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 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.
Uniting Care – opportunities to assist with aged and disability to visit, befriend or escort to appointments. Also Lifeline, Op Shops and meal delivery positions.
Ballarat Community Health Centre – volunteer positions such as mail delivery, errands, administration, transport, preparing for programs and groups.
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.
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.
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.
Ballarat Hospice Care – help out with administration, transport, maintenance, board of management, fundraising activities and spending time with patients.
YMCA – many ways to get involved with the community, including work experience and tertiary placements.
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.
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.
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.
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)
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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)