Volunteering Opportunities

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Worker’s Name: Jann Debenham|

Organisation/Service/Project: Bankstown City Council

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Website address:

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• Volunteering Opportunities:

Volunteer Information

This is a good way to develop skills and experience for work, be useful and  practise English!

To be a volunteer means you work for free.

Volunteer work can sometimes lead to paid work.

For the Bankstown area:

Coolaburoo Neighbourhood Centre

11 Ryan Road

Padstow

Tel: 9774 2426

Email: cncinc@coolaburoo.org.au

• You will not be guaranteed volunteer work, but you can only TRY.
• Coolaburoo can provide First Aid Certficate training (no cost to you - paid by Bankstown City Council)

Call or email them and tell them your skills.

Eg "My skills are ..."

-       taking care of older people (aged care)

-       cooking

-       typing

-       cleaning

-       painting

-       desktop publishing

-       washing cars

-       hairdresser/hairdressing

-       beautician

-       interpersonal skills - good with people

-       artwork - drawing, painting, advertising, promotion

-       nursing

-       washing dishes

-       making great cups of tea and coffee

-       gardening

-       planting trees and shrubs

-       catering - cooking and making great cups of tea and coffee for events

-       languages

-       financial management (and/or) handling money

-       driving

-       walking    (eg distributing brochures - newspapers, walking people's dogs)

-       health and fitness

For all of Sydney:

Volunteering NSW

Level 3

40 Gloucester Street

The Rocks (near Circular Quay in the city)

Sydney

Call first for directions on how to get there:

Tel: 9261 3600

They have an Information Session every Friday morning from 10.30am to 12.30pm

Volunteering Opportunities

These organisations generally provide good support, can teach you skills, and can provide future direction:

Mission Australia

http://www.missionaustralia.com.au/volunteer-at-mission-australia/volunteer-opportunities/946-nswact-volunteer-opportunities

The Salvation Army

http://salvos.org.au/get-involved/volunteering/

The Smith Family

http://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/site/page.cfm?u=123

The Red Cross

http://www.redcross.org.au/volunteer-in-australia.aspx

The United Nations, Sydney

http://www.un.org.au/Employment.aspx

Other places that may help:

·         http://www.govolunteer.com.au/

·         http://www.bookwish.org/volunteer-opportunities

·         http://www.fido.com.au/