcher NSW, Maryland NSW
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Administration & Office Management

Are you interested in developing your administration skills or gaining office administration experience while being a part of the growth of a Community Centre? We're looking for someone flexible and reliable to assist with reception and community facility hiring. Volunteers will need to provide a current Working with Children Check.

• Lambton NSW, Mount Hutton NSW, Newcastle NSW, Waratah NSW
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Arts, Craft & Photography, Music & Entertainment, Seniors & Aged Care

Your empathy with the aged & those who are socially isolated, your strong interpersonal & organisational skills and ability to communicate with people from a variety of backgrounds are needed in this role. You'll be knowledgeable in various genres of music & skilled in playing a musical instrument (suitable for elderly people). You'll visit people living in their own home or in aged care, supporting them to increase their social interactions & emotional wellbeing through the provision of music.

• 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, Maitland NSW, Marks Point NSW, Mayfield NSW, Mount Hutton NSW, Nelson Bay NSW, Salamander Bay NSW, Wallsend NSW
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Seniors & Aged Care

Do you have time each week to make a difference in the life of an older person? Our Community Visitors Scheme is about bringing joy to the life of an older person who may be lonely and socially isolated in their community. We are seeking visitors for people living in their own home or an aged care facility. We match the volunteer and resident based on mutual interest and geographical location.