• Brunswick Victoria
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Driving & Transportation, Food Preparation & Service

Ensure that the ASWC foodbank is replenished weekly, and food hampers are delivered to vulnerable people throughout Melbourne. Uniting's fleet vehicle is available and a current Australian driver’s license is essential. Volunteers are also required to use their mobile phones for navigation and contact purposes.

• Brunswick Victoria
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Food Preparation & Service

Play an essential role in the management and maintenance of the Asylum Seeker Welcome Centre Food Relief Program. Support the consumers and staff of the Centre by: picking up and organising food and material donations; assisting consumers to choose food and material items from the ASWC food bank, contacting clients to confirm food relief appointments.

• Brunswick VIC, Melbourne VIC
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Education & Training, Tutoring & Coaching

Join a passionate team working together to support people seeking asylum in Melbourne. The Asylum Seeker Welcome Centre (ASWC) works with the most vulnerable asylum seekers living lawfully in the community while they await the outcome of their claims for protection. The ASWC provides community meals, foodbank, English classes, a gardening program, computer classes, music group, employment services, and brief interventions in addition to a host of seasonal programs.

• Broadmeadows Victoria
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Garden Maintenance

Combine your love of gardening with the opportunity to support local communities. We are looking for someone who can dedicate a few hours per week to cultivate a community garden where the produce is distributed to local families and individuals experiencing financial hardship. If this is you, please apply!

• Prahran Victoria
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Food Preparation & Service

Want to support a community breakfast program? Hartley's has provided low-cost meals to the general public, including those experiencing economic and social disadvantage, for over 20 years. It operates Monday to Friday, during the winter months. Plenty of food preparation and service is required on these busy nmornings, from positive and committed people. There's also the opporuntiy to mingle with those using the service; help to provide a friendly and supportive environment.

• Ballan VIC, Ballarat VIC, Beaufort VIC, Buninyong VIC, Creswick VIC, Daylesford VIC, Lake Gardens VIC, Wallace VIC
• Category: Mental Health
• Types of work: Counselling & Help Line

We are seeking people who: • Have a desire to make a difference to people in crisis. • Understand empathy and have the ability to respond in a non-judgmental manner. • Have excellent communication and active listening skills. • Are willing to undertake a nationally recognised training program

• Bayswater Victoria
• Category: Disability Services
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Disability Support, Tutoring & Coaching

Want to contribute to the community in Bayswater? Help connect David through his love of building and fixing things. As a Volunteer 'Community Connector', you will support a person with a disability to connect with the community and to engage in activities and groups that align with their interests, skills and/or abilities. You will also contribute to the development of the Sharing Tree - a network that connects and rewards people for sharing the things they love.

• Camberwell VIC, Chadstone VIC, Docklands VIC, Melbourne VIC, Northcote VIC, Prahran VIC, St Kilda VIC, West Melbourne VIC
• Category: Mental Health
• Types of work: Counselling & Help Line

Do you have a desire to make a difference to people in crisis? Are you empathetic, non-judgmental with excellent listening skills? Are you flexible and willing to commit to the volunteering role for two years or more?

• Blackburn VIC, Box Hill VIC, Mont Albert VIC, Surrey Hills VIC
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Companionship & Social Support, Disability Support

Help connect Marc through his love of travel and 3D printing. Our 'Community Connectors' support people with a disability to connect with the community and engage in activities that align with their interests, skills and/or abilities. You will also contribute to the development of the 'Sharing Tree', a network that connects and rewards people for sharing the things they love.

• Ballarat VIC, Delacombe VIC, Smythes Creek VIC, Warrenheip VIC, Wendouree VIC
• Category: Homeless
• Types of work: Driving & Transportation

We are looking for a volunteer to assist with regular collection of donated food from local businesses. Collections are prearranged and predominantly in the mornings, with occasional afternoon collections. Minimum 1 pick up per week. Some lifting required.

• Ballarat VIC, Delacombe VIC, Smythesdale VIC, Warrenheip VIC, Wendouree VIC
• Category: Homeless
• Types of work: Food Preparation & Service

Our busy meals program is supported by donations which we store onsite. We are looking for a positive and reliable person to assist with managing our storeroom to support the meals program.

• Ballarat Central Victoria
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Driving & Transportation, Food Preparation & Service

Driver required to support Reid's Guest House, a short-term accommodation and service provider for people experiencing homelessness in Ballarat. We have ongoing donations of food from businesses in the community that need to be collected and delivered to the property.

• Ballarat VIC, Creswick VIC, Delacombe VIC, Lake Gardens VIC, Mount Helen VIC, Sebastopol VIC, Warrenheip VIC, Wendouree VIC
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Food Preparation & Service

Our Breezeway community meals program is busier than ever and needs some more team members. Located in central Ballarat, the Breezeway provides meals 7 days a week. Join us in preparing food for those who need it!

• Ballarat VIC, Bendigo VIC, Geelong West VIC, Glenroy VIC, Prahran VIC, Preston VIC, Sale VIC, Werribee VIC
• Category: Community Services
• Types of work: Fundraising & Events, Retail & Sales

Whether you're volunteering, making a purchase or donating goods, op shops provide a great opportunity to give back to local communities. Our op shops raise funds for vital programs and services in local communities. Local emergency relief programs are the main beneficiary. Other Uniting services supported through op shops include: Breezeway Meals Program Ballarat Hartley's Community Dining Room Prahran Lifeline Ballarat Meals for Change Ballarat

• Bridgewater TAS, Glenorchy TAS, Hobart TAS
• Category: Homeless
• Types of work: Administration & Office Management, Companionship & Social Support, Counselling & Help Line, Food Preparation & Service

Uniting's Emergency Relief program for people experiencing hardship. The program provides an opportunity for vulnerable members of the community to access a range of supports, including donated items, vouchers, material goods and referrals to services. Volunteers provide support to the community members accessing Emergency Relief by conducting face to face interviews with consumers who are presenting for assistance and help facilitate referrals to other programs and agencies.