Volunteer on the helpline and in the Women’s Information Centre

• Are you passionate about supporting and empowering Victorian women?

• Are you open minded with great communication skills?

• Do you have a spare four hours per week during business hours?

Then volunteer with us!

WIRE provides a free telephone information, support, and referral service and a Women's Information Centre (WIC) for Victoria women. Volunteers staff the phone room and assist our staff in WIC. To do this work, women need to be at least 21 years old and complete our training course.

To register your interest or to find out more, call WIRE on 1300 134 130.

Women who volunteer are the lifeblood of WIRE. At any one time, close to 100 women donate their time, skills and experience, representing nearly $100,000 worth of work each year.

Why do women love volunteering with WIRE?

WIRE provides a warm, supportive environment for women to learn and explore their personal and professional development. Women who volunteer with us say it is an immensely satisfying, stimulating and enriching experience in their lives.

Many women also find their experience with WIRE leads them to employment and sought-after places in higher education courses.

What do women say about volunteering at WIRE?

"What a great thing it is to be among a diverse group of wonderful women. It's been inspirational and a real learning experience."

"Thank you for opening up my eyes and allowing me the experience to learn and grow."

"I really appreciate being able to make a difference to the women who call WIRE."

"WIRE has connected me to life."

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Other volunteering opportunities

Volunteers also help to run our weekly computer classes in WIC , help us around the office with administration, conducting telephone surveys, updating database information, or lend us their professional expertise in areas such as communications and design, either on a project or ongoing basis.

If you'd like to explore any of these volunteering opportunities please call the WIRE office on (03) 9921 0870.

Join our board

WIRE is governed by a voluntary board. Women on our board come from diverse backgrounds and bring a wide range of skills and experience to the governance of WIRE. The board meets once a month on Monday nights at our office in the city.

If you are interested in serving on our board please read the documents below, then fill in the application form and email it along with your CV to Samiro Douglas, WIRE’s CEO at: sdouglas@wire.org.au

Prospective members are welcome to come along to a board meeting as an observer to see how we work.

To find out more about volunteering with WIRE’s board call Samiro Douglas, WIRE’s CEO on: ( 03) 9921 0870

Board Member Position Description (PDF 56KB)
Board Member Selection Criteria (PDF 110KB)
Board Member Recruitment Practices (PDF 87KB)
Board Member Application Form (PDF 92KB)