Skilled Volunteer Providers
- Click here for a copy of Skilled Volunteers: A Guide for Community Organisations
- Does your organisation place skilled volunteers with community organisations? Click here to register with us.
Below is a list of organisations that specialise in providing skilled volunteer support to community organisations.
goodcompany
goodcompany is a leading and vibrant meeting place for skilled volunteers and community groups, inspiring a new generation of people who can make a positive difference in the community. goodcompany makes volunteering easy by matching the skills of professionals with the needs of community groups (particularly skilled one-off projects).
For further information: www.goodcompany.com.au
Granted
Granted is a not-for-profit organisation that provides advice to community sector organisations that are developing funding applications. Granted focuses on assisting organisations that aim to make a positive social or environmental impact but which have limited resources to seek funding.
For further information: http://www.granted.org.au/
I.T. Student/Graduate Volunteers
Professional Pathways Australia (previuosly called Monash Professional), RMIT and the University of Melbourne offer student projects and internships to assist with Human Resources, IT, Finance and Marketing in organisations, free of cost.
Leadership Ballarat and Western Region
The Leadership Ballarat and Western Region (LBWR) program Leaders in Action is a conduit for not-for-profit (NFP) and community organisations to access skills and expertise from graduates of the LBWR program through a "skills bank" database.
For further information or to register for assistance:
Contact the Executive Officer for Leadership Ballarat and Western Region (Roger Bade):
Phone: (03) 5332 1247 or 0400 059 104
Email: eo@lbwr.com.au
Or visit the website at: www.lbwr.com.au
Leadership Victoria
Provides pro bono services as well as professional development opportunities & services to non profit organisations with expertise in CEO mentoring & project advice teams, board governance & placements, NFP CEO roundtables & workshops.
For further information: www.leadershipvictoria.org
Public Interest Law Clearing House (PILCH)
A non-profit, independent legal referral service which coordinates the provision of pro bono legal assistance. Community organisations with public interest objectives are eligible for legal assistance through PILCH’s Public Interest Scheme. PILCH provides pro bono training and legal advice on issues affecting NFPs.
For further information: www.pilch.org.au
SkillShare, supported by Oxfam Australia
SkillShare, supported by Oxfam Australia, provides assistance to NFP organisations through provision of skilled volunteers. The aim of the scheme is to assist community organisations build on their own capacity by gaining needed skills organised around specific projects planned by the community groups.
For further information: www.shareyourskills.org
Australia Business Arts Foundation (AbaF)
AbaF promotes private sector arts support - connecting business, the arts, donors & volunteers through three programs: partnering, giving & volunteering. Skilled volunteers can be sourced for arts organisations to assist with one-off projects or as board members.
For further information: www.abaf.org.au
Volunteering Victoria
Volunteering Victoria is the State's peak body representing all aspects of the volunteering sector. It aims to build stronger communities and promote excellence in volunteering through:
- Advocacy
- Education
- Capacity Building through:
- Leadership
- Information
For further information: www.volunteeringvictoria.org.au
Volunteering Australia
Is the national peak body working to advance volunteering in the Australian community. Its role is to represent the diverse views & needs of the volunteer sector while promoting the activities of volunteering as one of enduring social, cultural & economic value.
For further information visit: Volunteering Australia Not For Profit Portal or apply for a volunteer for your organisation.
Volunteer Match
Is Pro Bono Australia's specialised service matching Skilled Professional Volunteers & NFP organisations. With close to 2000 volunteers ready to assist organisations & one of Australia's largest combined databases of NFP organisations - VM provides hundreds of opportunities to assist resourcing NFP organisations in their work.
For further information: www.volunteermatch.com.au
Volunteer X Change
If you are a community group, charity or nonprofit, volunteer X change gives you a network of professionals who can do pro-bono work for you, all via the web.
The service is free and there is no: administration, travel, planning, pitching for services, logistics, organizing or management of people.
Volunteer X Change can help you with: marketing, event planning, advertising, web and graphic design, planning, proposal writing and review, business plan production and review, project management, executive advice, mentoring, IT, HR, and question & answer support on almost any issue you may have.
For further information: http://www.volunteerxchange.com/
