| If you have particular skills, you can either seek to employ
them to the best advantage in one of the state or national organisations
that can use them or you can seek out a volunteering scheme specifically
for your area of expertise.
Click on one of the headings below or scroll down to view all of
the resources listed.
General
- Skills Passport
A Skills Passport to help you assess what you have to offer and where
you would be needed.
- Volunteer
Match
Volunteer Match is a free service that matches skilled professionals
with Not for Profit organisations online. Professionals can search and
apply for volunteering opportunities, and representatives from Not for
Profit organisations can post their needs for skilled professional volunteers
and edit existing opportunities online.
- Good company
goodcompany connects skilled professionals in Victoria and NSW with charitable organisations
in need of pro bono assistance.
- ExperienceBank
ExperienceBank provides an avenue for people over the age of 50 to use
their professional skills to make a difference by being a mentor, a
Board member or project adviser for a nonprofit organisation.
Law
- Arts
Law
Arts Law aims to maintain panels of volunteer lawyers in all state capitals
(except in Queensland), who provide face-to face legal advice to the
Australian arts community.
- Community Legal Centres
Community Legal Centres provide free information and advice to more than 60,000 Victorians every year. Contact your local CLC for information about volunteering opportunities.
Business Administration
Medicine
- International Medical Volunteers
Association (IMVA)
The IMVA site provides networking opportunities for potential volunteers,
volunteer organisations and medical practitioners working in international
development.
-
Médecins
Sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders)
Through its network of 18 offices around the world, Médecins
Sans Frontières sends out some 3000 volunteers per year. Working
alongside over 15,000 local staff in teams around the world, MSF volunteers
bring life-saving emergency medical assistance to populations who
would otherwise be denied access to even the most basic health care.
Engineering
- Engineers Without
Borders Australia
An organisation aimed at helping communities in need through engineering
related projects. The unique part of EWB is in involving younger engineers.
These younger engineers (students & graduates) are mentored through
the development process by more experienced engineers.
And if, at the end of the page, you still haven't found what you were
looking for, look at the field from another angle - check out these other
pages.
- Find a Local Group
- sorted by state or region
- Find a Group in
my Interest Area - sorted by causes
- [Find a Group that Matches my Skills]
- Provide Corporate
Support - for companies that want to support volunteering
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