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Canberra and ACT Volunteer Groups

Volunteers are always needed and it is a quick way to make friends.  See also community groups.

• ACT Libraries - Require volunteers for the collection management unit, the heritage and public libraries and the home library service.
• ACT Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Society Inc - Provides support, information and advocacy for people affected by Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and/or Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS) in the Canberra region. The society require volunteers to create awareness and provide support and services.
• Council on the Ageing (COTA-ACT) - Volunteers required to be trained to run interesting, interactive and informative sessions to community groups on healthy ageing issues.
• Lifeline Canberra - Requires telephone counsellors. Visit the website to volunteer.
• Questacon - Australia’s National Science & Technology Centre, King Edward Tce, Canberra, requires people over the age of 16 with an interest in science to become Volunteer Explainers.
• Students Participating in Community Enterprises (SPICE). Work experience and home tutoring program for young people aged 12 to 15.
• Volunteering ACT - The peak body for volunteering in the ACT region, representing the interests of all community volunteers, and of all those who work with volunteers.
• YMCA Canberra - Requires volunteers to work in retail, administration, education and childcare, sport and as historians.
   
• See also Canberra Community Groups

Australia and International Volunteering Groups

• Amnesty International
• Asylum Seekers Resource Centre - Aims to provide aid, advocacy and health services for asylum seekers in Australia. The centre is seeking volunteers for a minimum 12 month commitment.
• Australian Conservation Foundation - See their Volunteer opportunities.
• Australian Emergency Management Volunteer Program Forum - Provides training, legal protection, funding and recognition for Australian emergency volunteers.
• Australian League of Immigration Volunteers (ALIV) - Aims to improve the lives of children and families with Bridging Visas living in Community Detention, as well as adults and children living inside Immigration Detention Centres. ALIV is seeking volunteers to actively work with children and families as well as in recruitment, administration, fundraising, volunteer management and programming.
• Australian Tibet Council - A non-profit organisation that works to promote the human rights and democratic freedoms of the Tibetan people. Visit the website to nationally or internationally volunteer.
• Australian Volunteers International - Volunteering placements in Asia, the Pacific, Africa and the Middle East.
• Australian Volunteer Search - Volunteering opportunities by state and territory.
• Conservation Volunteers - Volunteer for conservation projects throughout Australia and New Zealand.
• Dharmik Australia - Charity dedicated to helping disadvantaged children in Nepal by supporting children's homes and other local projects. 
• Fight Cancer Foundation - The marketing and fundraising arm of the Bone Marrow Donor Institute. The Foundation requires volunteers who can participate in various fundraising events. 
• Go Volunteer - Search for volunteering opportunities
• Indigenous Community Volunteers (ICV) - ICV is a not for profit organisation that need volunteers to held provide Indigenous Australians with new skills.
• interPART - Brings together a range of people with extensive experience in working with communities, governments and international agencies in Africa, Asia, the Pacific and Australia. Friends of interPART is a volunteer managed, incorporated humanitarian/fundraising body.
• The Light of Lanka Foundation - Was established in January 2005 as a result of mother of three, Needra Doyles inspiring trip to Sri Lanka just three days after the tsunami to work as a volunteer. After sharing her experiences via emails to friends at home, a group were motivated to form a committee to assist some of the hundreds of orphaned children.
• Meals On Wheels
• Men's Link - A non-profit organisation which aims to promote the value, well-being and social participation of young men by providing appropriate and professional services with outreach activities. They require mentors for group activities and one-to-one mentoring.
• Ovarian Cancer Program - Requires volunteers for fundraising.
• Oxfam Australia - Volunteer in Oxfam offices or become a remote volunteer.
• Radio Lollipop - An international organisation founded over 25 years ago to provide care, comfort, play and entertainment for children and young people, primarily in hospitals. The service to children and young people is provided entirely by volunteers who have been especially selected and trained to make a child's stay in hospital more fun and less frightening.
• Refugee Council of Australia - See their Volunteer opportunities.
• Romero Centre - A place of support for former detainees and Temporary Protection Visa holders. Some examples of volunteer roles include casework support, accommodation support, project work, newsletter production, childminding, administration, and tutoring.
• The Salvation Army - See their Volunteer opportunities.
• Save the Children - Aims to fight for children's rights and make lasting improvements to children's lives.
• Seek Volunteer - Find volunteering opportunities on Seek.
• Together For Humanity - Conducts programmes in schools which challenge misconceptions and encourage children to focus on common values. 
• UNIFEM - Promotes women's human rights, political participation and economic security.
• Vision Generation - Youth movement of World Vision.  
• Volunteering Australia - Volunteering opportunities nation-wide.
• The Wilderness Society - Has opportunities in most states to volunteer.
• WWF Australia - See their Wildlife Project Volunteer opportunities

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