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Worker’s Name: Jann Debenham|
Organisation/Service/Project: Bankstown City Council
Telephone/Email:
Website address:
Initiative/Project
- 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
- 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
The Salvation Army
The Smith Family
The Red Cross
The United Nations, Sydney
Other places
that may help:
