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Fundraising Event Coordinator

Te Aro Role ID: 8961

Share your event planning/project management skills by helping to set up an annual fundraising event for this refuge-led organisation. ChangeMakers are supporting New Zealanders from refugee backgrounds to settle and participate meaningfully in life in Aotearoa by carrying out community development activities, advocacy, and research in response to needs identified by communities themselves.

They are looking for an experienced project manager/event coordinator to work with their general manger to organise an annual fundraising event.

ChangeMakers want to host a food-focused event where food is cooked by members of their diverse former refugee communities, paired with entertainment and an auction. To do this, they need someone well-organised and detail-oriented, with fundraising and event organisation experience.

This will include researching and liaising with possible sponsors/vendors and coordinating publicity for the event. Passion and experience in working with people from refugee backgrounds would be beneficial.

Volunteer Migration Advisor - Wellington

Thorndon Role ID: 8958

Volunteer Migration Advisors are part of our Migration Advisory Group, made up of refugee background people with lived experience of resettlement in Aotearoa New Zealand. They help provide a National Board representative and senior staff in our Migration team with advice and recommendations on Red Cross services that support asylum seekers, convention refugees, former refugees and their families in their transition into New Zealand society. You will receive input and feedback from other former refugees and refugee background communities about these services. The Migration Advisory Group meets six times per year on weekends - three in-person and three online. Your tasks: You'll be helping people navigate life in a new country, which might include: * Contribute skills and knowledge by participating actively in meetings. * Prepare for meetings by reading agendas, minutes, reports, and other documentation required to actively participate in them. * Inform the Board and Senior staff of current issues affecting refugees, asylum seekers and refugee background communities in New Zealand. * Provide advice as required for national migration programme staff regarding service development. * Provide a client / former refugee perspective to the Board on all aspects of the Board's work * Keep up to date with issues and trends that affect our services for former refugees

Builder for collapsible wooden bar stand for event space

Te Aro Role ID: 8936

We are looking for help to construct a few wooden bar tables for our festival nights at our urban alternative event space. We have a design in mind that we just want practical help bringing to life.

Videographer

Te aro Role ID: 8907

Every picture tells a story and that is why we need your help. Yes for Success provides services to people in the Wellington region to build the skills and confidence they need to reach their aspirations in work and life. We are looking for our next superstar videographer to capture the magic of our events, so we can share them through our newsletter and social media channels. This is a great opportunity for anyone looking to build their portfolio and do good at the same time. The role will involve attending special projects and events, and you must have a professional equipment of good quality.

Happy Host

Karori Role ID: 8908

At Huntleigh Home in Karori, we take every opportunity to make sure our 71 rest home and hospital residents enjoy companionship, experience spontaneity and have a sense of purpose in their life. And we would love your help. The Apartment residents socialise on a Friday late afternoon enjoying good company with drinks and nibbles. Although they are independent we would appreciate if you can host the get together that normally lasts for an hour or so. You can find us in Karori Road, with a bus stop outside our premises.

Music librarian

Karori Role ID: 8868

At Huntleigh Home in Karori, we take every opportunity to make sure our 71 rest home and hospital residents enjoy companionship, experience spontaneity and have a sense of purpose in their life. And we would love your help. You can find us in Karori Road, with a bus stop outside our premises. We are looking for a volunteer to help us sort our CDs and then host a Memories through Music session where we can put in requests and enjoy a variety of music genres. We might agree on an original sorting of our CD collection which might take a few days to set up and then work towards a weekly or fortnightly music appreciation session.

Librarian or lover of books

Karori Role ID: 8869

We are looking for a volunteer to create themed book displays, keep them tidy and help leave them out on coffee tables for us to read and enjoy? At Huntleigh Home in Karori, we take every opportunity to make sure our 71 rest home and hospital residents enjoy companionship, experience spontaneity and have a sense of purpose in their life. And we would love your help. You can find us in Karori Road, with a bus stop outside our premises. We have two recreation rooms and two lounges with bookshelves filled with fiction: non fiction and coffee table books that need looking after. You will soon learn who the other book worms are and enjoy the wonderful world of reading with them. Every six months the Housebound Library Service delivers bags of pre-selected books for their customers. We will appreciate if you can deliver these bags to their rooms and collect them at the end of the period.

DVD Librarian

Karori Role ID: 8871

We are looking for a volunteer to help with our DVD collection. We love watching movies but simply do not know where to start in identifying which type of movies we have. At Huntleigh Home in Karori, we take every opportunity to make sure our 71 rest home and hospital residents enjoy companionship, experience spontaneity and have a sense of purpose in their life. And we would love your help. You can find us in Karori Road, with a bus stop outside our premises. We can agree on an original sorting of our DVD collection which might take a few days to set up and then work towards weekly or fortnightly movie screenings.

Gardener

Karori Role ID: 8872

We are looking for a volunteer gardener to care for our vegetable patch and do courtyard maintenance. Our vegetable patch is as big as two double beds and is ready for someone to work their magic on it. At Huntleigh Home in Karori, we take every opportunity to make sure our 71 rest home and hospital residents enjoy companionship, experience spontaneity and have a sense of purpose in their life. And we would love your help. You can find us in Karori Road, with a bus stop outside our premises.

Volunteer Visitor-Friend

Karori Role ID: 8873

Help brighten the day of rest home and hospital residents in the Karori region who rarely receive visitors. As this can make life quite lonely the volunteer would visit and form friendships with these residents. You would be matched with a resident with a similar background and interests or someone with a completely different background if you prefer. You and the resident can discuss when you will meet and how you will spend your time together. As well as providing some company for the residents volunteers often comment that they learn some fascinating things about the past from their new friends. Where appropriate staff will provide memory boxes and background information. At Huntleigh Home in Karori, we take every opportunity to make sure our 71 rest home and hospital residents enjoy companionship, experience spontaneity and have a sense of purpose in their life. And we would love your help. You can find us in Karori Road, with a bus stop outside our premises.

Photography project

Karori Role ID: 8874

We are looking for a volunteer photographers to take lovely individual photos of our residents within their rooms or incorporating something they are interested and showing their unique identity. At Huntleigh Home in Karori, we take every opportunity to make sure our 71 rest home and hospital residents enjoy companionship, experience spontaneity and have a sense of purpose in their life. And we would love your help. You can find us in Karori Road, with a bus stop outside our premises.

Gardener : Growing seedlings from seeds

Karori Role ID: 8875

At Huntleigh Home in Karori, we take every opportunity to make sure our 71 rest home and hospital residents enjoy companionship, experience spontaneity and have a sense of purpose in their life. And we would love your help. You can find us in Karori Road, with a bus stop outside our premises. We are looking for gardeners to help grow seeds for our courtyard at Huntleigh Home, and in containers to give away as gifts.

Baking with residents

Karori Role ID: 8876

We are looking for a volunteer to bake someone's day! If you're a friendly home baker who likes helping other people in the kitchen, we'd love to hear from you. At Huntleigh Home in Karori, we take every opportunity to make sure our 71 rest home and hospital residents enjoy companionship, experience spontaneity and have a sense of purpose in their life. And we would love your help. You can find us in Karori Road, with a bus stop outside our premises.

Board Game Session Coordinator

Karori Role ID: 8879

Are you a Scrabble whiz? Come and play Scrabble with our residents! We have a scrabble set and scrabble dictionary (along with other board and table games) but no one to help them set it up and have a game. They have residents who would love a game and others who will be eager to learn. At Huntleigh Home in Karori, we take every opportunity to make sure our 71 rest home and hospital residents enjoy companionship, experience spontaneity and have a sense of purpose in their life. And we would love your help. You can find us in Karori Road, with a bus stop outside our premises.

Meditation / Relaxation Coordinator

Karori Role ID: 8880

At Huntleigh Home in Karori, we take every opportunity to make sure our 71 rest home and hospital residents enjoy companionship, experience spontaneity and have a sense of purpose in their life. And we would love your help. You can find us in Karori Road, with a bus stop outside our premises. Some of our residents get together on a Monday afternoon to meditate for 20 minutes. They have a variety of music they proudly share to serve as background music. It is normally a combination of relaxation: visualisation and breathing exercise. We will ask you to gather residents up and also see that they are in a good space before leaving the session. Although they are meeting at 4:00 on a Monday afternoon - this can be held anytime suitable to you

Men's club facilitator

Karori Role ID: 8881

At Huntleigh Home in Karori, we take every opportunity to make sure our 71 rest home and hospital residents enjoy companionship, experience spontaneity and have a sense of purpose in their life. And we would love your help. You can find us in Karori Road, with a bus stop outside our premises. We are looking for male volunteers to spend time with a number of men in this Wellington based home who would benefit from male only time. The volunteer must be someone who has affinity with the elderly and an understanding of their ability and a commitment to bring value into the mens lives regardless of physical or mental ability.

Email Marketing Expert

Te Aro Role ID: 8856

We're seeking a creative email marketing expert to breathe new life into our Mailchimp newsletter and help us better connect with our alternative community. Either set up some great templates we can use or do them monthly with content we supply - we can discuss which you prefer. What You'll Do: Revamp our Mailchimp template design to better reflect our alternative space and events Create engaging email layouts that capture our venue's unique vibe Optimize our email marketing strategy for better engagement Set up automated flows and segment our audience effectively Help us tell our story in a way that resonates with our community Train our team how to carry on what has been set up. Looking for someone who understands both the technical side of Mailchimp and the creative aspects of engaging an alternative audience. Help us turn our newsletter into something our subscribers actually look forward to opening! What We Offer: Creative freedom to reshape our email presence Opportunity to impact how we connect with our community Flexible schedule Exchange for free passes to our events and plant-based dinners

Volunteer your language skills

Karori Role ID: 8857

At Huntleigh Home in Karori, we take every opportunity to make sure our 71 rest home and hospital residents enjoy companionship, experience spontaneity and have a sense of purpose in their life. And we would love your help. We're looking for friendship volunteers to spend an hour or two chatting with our residents who don't speak English. So, if you can speak Chinese, Indonesian, Sri Lankan we would love to hear from you.

Volunteer Driver

Karori Role ID: 8858

At Huntleigh Home in Karori, we take every opportunity to make sure our 71 rest home and hospital residents enjoy companionship, experience spontaneity and have a sense of purpose in their life. And we would love your help. You can find us in Karori Road, with a bus stop outside our premises. We are looking for a volunteer driver to take our residents, accompanied by a staff member, on drives and outings. These trips mean so much to our residents and helps keep them connected to their community.

Refugee Support Volunteer - Upper Hutt

Upper Hutt Role ID: 8799

We are looking for friendly volunteers to join our small volunteer teams and assist former refugee families in settling around Upper Hutt. You will receive comprehensive training and support for your role and have an enjoyable and diverse cultural experience. Refugee support volunteers work in teams, sharing support tasks for the assigned refugee family based on availability throughout the week. Your involvement is flexible! NZRC staff and other volunteers will support your volunteering role. ### Your Tasks You'll be helping people navigate life in a new country, which might include: * Setting up a home for a family or individual before they move in. * Connecting people with schools, English classes, GPs, and other services. * Helping the family navigate the city or town using public transport. * Learning about another culture and sharing your own. * Being a friendly, welcoming presence.

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