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Volunteer opportunities
Contact the City of Holdfast Bay Volunteering Services

Becoming a volunteer is a fulfilling and rewarding way to help your community. Volunteering provides an opportunity to socialise with other volunteers and use your experience and personality for the benefit of the community. Volunteering is crucial to many of the City of Holdfast Bay’s programs and services.

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Who can be a volunteer in the City of Holdfast Bay?

Anyone who is:

Willing to get involved in their local community.
Willing to freely offer their time, life experience, friendship and interests to enrich the lives of others in their community.
Reliable, honest, responsible, caring & committed.
Willing to learn/ teach/participate.

What volunteers can expect

To be allocated to a suitable volunteer area or activity when a vacancy occurs.
To receive travel reimbursement when using own private vehicle in the course of volunteering activities.
To receive official clothing, name badge or equipment where required.
Training and support in Health and Safety and volunteer role requirements.
A reward and recognition program.
To enjoy their volunteering experience.

What we expect

That volunteers act professionally in representing the City of Holdfast Bay.
That volunteers attend team meetings and undergo essential Occupational Health Safety and Welfare training.
That volunteers are reliable and enthusiastic.

Volunteer Resource Centre

The Volunteer Resource Centre is a one-stop shop for all volunteers, those looking to volunteer as well as organisations that have or are thinking of introducing volunteers.

Alwyndor Aged Care Facility

Provides Hostel and Nursing Home support to aged persons, such as recreation and social programs, outings and bus trips, taking residents to appointments, morning and afternoon tea, garden maintenance, Alwyndor shop and room trolley service.

Bay Discovery Centre

Front-of-house duties and/or team leaders, supervise exhibits, tour guides.

Bike Pump Track Maintenance Assistance

Undertake minor maintenance associated with the bike pump track.

Community Bus and Personal Transport

Bus drivers, navigators, Bus Office support team for the community buses. Individual transport for less-able people to local appointments using volunteer's own vehicle.

Environmental Projects

Activities include planting local indigenous plant species in sand dunes or gullies, weeding, team leader duties, committee work and more. No experience is necessary, just enthusiasm and an interest in restoring and protecting our natural assets. Here is more information on Environmental Volunteering .

History Centre

Research, collate, computer data entry and cataloguing of items of local historical significance. Here is more information on the History Centre .

Home Maintenance

Volunteers assist Council staff with minor home maintenance, including things such as changing light globes, changing smoke detector batteries, minor gardening, security checks and limited rubbish removal for aged and disabled people.

Regulatory Services

Public Education Volunteer - Attend designated public areas within the City of Holdfast Bay and hand out information (in the form of leaflets and hand-outs) to the public to educate and assist an understanding of the various legislations and regulations which Regulatory Services manage.

Social Support

Volunteers are introduced to older people with a view to providing friendship, shopping assistance and practical support.

Library

Holdfast Bay Library Service has volunteers who assist with our Home Service program and re-shelve library materials at both library sites.

Events

Volunteers are occasionally involved in assisting in the delivery of a number of events including Proclamation Day, City to Bay Fun Run, The Lord Mayor’s Garden Party, SALA and other art, sport and and cultural events.

Administration Support

Computer data entry, filing and routine clerical tasks.

Special Skills

You may have special skills or interests that can be applied to an individual or group special project, please let us know.

Justice of the Peace (JP)

To provide a regular Justice of the Peace service for the community within Council premises

Brighton Civic Centre; 24 Jetty Road, Brighton between 10am and 12noon Monday.
Glenelg Library; 2 Colley Terrace, Glenelg between 9.30am and 12 noon Friday except public holidays.

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