Urgent volunteering needs
Can you help us? At certain times, we experience a shortage in volunteer numbers for particular roles. To address this critical need, we're urgently looking to increase the number of people volunteering across the motu.
Volunteer retail assistant: As a volunteer retail assistant, you’ll help create a welcoming environment for our customers. You’ll do day-to-day tasks that help the shop run smoothly, and serve customers in a friendly, professional way.
- Hamilton - Enderley
- Hamilton - Frankton
- Nelson
- Christchurch - Hornby
- Christchurch - Papanui
- Geraldine
- Invercargill
Volunteer Meals on Wheels driver: Our Meals on Wheels service supports older, ill, and disabled people living at home who would otherwise struggle to provide healthy meals for themselves. We need volunteers keen to deliver hot meals and a friendly chat, to people in need across New Zealand.
- Kaitāia
- Auckland - Henderson
- Hastings
- Masterton
- Christchurch - Aranui
- Christchurch - Hornby
- Christchurch - Hillmorton
- Christchurch - Middleton
- Mosgiel
Disaster Welfare and Support Team volunteer: Disaster Welfare and Support Team members are highly committed, skilled volunteers who provide welfare assistance to people affected by emergencies and disasters.
Refugee support volunteer: Refugee support volunteers help families new to New Zealand to feel welcome, while learning about new cultures, meeting new people, and changing lives (including their own!).
Youth Settlement volunteer: Youth Settlement volunteers assist the Settlement Youth Worker in running events to support refugee background young people in their settlement journey.
For more information
- When you volunteer for Red Cross, you’re becoming a member of an internationally recognised movement for good. Find out about volunteering for New Zealand Red Cross, what you can do and why it’s good for you too.
Find out more about volunteering at Red Cross
- Call us on 0800 REDCROSS to find out more about volunteering as a Red Cross volunteer today.