Seniors Volunteering

Volunteering is not just about helping others but about enriching your life. Whether it’s sharing your wisdom, lending a hand, or simply being there for someone in need, your time and experience are invaluable.

This is an invitation to reignite your sense of purpose, combat isolation, and connect with others in meaningful ways.

Find current events and information sessions below to help you take that first step towards finding the perfect volunteer role for you.

Roles

There are thousands of vacant volunteering positions throughout Queensland. Here are a few we think you might like! 

Digital Volunteer, State Library of Queensland

Volunteer from anywhere online

State Library of Queensland is dedicated to making its digital collections more visible and accessible online so that everyone can use and share them, now and in the future. You can help by becoming a digital volunteer from home! Help with tasks such as text correcting newspapers to make them easier to search, tagging photos to improve discoverability, transcribe historic documents and more.

Driving Mentor, Braking the Cycle PCYC

Charters Towers & various locations

One of the many programs PCYC Queensland delivers is the Braking the Cycle program. Braking the Cycle is a learner mentor driving program that aims to provide young people with increased employment opportunities, community connection and road safety education. We support learner drivers without access to a supervisor or registered vehicle to complete their logbook hours. Our Mentors are critical to the success of the program and act as positive adult role models as well as driving supervisors.

Parks and Wildlife Environmental Volunteers

Various locations

There are a range of outdoor volunteering roles to support our environment across the State. These may include constructing mountain bike trails on the Sunshine Coast, cleaning beaches on K’gari, conserving the natural environment of Daisy Hill Conservation Park or removing weeds and revegetating Burleigh Head National Park.

Noel Sherrington

Noel Sherrington has been an active volunteer with St John Ambulance Queensland since 1983. His volunteering has spanned frontline event health service delivery, operations coordination, volunteer support, and state-wide policy and training development.

Noel’s contributions have had a profound and lasting impact on both the organisation and the communities St John serves. His efforts during critical moments—like the 2011 floods—ensured timely and compassionate care was provided to Queenslanders in crisis.