All Volunteer Roles:
Mentor for Young People
Are you passionate about making a lasting and positive change for a young person who is in need of an extra friend and supporter in their life? Do you have what it takes to join Upside as a volunteer mentor and be a consistent role model in a young person
Reader Leader
We are looking for volunteers to become Reader Leaders or support people to set up and to run a regular weekly (or monthly) shared reading group. Summerset Retirement Villages & care homes are keen for Reader Leaders!
Writer and Editor
We are looking for an editor and/or researcher/writer for a project that involves an extensive array of learning based literature and tools.
Videographer / Editor
We require an experienced Videographer/Editor to film and edit promotional material for our initiatives, Visions and wellness services. Work to be done in the CBD but some potential locations also.
Nursery Work Support
Nursery work includes pricking out seedlings from seed trays into tubes and into planter bags, moving plants around the nursery as they transition from newly pricked out seedlings to mature ready-to-plant saplings.
Weed Control
Controlling pest plants or weed is a very important part of the conservation project on Motutapu. We control a number of weeds but the main target is moth plant, an insidious vine that slowly strangles the native trees it attacks.
Social Connections Volunteer Visitor
Are you interested in providing companionship to an isolated and lonely older person? Would you like to become a friend with an older adult in your area? Our Visiting Program matches volunteer visitors with an older person in need of companionship.
Love your stream days
Learn about stream restoration and monitoring with our stream rangers.
Race Night Helpers
Are you interested in motorsport? We are looking to add to our pool of volunteers to help run race night meetings at Waikaraka Park.
Race night Fire Crew
We are looking for people to join our Volunteer Fire Crew for our weekly race nights for the Summer season at Waikaraka Park Speedway.