Volunteer
Make a valuable difference to the lives of locals
- Respectful and supportive environment
- Flexibility on rosters and type of volunteer work
- Sufficient training to do the volunteer work
- Insurance coverage
- Office and up to date technology and office systems for the work required
About Volunteering with us
Whilst the service itself is free, volunteers are financial members of the Register and pay a small annual membership fee – currently $10 to join and a $5 annual renewal. This means they are members of our incorporated association, the Bellarine Community Support Register Inc, and can vote at our Annual General Meeting, influening decisions about the future of the Register as well as applying to join the Committee of Management.
Our volunteers undertake a variety of tasks:
- general office duties,
- telephone calls to registrants,
- data entry and promotional activities such as speaking to clubs and attending community events.
- All committee members of management are volunteers.
We provide a thorough induction and ongoing training and support for volunteers, who can choose to spend as little or as much time as they wish on the Register. The Register office is staffed from 9.30 am to 12 noon on Monday to Friday, except on public holidays.
All volunteers must complete a police check and sign a confidentiality agreement before commencement.
Volunteer Values
Do you share these attributes with our volunteers?
- Respect:
- Treating others with consideration and valuing their perspective and rights.
- Reliability:
- Being dependable and trustworth, consistently meeting commitments and responsiblities.
- Honesty:
- Being truthful and transparent in interactions and communications.
- Creativity:
- Valuing innovation and original thinking, encouraging the development of new ideas and solutions
- Contribution:
- Making a positive impact and giving back to the community or organization, recognizing the importance of each individual’s role.
If you share our values, and would like more information, please call 5255 3968 or complete the Contact Form below.
Meet our Volunteers
We have approximately 30 volunteers with a wide range of skills and interests.
All, like Carol and Ros below, have been chosen because they are reliable, good listeners, care about people in their community and have passed a police check.
Carol
Volunteer since 2021
I am new to the Bellarine Support Register but I have been volunteering for the last 3 years, both with GenU and SpringDale Neighbourhood Centre in supporting their offices in administration. My background experience has mainly been administration and customer service, I love meeting new people and forming new connections and that won’t stop going forward, its in my blood.
My husband ran his own business in the Drysdale and Newtown area for 40 years which I helped support and, he too has retired but his dabbling with cars continues.
I like to keep busy and we regularly walk, with an errant Basenji dog called Boots and enjoy nothing more than a lunch out and a great glass of local wine. My other passion is drawing and painting which is my main outlet.
Ros
Volunteer since 2024
I am fully retired Primary teacher, last school being St Augustine’s Yarraville.
I loved teaching and was in leadership for many years within the school. In 2019,I made my way from Melbourne to settle in Drysdale. I visited the Portarlington market one day and came across the Bellarine Community Support Group and signed up as a member after hearing about the wonderful things they did in the community. Now a couple of years later here I am volunteering with them and am thrilled about that. I have been made very welcome and look forward to contributing in any way to support the group. I enjoy dabbling in paint using acrylics and water colours, reading, going to the Portarlington Women’s shed and I belong to the Geelong Soroptimists. I am continuing to meet wonderful people and becoming part of the Bellarine community.
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Get in touch
Have more questions? Feel free to get in touch so that we may answer your enquiry.