About YVolunteer

•What is YVolunteer?  
•Who runs YVolunteer?   •How can this website help me?

What is YVolunteer?

YVolunteer links young people with community organisations that need volunteers. We find out what community organisations want and what young volunteers are interested in, and then match them up.

Volunteering benefits young people by:

• expanding their life experience
• creating a greater degree of tolerance and understanding of others
• giving them opportunities to develop new skills and community awareness
• increasing their confidence and self esteem
• helping them to develop a sense of responsibility
• giving them an experience that can be included in their résumé or CV
• providing an understanding of the diversity of lifelong experiences available through volunteering

Who runs YVolunteer?

YVolunteer is run by the Youth Services staff at Volunteering WA, a non-profit organisation that helps bring together volunteers and community organisations.
We have over 400 member community organisations with over 700 volunteer positions available.

Volunteering WA also runs training courses for organisations, special programs for senior volunteers and special events for volunteers and organisations. Contact the Youth Services staff by ringing 08 9482 4333 or by e-mailing youth@volunteer.org.au.

How can this web site help me?

The Teachers section is designed to help teachers learn about the concept of volunteering, implementing a service program at their school, and link to interesting resources that may help in the classroom.

The Volunteer section is geared towards young people, and its aim is to inspire them to think about the issues they care about and show them how to help their community.

The Agencies section of the web site is designed to support agencies that wish to take on young volunteers. It goes through the processes involved and any issues that may arise.