Diversitat is proud and privileged to be supported by over 650 dedicated volunteers who work alongside and support our employees to provide high quality services to a broad range of clients across the organisation.
There are many ways you can volunteer with Diversitat, including:
Tutoring with School Aged Children
School Volunteer Tutoring
The GREAT at School Volunteer Tutoring Program provides students from a refugee background who attend North Geelong Secondary College, extra support with their homework, reading, writing and English language at school. In addition, it works to enhance, promote and celebrate harmony, cultural diversity and social justice in our community. The program has been running for many years and has been recognised locally and statewide as a leading homework club.
Volunteers are required to have a minimum of secondary school education themselves and are matched with students based on their subject matter expertise. Volunteers with strengths in the maths and sciences are matched with students requiring assistance in this area and likewise volunteers whose strengths lie in English and humanities assist the students with homework in these areas. The homework club is open to all students from a refugee background who are students at the school and are in Years 7 to 12.
The Homework Club operates on two afternoons per week, during the school term:
Tuesdays from 3.15 pm to 4.30pm
Thursdays from 3.15 pm to 4.30pm
Location: North Geelong Secondary College, 130 Separation St North Geelong
For more information see Becoming a Volunteer, and Volunteer Information Sessions to register for our next information session.
Homework Club @ Corio Library
An exciting new collaboration between Diversitat, Geelong Regional Libraries Corporation, City of Greater Geelong and Centre for Multicultural Youth has resulted in a new homework club for Geelong.
The homework club is located at Corio Library and aims to support students who have recently arrived to Australia from a refugee background.
The homework club requires the support of volunteers who provide homework help for students. Students attending the program are in Prep to Year 12, all of whom are attending local schools.
The Homework Club operates during the school term:
Every Monday from 4.00pm to 5.30pm
Location: Corio Library, Cox Rd, Geelong VIC 3214
Volunteer Tutors are given training prior to undertaking their roles. All volunteer tutors must have a Working with Children Check and current Police Check before they are able to tutor in the program.
For more information see Becoming a Volunteer and Volunteer Information Sessions to register for our next information session.
Other Volunteer Opportunities
Transport Assistance Program
The casework team working with Settlement and Community Support Services at Diversitat assist clients who are newly arrived to Australia from a refugee background. This team of dedicated professionals require a number of volunteers to assist them with on call transport assistance.
Newly arrived clients find it difficult to get to appointments at the hospital, doctors or to the dentist, sometimes those appointments are located in Melbourne. We require volunteers who have the time to drive the client, in a Diversitat vehicle, to and from their appointments.
If you are available throughout the week, hold a current driver’s licence and feel that you could assist in this practical and supportive way please register your interest for an upcoming Volunteer Information Session.
For more information see Becoming a Volunteer, and Volunteer Information Sessions to register for our next information session.
Aged Support
Aged Support provide assistance for older clients from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds to reach their full potential and seek volunteers in group activities (games, chats and walks).
We are always on the lookout for friendly, happy and chatty volunteers to join our busy team.
Volunteers are to agree with the Diversitat Volunteer Policy and a second language would be advantageous.
For further enquiries please contact Lloyd Tan on Tel (03) 5222 7275 or lloyd.tan@diversitat.org.au
Events
Pako Festa
Opportunities range from pre-event activities like distributing posters, to assisting with mail-outs and office duties, to working with Pakington Street traders and local residents. Duties on Pako Festa day itself might involve assisting with traffic management and crowd control, distributing programs, setting up and dismantling displays and signage and relaying messages.
Check the Pako Festa website on www.pakofesta.com.au and contact us through this site if you are interested in volunteering.
Pulse Radio and Television
94.7 The Pulse is a community radio station run on a non-for-profit basis. Presenters and staff at 94.7 The Pulse are mostly volunteer contributors. Community radio is a vibrant industry full of people who are in it because they love it Community radio exists to serve people in the community whose needs are not being met by the commercial or national sectors of broadcasting.
Each week, 94.7 The Pulse broadcast a variety of programs including talk-based current affairs, specialist music, youth oriented programs and multi-cultural programs. These programs are producuced and presented by individuals who were assessed and accepted by The Pulse and allocated an on-air shift.
We are always looking for enthusiastic for people from all facets of the community to become a volunteer at 94.7 The Pulse. Community radio thrives on the large range of varied skills of its volunteers. Prior radio/broadcasting experience is not necessary.
So if you possess any of the following attributes: a strong interest in a particular subject, a love of music, interested in current affairs, admin/office skills, networking skills, highly organised AND want to contribute to your local radio station, we would love to hear from you.
Contact Us, or drop into the station to meet our Station Co-Ordinator, Leo Renkin.
We look forward to seeing what part you can play at the station. Hope to see you there!
Belmont Oppe Shoppe
In April 2016 Diversitat acquired the Belmont Oppe Shoppe. The store has a good reputation in the local community as a traditional Op Shop with reasonable prices and exceptional customer service. The Oppe Shoppe will develop partnerships with other Diversitat programs in order to provide training opportunities to Diversitat students in need to community placements and a convenient destination for programs to purchase inexpensive and good quality items. The store sells an excellent range of clothing, footwear, kids toys, books, small electrical items, haberdashery and bric-a-brac.
The opening hours are Monday to Friday 9.30am to 4pm and 10.00am to 2.00pm Saturdays.
Location: Belmont Oppe Shoppe at Shop 5, 120 High Street Belmont (at the rear of carpark, behind Subway)
The Oppe Shoppe is currently looking for new volunteers. If you are available during opening hours and are interested in volunteering please contact the shop at Tel: 5244 1306.
Donations of good quality items are welcome and are encouraged to be dropped off during business hours. Due to space constrictions we are unable to accept large furniture items.
