Volunteer resource centres
If you prefer talking to someone on the phone or face-to-face you can visit a local volunteer resource centre or service organisation to help you find a volunteer position.
These services have friendly staff who know everything there is to know about volunteering in the local community. They are also in touch with all the local volunteering organisations and so will be able to suggest volunteer positions that suit your needs.
Many volunteer services also have information about volunteering on their websites but if you prefer talking to real person, give them a call and set up an appointment.
Select a region:
Inner metro | Eastern metro | North western metro | Southern metro
Barwon South West | Hume | Grampians | Gippsland | Loddon Mallee
Inner metro
Volunteering Victoria – peak body (Melbourne area)
Tel: 9642 5266
Web: www.volunteeringvictoria.org.au
Email: info@volunteeringvictoria.org.au
Eastern metro
Boroondara Volunteer Resource Centre (Camberwell, Hawthorn, Kew and Surrey Hills areas)
Tel: (03) 9278 4550
Web: www.bvrc.org.au
Email: bvrc@boroondara.vic.gov.au
Bridges Connecting Communities (formerly Knox Community Volunteers) (Bayswater, Ferntree Gully, Rowville, Wantirna areas)
Tel: (03) 9729 9499
Web: www.bridgescc.com.au
Email: info@bridgescc.com.au
Eastern Volunteers (Box Hill, Ringwood and Yarra Ranges areas)
Tel: (03) 9870 7822
Web: www.easternvolunteers.org.au
Email: info@easternvolunteers.org.au
Monash Volunteer Resource Centre (Chadstone, Clayton, Glen Waverley, Oakleigh areas)
Tel: (03) 9562 0414
Web: www.mvrcvolunteer.org.au
Email: mvrc@iinet.net.au
Volunteering in Manningham (Bulleen, Doncaster, Doncaster East, Donvale, Lower Templestowe, Park Orchards, Templestowe, Warrandyte, Wonga Park areas)
Tel: (03) 9841 4215
Web: www.vim.org.au
Email: vim@doncare.org.au
North Western metro
Darebin Information, Volunteer and Resource Service (Northcote, Preston, Reservoir areas)
Tel: (03) 9480 8200
Web: www.divrs.org.au
Email: info@divrs.org.au
Hume Volunteer Gateway (Broadmeadows, Craigieburn, Fawkner, Sunbury areas)
Tel: (03) 9356 6999
Web: www.hume.vic.gov.au/volunteering
Email: gateway@hume.vic.gov.au
Volunteers of Banyule (Bundoora, Greensborough, Heidelberg, Rosanna, Watsonia areas)
Tel: (03) 9458 3777
Web: www.volunteersofbanyule.org.au
Email: office@volunteersofbanyule.org.au
Whittlesea Community Connections (Epping, Lalor, Mill Park, Whittlesea areas)
Tel: (03) 9401 6666
Web: www.whittleseacommunityconnections.org.au
Email: admin@whittleseacommunityconnections.org.au
Volunteer West (Maribyrnong, Hobsons Bay, Brimbank, Melton, Moonee Valley, Wyndham areas)
Tel: (03) 9687 7661
Web: www.volunteerwest.org.au
Email: info@volunteerwest.org.au
Southern metro
Frankston Volunteer (Seaford, Frankston, Langwarrin areas)
Tel: (03) 9770 6492
Web: www.frankstonvolunteer.org.au
Volunteering Glen Eira (Elsternwick, Caulfield, Ormond, Bentleigh areas)
Tel: (03) 9571 7644
Web: www.cige.org.au/879/
Email: CommunityInfo@gleneira.vic.gov.au
Mornington Peninsula Volunteer Resource Service (Flinders, Hastings, Mornington, Rosebud, Somers, Sorrento areas)
Tel: (03) 5950 1223
Web: www.mornpen.vic.gov.au/Page/Page.asp?Page_Id=196
Email: vrsmp@mornpen.vic.gov.au
Barwon South West
Volunteering Geelong (Geelong, Grovedale, Lara, Portarlington areas)
Tel: (03) 5221 1377
Web: www.volunteeringgeelong.org.au
Volunteers @ Warrnambool (Allansford, Dennington, Warrnambool, Woodford areas)
Tel: (03) 5559 4915
Web: www.warrnambool.vic.gov.au
Email: volunteers@warrnambool.vic.gov.au
Hume
Albury Wodonga Volunteer Resource Bureau (Albury and Wodonga areas)
Tel: (02) 6021 0990
Web: www.vrb.org.au
Email: volunteercentre@vrb.org.au
Community Skillsbank
Tel: (03) 5762 4311
Web: www.thecentre.vic.edu.au/course-guide/community-skillsbank
Email: judy.jeffrey@thecentre.vic.edu.au
Mitchell Community Skillsbank (Beveridge, Broadford, Heathcote Junction, Kilmore, Puckapunyal, Pyalong, Seymour, Tallarook, Tooboorac, Wallan, Wandong areas)
Tel: (03) 5734 6200
Web: www.mitchellshire.vic.gov.au/volunteering
Email: mitchellcommunityskillsbank@mitchellshire.vic.gov.au
North East Victoria Community Skillsbank (Benalla, Shepparton, Wangaratta, Yea areas)
Tel: (03) 5762 4311
Web: www.nevictoria.skillsbank.com.au
Email: csb@thecentre.vic.edu.au
Grampians
Volunteering Ballarat - United Way (Ballarat, Buninyong, , Sebastapol, Wendouree areas)
Tel: (03) 5331 5555
Email: info@unitedwayballarat.com.au
Wimmera Volunteers (Edenhope, Jeparit, Hopetoun, Horsham, Nhill, Stawell, Warracknabeal areas)
Tel: (03) 5382 5607
Web: www.wimmvol.com.au
Email: info@wimmvol.com.au
Ballarat Volunteer Resource Centre
Tel: (03) 5331 8654
Web: www.volunteerconnections.org.au
Email: h.irving@volunteerconnections.org.au
Gippsland
South Gippsland Shire – Helen Goddard, Volunteer Coordinator
Tel: (03) 5662 9384
Web: www.southgippsland.vic.gov.au
Email: Helen.goddard@southgippsland.vic.gov.au
Loddon Mallee
Bendigo Volunteer Resource Centre (Bendigo, Eaglehawk, Epsom, Golden Square areas)
Tel: (03) 5441 1404
Web: www.bgovolunteers.org.au
Email: bgovolunteercentre@ymca.org.au
Mount Alexander Volunteers (Castlemaine, Guildford, Harcourt, Maldon, Taradale areas)
Web: www.mountalexandervolunteers.org.au
Email: mavn@cch.org.au