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Volunteer Opportunities

Swimming Star and People Person!

Hohepa Canterbury
Somerfield
Sports | Working Hours

Support people with intellectual disabilities in a swimming group at various pools around Christchurch

Hospice Volunteer

Nurse Maude
Merivale
Health & Medical | Working Hours

Serving dinner service in our Hospice Inpatient Unit

NZ House & Garden Tours Volunteer

New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation
All Areas
Fundraising | Both/Flexible
20 February 2026 to 21 February 2026

The NZ House & Garden Tours 2026 allow tourgoers to experience the very best of NZ architecture and gardens. Volunteers ensure that the houses on display are run smoothly and manage the tourgoers throughout the day.

Community Services and Resources Coordinator

MECFS Canterbury
Home Based
Health & Medical | Both/Flexible

Support our chronically ill community and team by curating group meetings around the region, lists of services and supports, and information about strategies for living well with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis /Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and long COVID.

Inventory / driver volunteer

Nurse Maude
All Areas
Retail | Working Hours

Volunteer to help with stock, sorting and drive a van to support our Hospice shops.

Lawn Mower

Nurse Maude
Merivale
Gardening | Working Hours

Lawn mowing

Gardener

Nurse Maude
Merivale
Gardening | Both/Flexible

Assist with gardening for four hours a week. Hours flexible.

Visitor

Age Concern Canterbury
All Areas
Companionship | Working Hours

Provide social support to an older person via regular visits of about an hour per week, share interest and activities and provide support where possible to make other community contacts

Tutors / Assistants in Prisons

Freedom Philosophy Society
All Areas
Education | Both/Flexible

Tutors and Assistants - more mature volunteers needed to join Christchurch Freedom Philosophy teams to help us deliver simple practical short courses in Christchurch prisons.

Kitchen Helper

Untouched World Foundation
Banks Peninsula
Food Services | Both/Flexible
25 January 2026 to 28 January 2026

We are looking for volunteer cooks and kitchen hands to help us during our new Emergent Leaders programme 26-28 January 2026. Practical kitchen skills would be helpful to work alongside our lead ringawera / cook.

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