Volunteer Groups in Brisbane
Volunteers are always needed and it is a quick
way to make friends and learn new skills. See also community groups.
- Animal Welfare League Australia
- The non-profit organisation requires
volunteers
to help care for stray and abandoned animals.
-
Amnesty International Brisbane City
Group
- The Bridge - University of
Queensland volunteer organisation. The group aims to link students with
the community.
- Brisbane State Emergency
Services (SES)
- Careflight Rescue QLD -
An emergency air medical rescue service provided 24/7, at no cost to
patients. Careflight requires volunteers for general office
administration, assistance with events, donation tin placement and
collection in local shops and businesses, and charity BBQs.
- Gap Creek
Trails Alliance - Meet on the second Saturday of each month to
maintain sustainable trails particularly on the mountain bike trails in
Mt Coot-tha Forest.
- Get
Involved - A Queensland government website with information about
volunteering and getting involved in government. The site also has
information on the Queensland Young Volunteer Awards.
-
Guide
Dogs Queensland - Needs
volunteers for special events, fundraising, administration, general
boarding and more.
- Help Enterprises - A
community-based, non-profit organisation established in 1968 by
Rotary to assist in the support of people with disabilities. The group
operate from five sites in the greater Brisbane area and employ a fully integrated
workforce of nearly 200 disabled and able-bodied people in a variety of
industries.
- Meals On Wheels
- Mount Olivet Community Services
- Health & Aged Care. Looking for
volunteers
to read and write letters for patients, as escorts, in administration
and more.
- Nepal Australia Friendship
Association - (NAFA) is a Brisbane based non-political, non profit
organisation dedicated to assisting the poor and needy of Nepal. The
group aim to assist communities and individuals with projects that
improve the quality of life and provide hope for the future.
-
Queensland Meals on Wheels Services
Association Inc - A community service organised to help the frail
aged, younger disabled and their carers to live in the community where
they are happiest - in their own homes.
- Radio 4EB - Ethnic Broadcasting.
-
Sail
Training Association of Queensland - Own and operate the
South
Passage - which gives young people aged between age 14 to 17 the
experience of a traditional sailing ship.
- Salvation Army Calamvale
- Technical Aid to the Disabled, Qld Inc.
- (TADQ) TADQ volunteers make aids that are not commercially available,
or are too expensive for individuals, by volunteers. TADQ work with
individuals, Special Schools or any genuine person in need of a gadget
or an aid for their lifestyle.
-
Volunteering Queensland Inc - Click on "Volunteer job opportunities" to search volunteer
positions
- Volunteer Refugee Tutoring
& Community Support Program (VoRTCS) - A non-profit,
volunteer-run organisation sponsored by the St Vincent de Paul Society.
VoRTCS is based in South Brisbane and operates over a large area of
South East Queensland including Brisbane, Logan and the Gold Coast.
VoRTCS aims to assist and empower refugee families in Australia.
- Wesley Mission Brisbane - An outreach of the Albert Street Uniting Church, is one of Brisbane's longest-established welfare ministries. It provides care and comfort and support to thousands of men, women and children through a network of Aged Care facilities and community services throughout the greater Brisbane region. Check the site for
volunteer ideas.
- See also
Australian
National Volunteering Groups
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