Action group support

Organisation: Amnesty International
Location: Chippendale
Contact: nswaia@amnesty.org.au

Establish and support action groups within growth areas, provide support, information and training to existing groups and equip activists with skills and knowledge. Commitment is at least 3 hours a week for 12 months. Please email us a brief resume and contact details.

Meditation teacher

Organisation: Mission Australia
Location: Surry Hills
Contact: volunteering@missionaustralia.com.au or 1800 110 578

An experienced and qualified volunteer is sought to run meditation classes for homeless men to assist them to focus to get their lives back on track. You will be able to commit to a class at the same time every week for at least 6 months.

Refugee children tutors

St Vincent de Paul assists refugee children after school with their homework and English skills, and refugee parents with English and other assistance.

Next training sessions are on 6 Feb (in Lewisham) and 9 Feb (in Parramatta).

For information contact The Centre for Volunteering Referral Service on
9261 3600 (10am–4pm) quote job no: F6007

Location: Parramatta, Wentworthville

Emotional support

Organisation: The Ankali Project
Location: Sydney

Provide emotional and social support for 6 months to people living with HIV/AIDS, their carers, partners and families.

Our next training workshop is on 5/6 and 12/13 April.
Commitment is up to 6 hours per week.

Contact: 9332 9742 or ankali@sesiahs.health.nsw.gov.au

SIDS and Kids needs your help!

SIDS and Kids NSW
Red Nose Day Volunteers -- help sell merchandise! and join in the fun!

SIDS and Kids NSW provides 24 hour bereavement support for individuals and families who experience the death of their baby during pregnancy, birth and infancy. This includes miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal death, sudden infant death (SIDS) and the death of a child up to 6 years of age.

Red Nose Day is the major fundraising day for SIDS and Kids and is held on the last Friday in June every year. SIDS and Kids NSW needs your help to sell Red Nose Day merchandise on Friday 27th June at one of the many locations throughout the Sydney metropoltian area (including shopping centres and train stations).

If you would like to part of the foot patrol sqaud, please register your interest.

For additional information, please contact Lisa Whitehouse on:

Phone: 02 9818 8400

Fax: 02 9818 4555

Help to support the victims of crime through the court process

Mission Australia

Court Support Worker
Counselling experience required

Every day across the greater Sydney area many victims of crime are attending court without the information and support they are entitled to under the NSW Charter of Victims Rights.

Going to court can be a confusing and stressful experience - some may even find it frightening. For some victims, being at court may mean facing someone who has hurt or abused them. Giving evidence can sometimes mean reliving a traumatic experience. Mission Australia Court Support Service aims to help minimise the potential negative effects for victims attending court. If you are interested in supporting victims of crime, have good communication skills and some counselling experience you can apply to be a volunteer court support worker.

If you would like to volunteer as a Court Support Worker, you will need to have a minimum qualification of basic counselling skills from an accredited provider.

Mission Australia Court Support Service provides intensive and ongoing training as well as supervision and volunteers will be part of a dynamic, professional team supporting victims through the court process.

For further information including selection criteria or to apply, please contact the National Volunteer Team on: volunteering@missionaustralia.com.au

Phone: 02 9288 0070

For additional information, please contact National Volunteering Unit on:
Phone: 1800 110 578
Fax: 02 9264 2698

RDA Assistant in therapeutic horse riding program

Riding for the Disabled
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Monday - Friday 9.30 - 2.30
Saturday 9.30 - 1.00
Choose a day, friendly people, great exercise

Riding for the Disabled requires volunteers to assist in their therapeutic horse riding program.

Volunteers are required to lead the horse, sidewalk and assist the riders with a disability.

Two and sometimes three volunteers are needed to assist each rider during the session.

Our program relies on many volunteers per week.

You do not need to know anything about horses - you will be trained.

We do not operate during school holidays.

You will be required to complete a Prohibited Person Declaration.

Help us to help others.
For additional information, please contact Kerry Souter on:
Phone: 96791246
Fax: 96790638

Empower young people

Committed to working with and promoting the dignity of young people?

Become a mentor!

All locations close to transport, meet other mentors
Great experience for those interested in youth work

Parramatta Young Christian Workers

Seeking young adults to mentor & work with school students and young adults on school days at a variety of times (day/early afternoon):- Parramatta- Auburn- Colyton- Blacktown - Granville

There are a variety of ways to assist young people including, homework help, cooking, writing resumes, job search skills and helping running an Internet Cafe.

Must be able to commit for one school term (10 weeks) but it is preferable that mentors continue on the relationship.

All applicants will be asked to sign a Prohibited Employment Declaration to ensure that they are suitable to working with young people. Call Anne Marie on (02) 9682 6719 to discuss further options.

Worlds Greatest Shave

The Worlds Greatest Shave - March 13-15
Organisation: Leukaemia Foundation





The World's Greatest Shave encourages companies, individuals and groups to shave or colour their hair to show their support for leukaemia patients and to raise money to help continue supporting patients and families living with leukaemias, lymphomas, myeloma and related blood disorders.

To register contact the Leukaemia Foundation on 1800 500 088 or visit www.worldsgreatestshave.com

National/State: National Contact - Phone: 1800 500 088
Fax: 1800 550 222
Email: wgsinfo@leukaemia.org.au
Website: www.worldsgreatestshave.com
Address: GPO Box 9954, in your capital city

Clean up Australia Day

Clean up Australia Day registrations now open

The next Clean Up Australia Day is Sunday 2 March 2008

Every year, from Perth to Penrith, hundreds of thousands of Australians get stuck in and clean up their local environment by collecting and removing rubbish on Clean Up Australia Day.

In 1989 an 'average Australian bloke' had a simple idea to make difference in his own backyard - Sydney Harbour.

"Simple, easy actions can protect the health of our water resources and help save drinking water supplies. There is not one individual who cannot help to make a difference to the health of the environment" Ian Kiernan AO, Chairman and Founder, Clean Up Australia.

Ian Kiernan's vision is an apolitical, non-profit community campaign in which everyone can participate.

Clean Up Australia Day is fun, easy and everyone can get involved. Individuals and local groups can either organise a Clean Up site or volunteer to join an existing site. Outlined below are the steps required to conduct a Clean Up site:

1. Select a site in your local area. It could be a park, waterway, bushland - anywhere in your local area. Local councils may also be able to assist you in identifying a potential site in your local area.
2. Register your site with Clean Up Australia via our website. We will then send you Clean Up Australia Day Kit containing refuse bags, gloves, posters etc and a "Site Guide" booklet outlining everything you need to know about conducting your site.
3. Organise rubbish collection through your local council. For sites registered on Sunday 2 March, many councils coordinate the collection of rubbish from the day so a courtesy call to the local council to confirm that they are providing this service is advised. For sites conducted on other dates, site coordinators need to liaise with councils regarding the possible collection of rubbish or make their own arrangements for disposal.
4. Promote your Clean Up site to attract volunteers.
5. In addition to the kit material received from Clean Up Australia, organise any other equipment you may require.
6. Conduct a site inspection and ensure you have implemented any risk controls. For more information on risk control, refer to the "Site Guide" booklet included in your kit.
7. Hold your Clean Up event.
8. Report back to Clean Up Australia on your site activities.

Click here to register now for 2008 Clean Up Australia Day

Or click here to download a Site Registration Form (156.43kb)

Clean Up Australia - The Facts

• Australians are among the highest producers of waste, per person, in the world.
• An estimated 7 billion cigarette butts end up in Australian waterways, streets and parklands each year.
• 80 million plastic bags are dumped in Australia each year - creating a serious threat to our precious marine life.
• 37% of all items collected on Clean Up Australia Day 2004 were plastic - recycling one tonne of plastic saves enough energy to run a refrigerator for a month.
• Recyclable material makes up almost 80% of total household waste in Australia.
• To date, Clean Up Australia Day participants have collected over 200,000 tonnes of rubbish - that's 4.7 million household wheelie bins

Sexual health teacher training

Organisation: Australian Business Volunteers
Location: Thailand
Contact: 6285 1686 or recruitment@abv.org.au

Assist to design and/or conduct training of trainers courses on designing lesson plans relating to adolescent sexual health. Relevant qualifications and teacher training experience are desirable for this 3 month project.

English language leaders

Organisation: Mission Australia
Location: Hornsby
Contact: Laura 0400 416 849 or cusackl@missionaustralia.com.au

Lead a group of Mandarin speaking parents and carers in learning how to communicate effectively in English, with the focus on better interaction with their children in English, and with their child's school, care centre etc. Appropriate experience/ qualifications are sought.

Bandaged Bear Day

Volunteers Needed!

Click here to register online.

The Childrens Hospital at Westmead need hundreds of people to hit the streets on Friday 14 March, Bandaged Bear Day, to help sell Bandaged Bear merchandise!

Permits can be organised for you to have an area at your local shopping centre or train station, or you can join in the fun in the Sydney CBD. You can volunteer for a couple of hours on your way to work or Uni or for the entire day. Why not get a group of colleagues together and use your community day to help make sick kids better?

To register as a Bandaged Bear Day Volunteer simply fill out the online Registration Form above with all your details. To ensure all permits can be arranged in time for Bandaged Bear Day please register by Friday 14 February.

Once your application form is received and processed , you will be sent an information kit which will explain, in more detail, what will be required of you on Bandaged Bear Day.

For more information on becoming a Bandaged Bear Day Volunteer or to have an Application Form posted to you please phone (02) 9845 3745.