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Explore local organisations where you can volunteer your time.
With a range of local organisations in Boroondara that offer a range of goods and services to support our community, this directory helps you browse, select and get in touch with organisations that most closely align with your interests and values.
Arts and culture
| Organisation | Volunteer opportunities | Contact details |
|---|---|---|
| Kew Historical Society | Kew Historical Society aims to engage, inform and educate the community about the economic, social, cultural and environmental history and heritage of Kew. Volunteers assist with research, publications, talks, workshops and exhibitions. They provide a depository for printed materials, photographs, publications and other objects, which have significance to the history and heritage of Kew. | Address: Kew Heritage Centre, 1 Civic Drive, Kew 3101 Email: [email protected] Website: Kew Historical Society website |
Community services
| Organisation | Volunteer opportunities | Contact details |
|---|---|---|
| B’nai B’rith Courage to Care Victoria | Courage to Care seeks to make racism and discrimination a thing of the past by delivering Upstander Programs that educate about the dangers of racism, prejudice, discrimination and bystander behaviour. Our Upstander Programs are based on the idea that every one of us can make a difference. Through the power of education, we can create true generational change. Volunteers support the delivery of Upstander Programs by educating and empowering student participants to stand up against hate and to take positive action in their schools and communities. Full training and ongoing support is provided. | Address: 843a Glenhuntly Rd, Caulfield 3162 Phone: (03) 9533 0955 Email: [email protected] |
| Bowen Street Community Centre | Bowen Street Community Centre is a local community house in Camberwell. They provide educational programs and activities for adults and sessional childcare, playgroups, and children's classes and programs. Volunteers assist with programs and centre operations. | Address: 102 Bowen Street, Camberwell 3124 Phone: (03) 9889 0791 Email: [email protected] |
| Camberwell Community Centre | Camberwell Community Centre is a dynamic organisation and home to arts and craft classes, social groups, community programs and multicultural seniors groups. They welcome new ideas and value inclusive and progressive members and volunteers to assist with the centre’s operations and programs. | Address: 33 - 35 Fairholm Grove, Camberwell 3124 Phone: (03) 9882 2611 Email: [email protected] Website: Camberwell Community Centre website |
| Camcare | Camcare is a community of professionals and volunteers helping people in Boroondara in difficult times by providing wellbeing counselling services, information and practical assistance, material aid including food relief, parenting groups and a monthly BBQ. | Address: Camcare Camberwell Camcare Ashburton Phone: (03) 9831 1900 Email: [email protected] Website: Camcare website |
| Canterbury Neighbourhood Centre | Canterbury Neighbourhood Centre offers classes, activities and community events to promote community connection and well-being through life-long learning, friendship, and support. The Centre has volunteer opportunities in governance and strategy, events and programs, marketing, social media, writing and editing, reception, administration and human resources, environment, and sustainability. | Address: 2 Rochester Road, Canterbury 3126 Phone: (03) 9830 4214 Email: [email protected] |
| Canterbury Toy Library | Canterbury Toy Library provides high quality educational toys to families with young children in the Boroondara area. They promote sustainability and learning through play by fostering a community of borrowing and sharing. The have volunteer opportunities in the toy library and from home. | Address: 190a Canterbury Rd, Canterbury 3126 Phone: 0438 509 804 Email: [email protected] Website: Canterbury Toy Library website |
| Diverse Communities and Social Services Australia | Diverse Communities and Social Services (DCSS Australia) is the only Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, LGBTIQA+, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD), diversity and inclusion focused organisation delivering the not-for-profit Community Justice and Social Services Program operating across Australia. Volunteers and staff assist people with psycho-social and physical health difficulties to better manage the challenges of everyday life in a safe and non-judgmental environment. | Email: [email protected] Website: Diverse Communities and Social Services Australia website |
| DonateDirect | DonateDirect aims to address the ongoing demand for material aid for people who are homeless and those struggling financially, and the increasing impact of household waste on the environment. The community list donations that are then matched to their community service partner client’s needs. Donations are transferred directly to people in need. Volunteering opportunities include social media, fundraising and coordinating donations. | Phone: 0400 809 031 Email: [email protected] Website: DonateDirect website |
| Fair Trade and Gift Shop | Fair Trade and Gift Shop is a volunteer-led initiative of Kew Rotary Club. Money is raised for local and international charities though the sale of new and donated goods. Volunteer roles include retail, administration, marketing and communications, IT and environment. | Address: 650 High Street, Kew East 3102 Phone: 0419 837 225 Email: [email protected] Website: Fair trade and gift shop website |
| Family Access Network | Family Access Network is a youth homelessness service that is committed to responding to the diverse needs of homeless and at-risk young people and young families. There are various volunteer roles including youth mentoring and youth group volunteer roles. | Address: 1, 2-10 Harrow St, Box Hill 3128 Phone: (03) 9890 2673 Email: [email protected] Website: Family Access Network website |
| FoodFilled | FoodFilled is a food rescue charity run by youth, positively impacting the environment and our community. FoodFilled helps feed thousands of people every year thanks to our network of volunteers and retail/charity partners. Volunteers help deliver food to people in need. Commitment is twice a month for approximately 1 hour at a time. Volunteers require their own car. | Address: 15 Filbert St, Caulfield South 3162 Phone: 0483 950 090 Email: [email protected] Website: FoodFilled website |
| Kew Toy Library | Kew Toy Library is a membership-based, toy loan service to families with children aged 0-12 in Boroondara. They provide a low cost, sustainable option for parents to offer their children toys and educational resources suited to their developmental stage and interests. They have opportunities for volunteers to help their coordinator run an open session on a regular basis. | Phone: 0492 949 738 Email: [email protected] Website: Kew Toy Library website |
| Office of the Public Advocate | The Office of the Public Advocate safeguards and upholds the human rights of people with a cognitive disability and/or mental illness, and keeps them safe from harm, abuse, neglect and exploitation. Volunteers visit in pairs as Community Visitors speaking to residents/patients about issues or concerns with their care and living arrangements. | Address: Level 1/204 Lygon Street, Carlton 3053 Phone: 0418 931 247 Email: [email protected] |
| Rotary Club of Camberwell | Since 1956, Rotary Club of Camberwell has been proudly serving the local and international communities. Camberwell Rotary offers a wide range of volunteer opportunities, including delivering a Myeloma regional nursing scholarship, supporting a local school, projects in Timor Leste, and Cambodia and Vietnamese orphanages. | Address: 2 Rochester Road, Canterbury 3126 Email: [email protected] |
| Rotary Club of Glenferrie | Rotary Club of Glenferrie is a community organisation providing fellowship and undertaking projects that benefit the community both here and overseas. Volunteers assist with all aspects of their community work, including community meals, tutoring, maintaining parks, and more. | Phone: 0413 621 172 Email: [email protected] Website: Rotary Club of Glenferrie website |
| Uniting (Victoria and Tasmania) | Uniting (Victoria and Tasmania) is the community services organisation of the Uniting Church, delivering services and programs across Victoria and Tasmania. They strive to make a difference for individuals, families and communities. Volunteers are involved in all aspects of work including, emergency relief and community meals, aged care, asylum seeker support, disability, youth mentoring and op shops. | Phone: (03) 9192 8100 Email: [email protected] |
| Women and Mentoring | Women and Mentoring offers a unique, early intervention program that supports women charged with a criminal offence by matching them with a supportive female mentor. Volunteer mentors are trained and resourced to provide appropriate support to the program participants, to share their skills and to contribute to the wider community. | Phone: 0422 608 391 Email: [email protected] Website: Women and Mentoring website |
| Lions Club of Boroondara Central | Lions Club of Boroondara Central serves local, Australian and international communities, working with people and organisations to provide assistance where it is not available from government agencies. Their help can take the form of funding goods or providing a service. Volunteers help raise funds through community activities, including sausage sizzles, Christmas cake sales and the Op Shop. | Phone: 0409 389 927 Email: [email protected] |
Disability services
| Organisation | Volunteer opportunities | Contact details |
|---|---|---|
| Able Australia | Able Australia offers a broad range of services to help those with a disability live the life they choose. Volunteers play an important role in the provision of programs and services to the deafblind community. | Address: 413 Canterbury Road, Surrey Hills 3127 Phone: 1300 220 602 Email: [email protected] Website: Able Australia website |
| Boroondara Stroke Support Group | Boroondara Stroke Support Group was formed for stroke survivors and carers to support one another in post-stroke management. It is a success due to the many volunteers who devote their time and energy to the group. Volunteer roles include providing ad hoc strategic advice, conducting or assisting in an activity, or making a cup of tea for members. | Address: 533 High St, Kew 3101 Phone: (03) 8529 5307 Email: [email protected] |
| Inclusion Melbourne | Inclusion Melbourne provides support for people with a disability to live fulfilling lives in their local community. focussing on social inclusion, employment, education and community participation. They also provide social support for older people at risk of social isolation. Their Leisure Buddy service aims at matching volunteers with adults with disabilities who live close by and have shared mutual interests. They meet on a fortnightly basis. | Address: 67 Sutherland Road, Armadale 3143 Phone: (03) 9509 4266 Email: [email protected] Website: Inclusion Melbourne website |
| Melbourne East Disability Advocacy | Melbourne East Disability Advocacy (MEDA) promotes and protects the rights of people with disability. Volunteer opportunities include Volunteer Citizen Advocates and Volunteer Fundraisers. | Phone: (03) 9877 7990 Email: [email protected] |
| People Outdoors | People Outdoors provides outdoor recreation for people of all ages with physical or intellectual disabilities. Camp programs include overnight through to week long residential camps and provide people with disabilities an opportunity to experience the social and developmental benefits of adventure outdoors. All programs are staffed by trained and passionate professionals and volunteers. | Phone: (03) 9863 6824 Email: [email protected] Website: People Outdoors website |
| Syndrome Without a Name (SWAN) Australia | SWAN provides information and support to families caring for a child with an undiagnosed or rare genetic condition. Volunteer opportunities are available in social media, marketing, events, admin and project work. | Phone: 0404 280 441 Email: [email protected] |
| Vision Australia | Vision Australia provides blindness and low vision services to create equal opportunity for people who are blind or have low vision. Volunteers help clients do activities they choose, supporting local teams with administrative tasks, audio description and text book narration, Vision Australia Radio presentation and production, assistance with recreation programs and supporting fundraising events. | Phone: 1300 84 74 66 Email: [email protected] Website: Vision Australia website |
| Wellways Australia | Wellways is a mental health and disability support organisation advocating to improve the services, information and support available to people with mental health issues, their carers, families and communities. Volunteers and staff work with people of all ages experiencing disabilities or challenges in their social and emotional wellbeing. | Phone: 1800 111 400 Email: [email protected] Website: Wellways Australia website |
Education and training
| Organisation | Volunteer opportunities | Contact details |
|---|---|---|
| Chinese Fellowship School Association | Chinese Fellowship School Association is a non-profit organisation operating a community language school offering Chinese (Mandarin) tutorial lessons at several DET accredited campuses for pre-school, foundation-10 and VCE (Year 11-12). They have volunteering opportunities in four registration categories of the Victorian Institute of Teaching - Registered, Provisionally Registered, Early Childhood and Permission-To-Teach. | Phone: 0402 467 993 Email: [email protected] |
| Glass Street Kindergarten | Glass Street Kindergarten provides an engaging kindergarten education program for 4-year-old group and 4-year-old children. Volunteers work with early childhood educators by helping with cooking, reading, gardening, arts and craft activities. | Email: [email protected] Website: Glass Street Kindergarten website |
| Melbourne AMEP | Melbourne AMEP supports refugees and migrants to learn English and settle in Australia. Volunteer tutors offer an AMEP learner an opportunity to practise and improve English communication skills and learn about life in Australia. Learners are keen to practise English conversation one to one with a volunteer via digital and mobile phone platforms or face-to-face in a public space. | Address: 77 St George’s Road, Preston 3072 Phone: (03) 9269 1514 Website: Melbourne AMEP website |
Environment and conservation
| Organisation | Volunteer opportunities | Contact details |
|---|---|---|
| Friends of Ashburton Forest | The Friends of Ashburton Forest work on local revegetation projects. | Address: The group is working on weeding and revegetating at two sites: the small reserve at 88 Ashburn Grove and a reserve in Clifford Close, Ashburton. Email: [email protected] Website: Friends of Ashburton Forest website |
| Friends of Burke Road Billabong | The Friends of Burke Road Billabong are re-establishing Indigenous vegetation at the Burke Road Billabong site. | Address: 1585 Burke Rd, Kew East 3102 Phone: 0403 419 565 Website: Burke Road Billabong Reserve website |
| Friends of Greythorn Park | The Friends of Greythorn Park care for Greythorn Park. | Address: 11A Alpha Street, Balwyn North 3104 Email: [email protected] |
| Friends of Nettleton Park | The Friends of Nettleton Park improve the native habitat in Nettleton Park. | Address: 37 Gardiner Parade, Glen Iris 3146 Email: [email protected] |
| Friends of South Surrey Park | The Friends of South Surrey Park revegetate and maintain a biodiversity corridor. They prepare sites and plant indigenous species; weeding is an ongoing task. Volunteers will work outdoors to improve South Surrey Park from 10am to midday on Tuesdays and the last Sunday of the month (March to November). | Address: South Surrey Park, between Riversdale and Union Roads, north of Through Road. Phone: 0418 176 390 Email: [email protected] Website: South Surrey Park website |
| KooyongKoot Alliance | The KooyongKoot Alliance is made up of over 20 Friends Groups working with the Yarra Riverkeeper Association to act as a voice for Gardiners Creek (KooyongKoot). The alliance is working to develop a holistic strategic plan for the Gardiners Creek catchment. Volunteers work to coordinate projects and programs, assist with statutory planning, and secure grant funding. | Address: 36 Suffolk Road, Surrey Hills 3127 Email: [email protected] Website: Yarra Riverkeeper website |
| Love our Street | Love Our Street have groups in Glen Iris and Ashburton that get together once a month for one hour to remove litter from our streets and creeks. Litter findings are logged on the Litter Stopper App which is monitored by Beach Patrol and used to create change. New volunteers young and old are welcome. | Email: |
Family services
| Organisation | Volunteer opportunities | Contact details |
|---|---|---|
| The Boroondara Family Network | The Boroondara Family Network (BFN) helps families in need with newborn babies and young children. Their volunteers undertake home visits to mums. The BFN provides friendly support and encouragement in a non-threatening, non-directive, non-judgemental manner, and assists families to access other services where appropriate. | Phone: 0409 014 862 Email: [email protected] |
| Mercy Health: O'Connell Family Centre | The Mercy Health O’Connell Family Centre is one of the oldest early parenting centres in Victoria. We run residential, day and community programs working with families with children from birth to four years of age. We are a publicly-funded facility. Our values of compassion, hospitality, respect, innovation, stewardship and teamwork guide us in all that we do. Volunteers provide support in administration, concierge, admissions and evening and day assistance to parents and babies. | Address: 6 Mont Albert Rd, Canterbury 3126 Phone: 0478 278 056 Email: [email protected] |
Health
| Organisation | Volunteer opportunities | Contact details |
|---|---|---|
| Chinese Cancer and Chronic Illness Society of Victoria | Chinese Cancer and Chronic Illness Society of Victoria (CCCIS) provides support for people from a Chinese background whose lives are affected by cancer or other chronic illnesses. Volunteers assist with gardening, free meals and palliative care projects. | Address: 784 Station Street, Box Hill North 3129 Phone: (03) 9898 9575 Email: [email protected] Website: Chinese Cancer and Chronic Illness Society of Victoria website |
| Crohn's and Colitis Australia | Crohn's & Colitis Australia (CCA) represents people living with inflammatory bowel diseases. Volunteers are an integral part of CCA and opportunities include support group facilitators, volunteer teams, iConnect support crew and youth programs. | Address: Level 1, Suite 4, 363 Camberwell Road, Camberwell 3124 Email: [email protected] |
| Eastern Health | Eastern Health provides a comprehensive range of high quality acute, sub-acute, palliative care, mental health, drug and alcohol, residential care and community health services to people and communities that are diverse in culture, age and socio-economic status. The Eastern Health Volunteer Program has a wide range of roles for volunteers. | Address: 283 Cotham Road, Kew 3101 Phone: (03) 9895 4658 Email: [email protected] Website: Eastern Health website |
| Mercy Hospital for Women | The Mercy Hospital for Women (MHW) is a major public hospital and specialist referral centre with the medical, nursing, midwifery and allied health expertise to provide complex care for obstetric, neonatal and gynaecological needs. Our values of compassion, hospitality, respect, innovation, stewardship and teamwork guide us in all that we do. Volunteers provide support in concierge, administration, maternity ward assistance and the neo-natal special care nursery cuddle program. | Address: 163 Studley St, Heidelberg 3084 Phone: 0478 278 056 Email: [email protected] |
| Pancare Foundation | The Pancare Foundation is a leading charity committed to inspiring hope, raising awareness, supporting families and funding research for those affected by upper GI cancers including pancreatic, liver, stomach, biliary and oesophageal cancers. They have volunteering opportunities in administration, operations, professional services, community events and fundraising. | Address: Level 2, 70 Yarra Street, Heidelberg 3084 Phone: 1300 881 698 Email: [email protected] Website: Pancare Foundation website |
| St George's Health Service - St Vincent's Hospital | St George's is a dedicated aged care health service, offering residential and in-patient services. Volunteer roles include friendly visiting and activity-based roles both one on one and in group environments. | Phone: (03) 9231 3369 Email: [email protected] |
Migrant services
| Organisation | Volunteer opportunities | Contact details |
|---|---|---|
| Asylum Seeker Resource Centre | Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) provides asylum seekers with a wide range of services, including English teaching, legal advice and representation, mentoring, direct material aid and assistance with liaising with other agencies. ASRC supports and empowers people seeking asylum to maximise their own physical, mental and social wellbeing. Volunteering roles range from legal roles to community engagement to helping in our foodbank and kitchen. They offer remote and onsite roles at multiple locations. | Address: 214-218 Nicholson Street, Footscray 3011 Phone: (03) 9326 6066 Email: [email protected] |
Recreation
| Organisation | Volunteer opportunities | Contact details |
|---|---|---|
| Blind Sports and Recreation Victoria | Blind Sports & Recreation Victoria (BSRV) enhances the lives of people throughout Victoria who are blind or vision impaired. They are seeking volunteers to assist people with vision loss to participate in sport and recreation programs, such as tennis, swimming, single and group walks and more. | Phone: (03) 9822 8876 Email: [email protected] |
| Boroondara Eagles Football Club | Boroondara Eagles are a community football (soccer) club and are passionate about our players, program and the game. We also give back to our local community through our charity partners and grant activation. Help us make a difference! We are looking for volunteers to enrich our family friendly community club through social media, communications, photography or operational activities. | Phone: 0423 785 800 Email: [email protected] |
| Canterbury Football Club | Canterbury Football Club is one Australia’s oldest football clubs, which currently fields five teams (4 mens, 1 womens). Volunteers are involved in umpiring, time keeping, cooking and assisting in the canteen. | Address: corner of Chatham and Guildford Roads, Canterbury 3126 Phone: 0425 155 552 Email: [email protected] Website: Canterbury Football Club website |
| Hawthorn Amateur Football Club | Men’s and Women’s Senior Football Club has a great culture of inclusiveness. They are seeking volunteers in a range of on field and off field roles. | Address: Rathmines Reserve, Rathmines Road, Hawthorn East 3123 Phone: 0438 545 520 Email: [email protected] |
| Kiwi Hawthorn Rugby Club | Kiwi Hawthorn Rugby Club is a near-100 year old Rugby Union Club, with senior Men’s, Women’s, Masters’ and Junior teams run by a group of friendly, welcoming volunteers with a passion for Rugby. They pride themselves on being an inclusive and diverse player group. Supporters and the committee and would welcome volunteers looking to make a difference at a local, community-run organisation. | Address: 423 Auburn Road, Hawthorn 3122 Phone: 0438 880 081 Email: [email protected] Website: Kiwi Hawthorn Rugby Club website |
| Special Olympics Melbourne Inner East | The Special Olympics club provides year-round sports training for over 200 registered athletes with intellectual disabilities. The volunteer-led organisation supports athletes with pathways to competition and building social connections. Volunteer opportunities range from assistants, coaches, coordinators to fundraising, event management, communications, administration and participating in the club committee. | Address: PO BOX 181, Surrey Hills 3127 Phone: 0438 828 885 Email: [email protected] Website: Special Olympics website |
| Puffing Billy Railway | Puffing Billy are a perfectly preserved steam train railway tourist attraction that has been operating since 1900. Volunteers support the smooth and safe running of the railway in a range of unique and meaningful roles. Whether you are greeting visitors on the bustling platform or helping prepare the engine behind the scenes, you’re keeping their story alive. | Address: Old Monbulk Road, Belgrave 3160 Phone: (03) 9757 0715 Email: [email protected] Website: Puffing Billy Railway website |
Seniors and aged care
| Organisation | Volunteer opportunities | Contact details |
|---|---|---|
| Balwyn Evergreen Centre | Balwyn Evergreen Centre promotes healthy ageing by providing facilities, services and programs that help older people to improve their physical, social, and emotional wellbeing. Their friendly community volunteers assist by providing transport, serving meals, visiting frail older people and people with disabilities to care for their animal companions at home, facilitating groups and sharing skills. | Address: 45 Talbot Ave, Balwyn 3103 Phone: (03) 9836 9681 Email: [email protected] Website: Balwyn Evergreen Centre website |
| Baptcare | Baptcare is a not-for-profit organisation that provides residential and community care for older people. It also provides support to children, families and people living with a disability, financially disadvantaged people and people seeking asylum. Our volunteers share our passion and commitment to supporting people in need. Volunteer roles are designed around your areas of interest to see you succeed. | Address: Level 1, 1193 Toorak Road, Camberwell 3124 Phone: 0439 615 366 Email: l.davis@baptcare.org.au Website: Baptcare website |
| BASScare | BASScare is a not-for-profit community-based provider offering a range of aged care services in Boroondara. Volunteers are involved in their services including meals-on-wheels, social support programs including exercise classes, dementia services and residential care through to palliative care. | Address: 6 Rochester Road, Canterbury 3126 Phone: 0447 503 741 Email: [email protected] Website: BASScare website |
| Eva Tilley Memorial Home | Eva Tilley Memorial Home is an independent not for profit residential aged care facility, providing services to the community for over 55 years. Volunteers support residents with companionship visits, activities, participating in outings or helping out in the café. | Address: 1100 Burke Road, Balwyn North 3104 Phone: (03) 9859 9541 Email: [email protected] Website: Eva Tilley Memorial Home website |
Young people
| Organisation | Volunteer opportunities | Contact details |
|---|---|---|
| Koala Kids Foundation | Koala Kids provides happy moments for children and young people during cancer treatment and to their families and healthcare team. Volunteer roles involve sorting, labelling, and packing items for distribution; sorting and packing new clothing; pick-up clothing and items and deliver to the Hawthorn Office. Pick-up and deliver meal boxes to families around Melbourne and Victoria. Deliver fresh fruit or resources to hospital. | Address: 441 Auburn Road, Hawthorn 3122 Phone: (03) 8589 4812 Email: [email protected] Website: Koala Kids Foundation website |