Volunteering with a community group is an excellent way to give back to your community while making new friends and gaining confidence in working towards something meaningful with others.
Through volunteering you can gain experience in your field of study, or explore other areas of interest and also develop valuable skills in leadership, teamwork, problem-solving, communication and cultural awareness to name a few. These skills are highly transferable to the workplace, so volunteering also indirectly enhances your employability.
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UNSW Advantage opportunities
Many of these community volunteering opportunities have been approved by UNSW Advantage as eligible for recognition on your Australian Higher Education Graduation Statement (AHEGS).
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Formerly known as 'The Mob', Arc Goes To is a volunteer program run by Arc @ UNSW that exists to welcome international, interstate and rural students to life as a student at UNSW and to the social side of Sydney and...
Arc Wellness volunteers (Wellness Warriors) are a growing tribe of students making a difference. Wellness Warriors are passionate about spreading awareness about easy changes students can make in their daily lives to...
Artsweek is a week-long festival that celebrates the Arts during Week 5 of Semester 2 each year. It provides an opportunity to get your creative juices flowing and get involved with art in a way you wouldn't usually...
This program is no longer offered.
Click-on Mentoring is a unique program to help regional high school students be more proactive about planning their future before they leave school. Students join in a...
Bike-ology is a free Arc service where students teach students all about bike repair and maintenance. Students can bring their busted bicycle in, are given tips and tricks in bicycle maintenance, with hands-on...
BCoMP establishes a community of business communication mentors who are motivated to help other students with less experience in oral communication. The mentors will develop and deliver a variety of oral...
CREATE NSW Inc runs activities for the Students of UNSW, aiming to enable the students to develop skills and experience through running workshops and a parts store on campus, while also running several projects that...
This is the first Australian chapter of Engineering World Health, a dynamic global organisation serving engineering students, healthcare professionals, communities around the world and, most importantly, patients in...
The Garvan Institute of Medical Research is increasing their outreach and educational activities for 2018 and as such are implementing a program of public volunteerism to assist with public tours, seminars, open days...
Students have the opportunity to travel during yearly breaks to developing countries to lend a helping hand with a local community project. These projects, in countries such as Malaysia, Thailand, Fiji, and Nepal,...
The Justices of the Peace League is a team of dedicated volunteers, trained to be Justices of the Peace and recognised by the Department of Attorney General and Justice. The Justices of the Peace League is there to...
MateriaAustralia is a sustainable materials library. It's purpose is to serve architecture, art, design and engineering students with a accessible way of finding and understanding sustainable materials for their...
The Medical Students’ Aid Project (MSAP) is the global health group at UNSW and a member of the AMSA Global Health (AGH) committee. MSAP empowers UNSW Medicine students and the greater community to contribute...
Mosaic Mentoring (formerly Mosaic Fusion Forums) offers both UNSW volunteers and local Sydney high school students the unique opportunity to come together and get talking about the social and cultural issues which...
Collegians have the opportunity to organise and then attend a week of volunteering in a community service, such as in a local PCYC or a rural township. This program aims to have the College better engage with...
The Stationery Reuse Centre provides the UNSW community with good quality recycled stationery that has been previously used or discarded, preventing it from going to landfill. Students get access to a great resource...
The Arc Street Team is a group of highly motivated student ambassadors who work together to celebrate and promote Arc events throughout the year. This team of student volunteers also coordinate and run weekly events...
An award winning student-led team for designing and building autonomous robots to compete in national and international robotics competitions and mentoring high school students to build robots with the FIRST Robotics...
The Student Legal Education Group (SLEG) was founded at UNSW over 30 years ago with a passion to improve access to justice by providing minority disadvantaged groups with basic legal knowledge and understanding their...
The Producers is an Arc program focused on sustainability; specifically, maintaining the new Arc community garden on campus.
Responsibilities
Students volunteers commit approx. 2-3 per week and get hands on...
The Volunteer Army is a Volunteering and Professional Development Program run by Arc Student Development, which aims to engage student volunteers with opportunities through our partner non-profit organisations.
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Walama Muru is a student volunteer program run in partnership between Arc @ UNSW and Nura Gili, Centre for Indigenous Programs at UNSW.
The program involves a group of Indigenous and non-Indigenous students...
Work Camps are organised and run by Warrane College in conjunction with Reledev Australia Limited, a non-profit, voluntary and AusAID accredited NGO.
Work camps have been held across the Pacific Rim, parts of...
Youth Law Australia (formerly the National Children’s and Youth Law Centre) is Australia’s only national community legal centre dedicated to representing the rights and interests of children and young people. YLA...
Other ways to volunteer
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Volunteering in Australia
Overseas volunteering
External organisations
UNSW does not presently endorse any specific third party provider programs. All programs involved some degree of risk to participants. Students are advised to undertake their own risk assessment before departure and any participation in these programs is at their own risk. Students who secure an overseas opportunity should Register their Travel.
