Support the Community

Supporting your community through donations of time, money, or resources fosters a network of care and assistance that benefits everyone. It's a powerful way to create positive change and strengthen the bonds within the community, ensuring that help is available when it's needed the most.

Volunteer Opportunities

Become a volunteer

Many hands make light work!

Are you interested in volunteering your time and skills to support the Greek Community of Canberra?

Join us an become part of a dedicated team of volunteers that drives our community initiatives and programs.

Ways to volunteer

There are different types and ways you can volunteer.

All volunteering has responsibilities to our community and laws in Australia that need to be complied with. Some volunteer positions will require you to have a certain attributes, screenings, licenses or registrations before we can accept your help.

Where this is the case, we will let you know, along with any other information so you know what is expected as a volunteer.

This can include:

minimum age requirement
special training
working with vulnerable people card
liquor licenses and RSA holders
police checks
specific qualifications

Event and festival Volunteer

Do you love the energy that festivals and events bring to a community? Then event and festival volunteering may be perfect for you.

Event and festival volunteering is perfect for people interested in a 'one-off' opportunity or want to volunteer for specific events and festivals each year.

Your volunteering opportunity or role will be based on your skills and the time you have to give.

It is a rewarding way to give back to your community and get backstage access to all the action.

We love volunteers that can:

Set-up and pack-down equipment
Equipment servicing and cleaning
Waiter/waitress
Taking sales orders and cash register
Cooking and food preparation
Food packaging and serving customers
Site and waste management
Supervise volunteers
Rostering and volunteer co-ordination
Social media and event media management
Event advertising and promotions
Many more areas!

Skills Volunteer

Our community is full of talented professionals across many different fields and industries.

Skill-based volunteering provides the opportunity to use your knowledge, skills, professional experience and expertise to help our community projects reach their goals.

You can make a difference by donating just a few hours each week or work on a specific project.

We love skills volunteers in areas like:

Project development and management
Marketing and campaign management
Social media and content creation/management
Graphic design
Website development and management
IT systems development and management
Many more areas!

Governance and Leadership Volunteer

Governance and leadership volunteering allows professionals with qualifications, skills and experiences in providing advice and guidance to help drive our community strategic plans and direction.

It is an invaluable way for you to flex your professional muscle and help tackle particular problems, advise on strategy, planning, internal processes and more.

You can make a big difference with on-going projects by donating just a few hours each week or work on a specific project.

We love governance and leaders in areas like:

Finance and legal advice
Strategy direction and planning
Not for Profit and Charity governance
HR guidance
Member management
Volunteer management
Government relations and advocacy
Funding management and procurement
Many more areas!