Volunteer with City Mission

Make a committment to giving back in 2024.

City Mission Volunteers come together from a range of different backgrounds to help Transform Lives in local communities in North and North West Tasmania.  Volunteering can be as big or small a commitment as time allows, but it’s always time worth spending. Not only are you enhancing your skill set and lending a hand to those in need, you’re guaranteed to feel good about it, too.

With the assistance of valued and dedicated volunteers, City Mission continues to provide a helping hand to thousands experiencing hardship, providing a way forward and a brighter future.

City Mission volunteers do so for many reasons; to gain new skills, to make new friends, or to give back to the community. 

City Mission volunteers are are apprecaited, they are part of the team. Volunteers are integral to our operations, without them we would not be able to continue the work we do in the community. With the assistance of dedicated volunteers we continue to provide a helping hand to thousands experiencing hardship, providing a way forward and a brighter future.

City Mission is  truly local charity, supporting local communities in North and North West Tasmania. We provide volunteer opportunities in Launceston, Georgetown, Youngtown, Prospect, Newnham, and Ravenswood in the North and Burnie, Ulverstone, Wynyard, Devonport, Smithton in the North West.

We understand life's busy, that's why we offer volunteer opportunities that fit with your lifestyle. You can volunteer on a regular basis weekly or monthly or you can choose to join us for special events and activities throughout the year. 

Volunteering with City Mission includes a wide range of activities – there are roles to suit people with different goals and interests. Whatever you choose to do, you will develop new skills, make new friends and play an important role in giving back to the community, helping transform lives. There are many areas you can volunteer these include:

Client Services

• Mission Health - A Nurse Practitioner led primary health practice operating Monday – Thursday offering 2 sessions per day.
• Youth Outreach
• Mentoring
• Community and family support
• Morton's Place - help create nutritious meals and have fun in the kitchen - Launceston
• City Kitchen - Burnie
• Snag Chat - Launceston

Social Enterprise

• Mission Shop retail
• Resale and recycling
• Supply Chain, warehousing, logistics

Corporate services

• Marketing and special events
• Chaplaincy
• Administration
• Accounting

We make joining us as a volunteer as easy as we can, follow these 3 simple steps:

Step 1:

Fill in the online registration form with your contact details and choose the areas you are most interested in working. Once you've done this, one of our team will be in touch within 3-7 business days. 

Step 2:

One of the City Mission Volunteer team will contact you to discuss current volunteer vacancies and your availability. Please note that an Australian Police Check and a Working with Vulnerable People application are requirements for City Mission volunteers, however we'll lodge and pay for this on your behalf. This process can take between 4-6 weeks to process so please be patient.

Step 3:

Once your paperwork has been processed and police check approved, we'll contact you to arrange your first shift and for you to meet your supervisor and team mates.