Volunteer leaders play a vital role in supporting both volunteers and the wider community. Council partners with volunteer leaders across Stonnington to promote their opportunities and offer networking and capacity-building support.
Advertise your volunteer opportunities
To support our community groups and non-profits in obtaining, retaining, and celebrating volunteers, the City of Stonnington promotes awareness of volunteering opportunities to the people in our community through the publication of local volunteering opportunities.
You can list your volunteer organisation to promote volunteer opportunities on our website. All you need to do is create a MyCity account, add your organisation listing and then once assessed and approved, your volunteer organisation will appear on the page.
Join the Connect and Discover Network
The Connect and Discover Network is a valuable space for connection, collaboration, and sharing ideas with peers working in the local community sector.
Meeting every two months at various locations across Stonnington, the Network is open to representatives from community organisations and groups that provide services in the area.
To join the Network, please complete the membership form.
Organisations to support volunteer leaders
Looking for more information about volunteering or volunteer management? There are various organisations that can support you on this exciting journey. Please see the links below.
JusticeConnect
Through their not-for-profit law program, JusticeConnect provides legal advice, information and training for not-for-profit organisations. JusticeConnect work to reduce red tape and improve the legal framework for community organisations.
Our Community
Our Community is a world-leading social enterprise that provides advice and tools for Australia's 600,000 not-for-profit community groups, state, private and independent schools, as well as practical links between the community sector and the general public, business and government.
Pro Bono Australia
Pro Bono shares news, careers and resources to help purpose-driven people and organisations grow their impact. Pro Bono provides an online hub for people who want to know more about the national community sector.
Southeast Volunteers
Southeast Volunteers provide end-to-end recruitment service, networking opportunities and training for volunteers and organisations located in Stonnington, Monash, City of Casey and the City of Greater Dandenong.
Volunteering Australia
Volunteering Australia is the national peak body for volunteering, working to advance volunteering in the Australian community. Volunteering Australia shares research into the state of volunteering in Australia and provides access to educational resources.
Victorian State Government
There is a range of helpful publications and resources on the State Government website that support the Victorian not-for-profit community sector to strengthen capacity, governance and sustainability.
Volunteering Victoria
Volunteering Victoria is the peak state body for volunteering in the state, dedicated to advocacy, sector development and the promotion of volunteering. Their comprehensive Volunteering Guides offer practical tools and resources to support best practices in volunteer engagement, leadership and program development.
Helpful resources
If you would like to learn more about managing volunteers, please see the links below.
For even more tools, templates and insights, visit the Volunteering Resource Hub.
Other platforms for advertising volunteer opportunities:
- Be Collective is a cloud-based volunteer recruitment and management platform designed to mobilise goodwill. They are a place for action, empowering communities to realise social impact both individually and collectively. The platform allows users to broadcast volunteer opportunities, manage and reward volunteers, and much more.
- GoVolunteer connects volunteers with organisations, helping to bring together people and causes that make a difference.
- SEEK Volunteer is Australia’s largest free online source of volunteer opportunities. SEEK Volunteer helps connect people to volunteering opportunities that enrich their communities, careers and personal lives.
- Southeast Volunteers provide end-to-end volunteer recruitment service, networking opportunities and training for volunteers and organisations located in Stonnington, Monash, City of Casey and the City of Greater Dandenong.
- Vollie is an online marketplace that connects skilled individuals to non-profits, charities and social enterprises for skills-based online volunteering.
- VolunteerMatch helps people from across Australia find volunteer opportunities that align with their professional skills such as IT and hospitality to design, accounting, law and sales, to meaningful and rewarding roles.