Volunteering can help people get a reference, gain Australian/English-language work experience, apply skills learned in study, re-skill or experience a new sector, and develop broader social and work-related networks. Volunteers can use these benefits to help them find paid employment. Many not-for-profit organisations are also able to provide formal training that can contribute to a later qualification.
Organisations and the community also benefit from volunteers' invaluable contribution of time, abilities, work skills and life experience.
Volunteering Opportunities
The opportunities available through volunteering are endless. Not-for-profit organisations use volunteers in the arts, culture, education, environmental, health, emergency services, sport, and international development. Volunteers are also involved in research, retail sales, home visiting, tutoring, administration, child care, photography, maintenance, food preparation, assisting wildlife – in fact, just about anything.
Volunteering Opportunities through the Internet
The government's VolunteerSearch website offers information on volunteering opportunities and organisations advertising volunteering vacancies.
VolunteerSearch is at www.volunteersearch.gov.au.
Volunteering Australia’s GoVolunteer website is another source of information about volunteering and current opportunities. It gives community organisations the opportunity to freely advertise volunteer vacancies, and volunteers can search and apply for opportunities online.
Visit www.govolunteer.com.au to view over 9000 currently available volunteer roles.