Volunteer Information

1. Local volunteering opportunities

Are you looking for a volunteering opportunity with a local organisation? You can browse the listings below to find an opportunity which fits your lifestyle.

Education Volunteer - Mentoring/Assisting

Fairfield City Museum & Gallery is seeking volunteers to assist delivering the Living the Past education program.

SWSLHD District Palliative Care Service

We're on the lookout for vibrant souls to join our Palliative Care Volunteer Service!

Volunteer Garden Maintenance

Fairfield City Museum & Gallery are looking for an environmentally minded person to assist us with the maintenance of our site.

Canteen Volunteers

We are a grassroot junior league club solely run by volunteers for the community seeking assistance from the community residents interested in volunteering a few hours of their time in the canteen.

Arts on Prescription Volunteer

We're searching for a volunteer to provide support to the Arts on Prescription team at the Centre for Positive Ageing, Hammondville.

HammondCare is passionate about improving quality of life for people in need with a special commitment to dementia care, palliative care and innovative research.

Mentoring/Assisting

Justice Advocacy Services (JAS), dedicated to supporting clients with Intellectual Disability Rights (IDRS) for 20 years, this is a free not-for-profit organisation. We support people who have Cognitive Impairment needing help with legal problems.

OpShop Volunteer

Community Services/Neighbourhood Centre/Charity

Story Mentors

Story Factory is a not-for-profit creative writing centre for young people in under-resourced communities across Sydney and NSW. We build writing skills, confidence and creativity.

Male Mentor

Mentoring Men has available volunteer positions for men to be professionally trained to support other men in our community. You will have the opportunity to help and guide a man in need and be a part of our organisations mission to support men in their life journey.

HammondCare at Home Social Volunteer

As a HammondCare at Home volunteer, you can enjoy the fulfilment of participating in a shared interest with an older person who lives close to your home.

Wesley Mission Volunteer Visitor

The Volunteer commits to visiting the older person ideally weekly, with some flexibility to fit into their lifestyle. By connecting regularly, you will have the opportunity to build a friendship through sharing life stories together.

Volunteer Transcriber

Fairfield City Open Libraries is seeking the help of volunteers from the community to edit the computer-generated transcripts of its oral history recordings on Amplify.

Living the Past volunteer opportunity

Fairfield City Museum & Gallery is seeking volunteers to assist in delivering the Living the Past education program.

Fairfield Community Nursery Volunteer

FAIRFIELD COMMUNITY NURSERY is a native plant nursery & garden project located at Fairfield Showgrounds, Prairiewood.

Gig Buddies Volunteer

The Gig Buddies project matches and pairs-up volunteers and adults with disability to go out together once a month and experience activities and/or events together.

The benefits of joining our growing community include: meeting new people, trying new things, expanding your circle of friends, and going out with someone who’s not a family member or support worker!

Volunteer Bus Assistant

South West Community Transport are seeking friendly, enthusiastic individuals who want to give back to their community and volunteer their time as a Volunteer Bus Assistant.

Volunteer Driver

South West Community Transport are seeking friendly, enthusiastic individuals who want to give back to their community and volunteer their time as a Volunteer Driver.

Canteen Volunteer - Weekend Games

Fairfield Bulls Football Club is looking for volunteers to assist with our Canteen operations during home games.

General Volunteer - Event Assistance

Australian Refugee Volunteers are always looking for volunteers to work with children as well as those who like to work behind the scenes - in recruitment and training, administration, grants and fund raising, volunteer management and activity planning.

Volunteer Food Service for aged residents

Fairfield Food Services (Meals on Wheels) are seeking multiple food service volunteers: kitchen hand, delivery driver, runner/assistant driver and an administration office worker (for weekday mornings).

Food Hampers Volunteer

Community Action Services Australia (CASA) are looking for a Food Hampers Volunteer who can assist with food hampers preparation to effectively distribute food hamper boxes to our low-income/disadvantaged community.

Food Hampers Volunteer Coordinator

Community Action Services Australia (CASA) are looking for a Food Hampers Coordinator who is willing to get involved in all areas of this community program.

Digital Mentor Capacity Building

NSW SLASA (Spanish and Latin American Association) with the support of Good Things Foundation Australia invites you to participate in the Digital Mentor Capacity Building Program.

Ethics Teacher

Primary Ethics is an independent, not for profit organisation and the sole approved provider of ethics classes in over 450 public primary schools in NSW which run as a meaningful alternative in the scripture/non-scripture timeslot each week.

Retail Volunteer

St Vincent de Paul Society is seeking a retail volunteer to help out at Vinnies shops.

Volunteer Shop Assistant

Are you looking to connect with people in your community? Become an Anglicare Op Shop volunteer today!

Grants Writer Volunteer

Community Action Services Australia (CASA) are looking for a proactive and motivated individual with experience in grant writing, to obtain funds to build organisational capacity and fund critical community programs.

Driver

Community Action Services Australia (CASA) needs a driver for our van to pick food from foodbank every Thursday.

Youth Frontiers Mentors

Youth Frontiers is a youth mentoring program for female children and young people, aged 10-17 years in contact with the criminal justice and child protection systems in the Fairfield LGA. This program aims to engage young people’s strengths by building skills and experience through mentoring support.

Volunteer Fire Fighter

NSW RFS Brigade Member: trained as a Firefighter to fight fires and attend other emergency incidents in Rural Fire Districts.

Bush care

Fairfield Indigenous Flora Park Volunteers is seeking a bush care volunteer. Weed recognition skills helpful but not essential.

Driving Mentor

Gymea Community Aid & Information Service are seeking a Drive Time Mentor Volunteer to provide supervised driving practice to selected refugee clients.

English Tutor

Navitas Skilled Futures is seeking tutors to offer informal English Language tuition to new migrants and refugees with one-on-one lessons for 1 hour per week.

Driving/Community Transport

The Young Adults Disabled Association needs someone who holds an LR license to drive one of their mini-buses.

Volunteer Committee/Board Members

Nakango Vision Multicultural Integration Community Services is seeking a Board Chair to work with company CEO, as well as be a mentor and advisor for Board of Management.

Event Assistance Officer

Fairfield City Council is partnering with South West Sydney Local Health District and South West Sydney Primary Health Network to host a Dying to Know Day Expo

Youth Team Volunteer

STARTTS Youth Team is looking for young people to assist in their running of STARTTS’ after-hours youth program.

Help with running of Retail Store

Community Services/Neighbourhood Centre/Charity

NSW RFS Brigade Member

Volunteer Fire Brigade

Hamper Preparation

Volunteer opportunity for hamper preparation.

Social Support/ Day Care/ Visiting

Volunteer Family Connect (VFC) Supporting families with children 0-5yrs

Social Support/Day Care/Visiting

The program consists of a community volunteer visitor to visit an
elderly person for one hour every two weeks.

Request to advertise your opportunity

Is your organisation looking for volunteers? If you have a volunteering opportunity you would like posted on this page, you can make a request. Simply click the button below and submit your form:

Submit your volunteering opportunity here

2. Join the Volunteer Register

Are you looking for opportunities to volunteer? This page lists volunteering opportunities in the local area. If you don't see something suitable below, we would still like to hear from you! Click the button below to register as a volunteer:

Join Fairfield City Council's Volunteer Register

3. List a volunteer opportunity

Do you have a local not-for-profit organisation with volunteering opportunities? We would like to hear from you.

Fairfield City Council is listing volunteering vacancies on behalf of local organisations. We aim to help connect volunteers with not-for-profit organisations and community groups who deliver important services. To post a volunteering opportunity on this page, please complete our form:

FIND A VOLUNTEER
Request to advertise a Volunteering Opportunity

4. Volunteer Recognition Program

Fairfield City Council wants to acknowledge your Volunteers

Do you know a volunteer or community group that deserves recognition?

National Volunteer Week is taking place from 19 – 25 May 2025. Fairfield City Council will be taking this opportunity to provide Volunteer Recognition Certificates to local volunteers in celebration of their incredible contributions.

Volunteer involving organisations are encouraged to provide the names of their volunteers via the online form (below). Council will provide the certificates to the organisations to distribute during National Volunteer Week.

Volunteer names need to be provided using the attached form no later than Monday 14 April 2025.

For more information, contact Social Planning and Community Development Team on 9725 0222 or email volunteersregister@fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au.

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