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.

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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.

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Latest roles

Administrator Extraordinaire

Ref: #00603

This is a new role that you could make your own. Bring your expertise and knowledge. An interest in Housing for the Elderly. Dynamic go ahead group Community Service

Retail Assistant

Ref: #00602

We are looking for friendly and reliable volunteers for our New Plymouth Op Shop during shop hours 9am-5pm Mon-Fri and 9am-3pm Sat. We need three volunteers every morning and three every afternoon. Our 50 shops across the country sell mainly second-hand clothing and household items. They provide affordable shopping for the community, funding for our humanitarian work, and support sustainability through recycling unwanted items.    Your tasks will include:  Unpacking and sorting goods.  Greeting and serving customers. Restocking and merchandising the shop.  Health, Safety and Wellbeing (HSW) Make sure your actions (or lack of actions) don’t harm your health, safety and wellbeing, or harm anyone else. Take part in a HSW induction, training, programmes and activities. Follow all instructions given to you about health, safety and wellbeing Follow all NZRC HSW policies, standards and procedures about health, safety and wellbeing. Make sure you have the right training for any activities you are doing. Use personal protective equipment (PPE) for any work activities that may need it to stay safe. If you spot a hazard, or you are involved in an incident or near miss, report this straight away.


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