Volunteering

Recruit volunteers for your organisation

• If your not-for-profit organisation is looking for support from volunteers, please submit the role and we will post it in our volunteering opportunities directory. 
• The directory is a free service to not-for-profit organisations based in Cardinia Shire, or that service Cardinia Shire residents.

Submit a volunteer opportunity

Subsidised training for volunteers

We offer a volunteer training program each term, which is offered by local neighbourhood houses, community centres and Universities of the Third Age (U3A) at a subsidised rate (conditions apply).

The following courses will be available throughout the year:

• food handling
• basic bookkeeping
• first aid and CPR
• various computer courses.

For details of available programs and fees and to apply for a subsidised place, please contact the relevant training provider directly.

• Beaconsfield Neighbourhood Centre
• Moy-Yan Neighbourhood House (formally Bunyip & Ditsrict Community House) 
• Cardinia U3A (Pakenham)
• Cockatoo Neighbourhood House
• Emerald Community House
• Lang Lang Community Centre
• Living and Learning Pakenham
• Outlook Community Centre
• Upper Beaconsfield Community Centre

Annual event for volunteer organisations

• More than 500 volunteer organisations work to make Cardinia Shire a great place to live, so in May every year we celebrate our volunteers through a volunteer reception at Cardinia Cultural Centre.
• Each year, invitations to attend the volunteer reception are sent to 2 representatives from not-for-profit groups. To ensure representatives from your organisation are invited, please confirm your organisation's contact details are correct in our community directory.
• We hold the volunteer reception in May, to coincide with National Volunteer Week