Volunteer at Edendale

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Volunteers provide a valuable contribution to the Edendale community. Each week we have over eighty volunteers supporting us in various roles. 

To volunteer at Edendale you must be 15 years or older, and all volunteers over 18 are required to hold a Working with Children Check. These checks are free for volunteers, and we will guide you through the process. If you have a current Employee WWC Check, you can use this for volunteering. For more information, please go to the Working With Children Check website.

Edendale is a working farm and has health and safety requirements for staff and volunteers.  Volunteers need to be able to work safely and at times unsupervised (after initial training).

The capacity for Edendale to take on new volunteers is dependent on staffing levels and suitable work being available for the volunteers.  

 

All of our volunteer roles are full.

However, you can still email us and go on our waiting list.

Please have a look through the Volunteer Roles below, then email us with an Expression of Interest outlining your interest area, experience and availability.

We will get back to you to arrange an interview or to let you know that we have no current opening in that role and will put you on our waiting list.

A brief overview of our Volunteer Roles

Nursery Assistant - FULL

Working with the nursery staff to propagate and grow local indigenous plants.

Wednesday, Thursday or Friday mornings. 

Food Garden Assistant - FULL - Wait List Available

Assisting in the ongoing upkeep of the food gardens including harvesting, maintaining, planting and watering. 

Animal Husbandry Assistant - FULL - Wait List Available

Helping outdoor staff with the daily chores associated with the animals.

Volunteers MUST be able to work unsupervised and sometimes on their own after initial training.

Tasks may include milking goats, poultry chores, feeding stock, renewing bedding and cleaning yards.

Either 8.30 - 10.30am or 3.30 - 5pm, every day, one shift per volunteer

 

Grounds and Gardens Assistant - FULL - Wait List Available

Working with the outdoor staff with garden bed or grounds maintenance.

This may include watering, planting, weeding, mulching, sweeping, raking or composting.

Thursday or Friday mornings.

Live Display Assistant - FULL

Assisting with the feeding of our hopping mice, lizards, fish and spiny stick insects and maintaining their enclosures.

Flexible times.

Visitor Interaction Volunteer - FULL

Providing a customer service role to Edendale visitors including opportunities for them to interact with the Edendale animals.

Volunteers MUST be able to work unsupervised and on their own after initial training.

Flexible times including weekends.

Weekend Nursery Assistant - FULL

Assisting staff with watering the indigenous plants, re-stocking the indigenous plant nursery and propagating if time allows.

Volunteer MUST be able to work unsupervised and sometimes on their own after initial training.

Saturday or Sunday mornings for 2 hours. 

 

Personalised Volunteer Role - FULL

The Personalised Volunteer Role offers a flexible opportunity that can be customised to meet individual needs and goals.

Volunteers who require support to meet Edendale’s health and safety requirements must be accompanied by a Support Worker who will also receive the initial training.

Indigenous Seed Processing Volunteer - FULL

The Indigenous Seed Processing volunteer role will assist Edendale staff in the preparation of Indigenous Seed that has been already collected. The seed will be used in the Edendale Nursery over the coming months and years.

Tuesday Mornings 9.30am - 12.30pm

      

EDENDALE CONNECT 

The Edendale Volunteer Program operates with the expectation of a regular commitment and the agreement to perform a set task.

Sometimes people are not quite ready to commit to such a formal volunteer role but still what to feel a greater sense of connection to Edendale.

A ‘Ways to Connect with Edendale’ document can be found at the bottom of this page. This document outlines ways individuals and groups can engage with Edendale and feel a sense of belonging and connection.

For some people this type of informal connection on a regular basis will provide a better experience than actually becoming a formal volunteer with the expectation of performing a set task on a regular basis.