CAMDEN COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERING

 

The Camden Community Centre offers a wide variety of volunteering opportunities.  Volunteering enables people to share their experience and skills with others while contributing to their community.

Our volunteers are the lifeblood of our organisation who make the magic happen! Camden is committed to celebrating our Volunteers often, but especially during annual Volunteers Week & at our end of year Christmas Celebrations.

 

People volunteer for many reasons:

• Making connections with other people

• A chance to develop new skills

• Developing confidence

• Taking on new challenges

• Creating pathways to employment

• Because they just want to give to their community

 

Our major volunteer programs include:

 

Men's Woodwork Shed

We have a good size work area with work benches and modern equipment.  If you enjoy woodwork, or are looking to meet new people, come along & see what we have to offer.

 

Our Men's Shed Volunteers also support the centre with repairs & maintenance of our facilities - so there's many ways to be involved.

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Op Shop / Outreach Program

Our Op Shop is open 3 days a week - Monday/Wednesday/Friday from 10:00am to 2:00pm.  We also open on the first Saturday of the month from 9.00am - 12.00pm. It's a great place to work in a supportive and friendly environment.  The shop supports the local community by providing clean quality men's, ladies and children's clothing, household items, books, linen, bric-a-brac and much more, & more recently is the engine room of our Outreach Program which supports around 400 individuals in the way of food & personal hygiene parcels on a weekly basis & furniture & clothing when requested.

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Community Garden

Short of space in your home?  Come along and join our community gardeners.  Raised garden beds are available for $2.00 per week to grow your own vegetables and herbs.  The fee includes soil, fertilisers and equipment.

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Social Programs and Centre Support

In addition to the activities above we could not function without the valuable support of volunteers in every area of our centre, such as:

• Our (CHSP) Commonwealth Home Support Program, helping out in the kitchen, in the social programs & driving our bus

• Grounds & garden maintenance

• General maintenance

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If you would like to volunteer please fill out the form and send it back to us. Ensure you also read the Policy form.