Volunteer with Orange Sky
By volunteering with Orange Sky, you can create meaningful impact by supporting people experiencing homelessness or hardship to feel more connected and less isolated through access to improved hygiene, health and quality of life.
The sense of community amongst our volunteers is strong. Not only will you have the opportunity to create lasting connections and friendships, but also gain valuable insights and experiences to enhance your personal growth and learning.
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Join a team of dedicated volunteers who head out once a week or fortnight to support people doing it tough with clean laundry and genuine, non-judgemental conversations.
We ask for a minimum commitment of 2-4 hours, on a weekly or fortnightly basis.
While you don’t need to be super fit to volunteer on an Orange Sky shift, it can be a physically demanding role with a high degree of bending and lifting. You need to be able to carry items (approx. 15-20kg).
Yes, you need to be over 18 years old to volunteer.
Once you submit your application, it will only take a few days for our team to review and approve your application. Then you can apply to join a shift!
Depending on where you are located, there may be a waitlist of people just like you who are excited to get out helping their community! To fast-track your way onto shift, we recommend checking our Locations Page and searching for a shift that is labelled ‘Priority’.
All volunteers are required to complete an online training module which includes instructions for operating a laundry and/or shower shift, and a guide to safety and support on shift. Once completed, volunteers will undertake on-shift training with their Team Leader, to ensure that they feel confident on shift. All volunteers have access to our Support Team during shift for any questions regarding the shift or general operation.
We have different requirements, which are state or territory dependent, or related to where you are located.
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