Your guide to Ballarat volunteering opportunities, including work with animals, children, disadvantaged, elderly and more.
Ballarat City Council – volunteer positions for local events and programs such as Meals on Wheels, Parent Place, Home Library, Art Gallery, Youth Events, Her Majesty’s etc.
Ballarat Community Health Centre – volunteer positions such as mail delivery, errands, administration, transport, preparing for programs and groups.
Ballarat Health Services – volunteer positions in various units of the hospital, shops & kiosks with activities such as craft, reading, exercise, gardening, writing letters on patient’s behalf and socialising.
Ballarat Hospice Care – help out with administration, transport, maintenance, board of management, fundraising activities and spending time with patients.
Ballarat Toy Library – contact by emailing ballarattoylibrary@gmail.com or dropping by the Toy Library during opening hours (10-12 Tuesdays and 10-12 Sundays
Big Brothers & Big Sisters – spend time with a young person each week doing fun, low cost activities. Become great friends and have a positive impact on their life.
Community & Family Services (CAFS) – Foster Care, Friends of Foster Carers, Mentoring, Early Childhood Parenting Centre & the Wozzles Warehouse op shop.
Conservation Volunteers – get involved in local / daily activities, longer term projects, youth initiatives, administration and field work or overseas conservation trips.
Pinarc – working with kids and adults, opportunities include social activities, art & craft, individual support, dancing, driving lessons, administration, supporting parents and carers and much more.
Rotary Ballarat – run large community fundraisers, get involved in local projects to help others, use your skills and interests, make new friends and have fun.
RSPCA – caring for animals, cleaning the environment, feeding and grooming animals, customer service and administration.
The Soup Bus – serving hot meals to homeless and disadvantaged community members.
Salvos 102 – help prepare and serve meals to patrons for lunch during weekdays, or prepare lunches for kids around Ballarat schools in the mornings.
Uniting Care – opportunities to assist with aged and disability to visit, befriend or escort to appointments. Also Lifeline, Op Shops and meal delivery positions.
United Way – reading with children, driving lessons, social activities, mens sheds and breakfast club.e.motion21 – dance classes for young people with Down Syndrome, various voluntary positions available. No experience needed.
YMCA – many ways to get involved with the community, including work experience and tertiary placements.
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Maddison
Hello interested in volunteering for the soup bus. The link does not work can you please send me some information, thanks.
louise
Hi there, thanks so much for letting us know! We have fixed the link and you should be able to click it and follow the menu to the volunteer information for the Soup Bus. Good on you for doing something great for those in need. All the best. Louise (manager)
Kate Skilbeck
Hi, I am a psychologist who works with a man who is interested in learning about opportunities to offer volunteer work in his community. Is there a shop front or someone we could meet in person to help us learn of his options?
louise
Hi Kate, I’m not 100% certain, but you could try the customer service area at the City of Ballarat offices, they may be able to help you with volunteer opportunities through the council. Alternatively if you get in touch with someone at United Way, they coordinate many of the volunteer opportunities around town. As well as the Salvos office on the corner of Main Rd and Eureka St. Heading in to any of those offices someone will be able to direct you accordingly! HOpe that helps. Louise X