Goya Dmytryshchak
Volunteer West has launched its WestSeed Community Map, which will show 100 organisations that need volunteers across Maribyrnong, Hobsons Bay, Brimbank, Wyndham, Melton and Moonee Valley.
The map features more than 70 organisations aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, and expressions of interest are being invited from others.
Community members looking to volunteer close to home can use the map to find organisations within their area.
Volunteer support services team leader Ash Lee said map aimed to support multicultural community groups in the local area.
“With this WestSeed service, what we try to do is we proactively reach out to small-sized community organisations and listen to their stories about their challenges, their strengths, what they want to achieve,” she said.
“With that understanding, we created this map so that they can network with each other.
“Based on a solid understanding of their situation, we are helping them to find volunteers.
“This map is a demonstration of small, multicultural community groups in the west who would love to have volunteers and who would love to network with each other.”
Three community development workshops to connect organisations and volunteers will be held:
9.30am-1.30pm on Saturday, July 24 at Arndell Park Community Centre, 29-49 Federation Boulevard, Truganina
9.30am-1.30pm on Saturday, July 31 at North Sunshine Football Club, Dempster Park, 82 Phoenix Street, North Sunshine
9.30am-1.30pm on Saturday, August 7 at Victoria University Footscray Campus
Bookings are essential due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Register: volunteerwest.org.au/westseed
Goya Dmytryshchak
