Volunteering WA

Volunteering WA aims to build strong communities through volunteering and provides a range of resources, services and support so that people in Western Australia are aware of, and understand, the nature and scope of volunteer activity.

About

Our Vision

Stronger communities through volunteering.

Our Mission

Leading a coordinated state-wide volunteering effort.

Our Values

Volunteering WA is ethical, knowledgeable, collaborative, visible, innovative and effective.

Volunteering WA aims to build strong communities through volunteering and provides a range of resources, services and support so that people in Western Australia are aware of, and understand, the nature and scope of volunteer activity.

If you are interested in community service, please browse our 'For Volunteers' section. You can search there for volunteer work and find suitable positions for long term or temporary volunteering, including Christmas, summer vacation and holiday volunteering.

If you are an organisation or volunteer centre that uses volunteer help please take a look in our 'For Organisations' section for volunteer recruitment and resources.

Examples of work

 Our programs and projects allow us to actively work in the community, and include the following:

 

Volunteering WA's Enhancing Access project is an exciting initiative aimed at supporting people with disabilities and other barriers to engage in volunteering. more...



The Visiting Volunteers program is assisting many regional West Australian communities by providing voluntary support to complete many projects and programs within those communities. The program encourages travellers to add something special to their trip by lending their own unique skills and services to the communities they visit.


VWA run two volunteer resource centres in Perth, one from the main office in West Perth and the other based in the Joondalup library


VWA and the Department of Education and Training partnered to develop give20, a website to support the DET's Community Service Program.