New Plymouth Volunteer Centre

About us

Volunteering New Plymouth was established in 2002.
The main purpose of Volunteering New Plymouth is to assist ‘not for profit’ community groups in recruiting and retaining volunteers and to offer ongoing support to all community organisations and their volunteers. To do this we offer our service as a contact point for all volunteers and community agencies. We provide information about opportunities for volunteering, we raise community awareness of the importance of the work that is undertaken by volunteers, we organise recognition awards, we advocate on behalf of volunteers and community organisations at a local and national level and we provide a channel where resources can be shared, particularly in the training of volunteers and their coordinators/managers. We aim to help organisations recruit and retain volunteers and we support existing volunteers through free or low-cost training in order to increase their efficiency, effectiveness and capacity.

Events and Trainings

Volunteering New Plymouth runs a number of events and trainings to support the not for profit sector. These include Volunteer Awareness Week activities, our annual Volunteer Recognition Awards, Volunteer Managers' recognition events, Volunteer 'snap shots' and the Volunteers Thank You event.

Latest roles

Garden Festival Cafe Hospo

Ref: #00594

We would like some extra help in our cafe during the Garden Festival, 1st to 10th November, shifts between 9am to 4pm. You will be serving cake & coffee, etc, clearing tables and doing dishes. Saturday 2nd November we have our food festival.

School Youth Mentors

Ref: #00593

Volunteers are needed to become mentors to young people aged between 6 and 10 years old. Our mentors are matched with a young person and spend an hour each week doing low/no cost activities at the young person’s school, during school terms only. Mentors will develop a consistent one-to-one relationship with their young person and support them to develop their confidence and resilience. Mentors will be a positive role model to their mentee and give them opportunities to try new and exciting things. Our volunteer screening process includes, reference checks, police vetting, interviews & training.

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