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

Relay for Life Champion

Ref: #00689

We’re seeking enthusiastic volunteers to help with a major community event on Saturday, 28 March 2026. A variety of roles and shift times are available, and all volunteers will need to attend a Health & Safety briefing beforehand. Some roles may also require additional training. If you’re unavailable on the day but still keen to help, we also need support in the lead-up and pack-down period from 23 March to 1 April. Interested? Please get in touch. Join us and be part of something special!

If you love to gift-wrap, come and join us

Ref: #00687

Could you spare an hour or two to help wrap Christmas gifts for Centre City customers, who will make a donation for the wrapping? We are looking for some volunteers to help out from the 12th until the 24th December. We are raising funds to sponsor a room on the Maternity floor in the new hospital

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