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Gisborne Volunteer Centre

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Gisborne Volunteer Centre supports and promotes volunteering in our community.

For those interested in volunteering, we can point you in the right direction; for those community groups needing volunteers, we can help you.

09/10/2026

We want your REAL photos of our community in action!

Enter for a chance to win one of three $50 PAK'nSAVE vouchers, and have your photos featured on our new website.

You've probably got a few perfect shots sitting on your phone: volunteers in action, community events, the people who make Tairāwhiti tick. Take a minute and enter now:

https://forms.gle/TVULWmhcQawpNEpK8

Please make sure anyone in your photo is happy for it to be shared. Entries close at midnight on Monday 19 October 2026.

06/10/2026

📣Role of the Week: Care and Craft Centre Coordinator

Looking for Tuesday morning mahi that means something? The Care and Craft Centre has welcomed guests for decades, and its long-time supervisor is ready to hand over. You'll lead a friendly team and a lively programme of crafts, games and kōrero. There's room to try new ideas and shape what the centre offers next. If you're patient, reliable and good with people, we'd love to hear from you.

Read the full role and apply here: https://gisbornevolunteercentre.org.nz/roles/1488/care-and-craft-centre-coordinator

05/10/2026

This International Volunteer Managers Day, we’re inviting all managers, coordinators, and leaders of volunteers to join us for brekkie!

It’s a chance to connect with others who lead with heart, take a moment to pause, and celebrate the impact you make in our community.

International Volunteer Managers Day | Thursday 5 November | 8am | 8888 Cafe

Registration essential - check out the details here https://gisbornevolunteercentre.org.nz/events/ivm-day-volunteer-leaders-breakfast

02/10/2026

Flashback Friday

📸When Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern visited 2022

We’re taking a trip down memory lane as our 25th celebration approaches.
Share your volunteer stories with us!

29/09/2026

📣Role of the Week - Lap Scoring & Organisation

Be an essential part of a successful race day team!

Eastland Kart Club in Gisborne is looking for volunteers to help with electronic lap scoring and timekeeping, and to organise grid draws for their racing events. No experience needed; full training is provided.

Your help keeps races running safely and smoothly for local drivers and their families.

For more details or to apply, check out https://gisbornevolunteercentre.org.nz/roles/1099/lap-scoring-organisation

28/09/2026

Help us tell the story of volunteering in Tairāwhiti.

We're building a new website and want it full of real photos of our volunteers and community in action, past or present. Share a photo and you could win one of three $50 gift cards.

Enter now here https://forms.gle/TVULWmhcQawpNEpK8

Entries close at midnight on 19 October 2026.

23/09/2026

Throwback Thursday!

📸A 2010 Volunteers Feature in The Gisborne Herald.
👀Spot a wonderful, young volunteer Ask Alice

We’re taking a trip down memory lane as our 25th celebration approaches.
Share your volunteer stories with us!

22/09/2026

📣Role of the Week - Shop Assistant

Keen to help raise funds for vital care in our community, one sale at a time?

Hospice Tairawhiti is looking for friendly volunteers to join their Hospice Shop team, greeting and serving customers, handling the till and eftpos, and keeping the shop tidy with fresh displays.

Shifts are just 3 hours: weekdays 10am-1pm or 1pm-4pm, or Saturdays 10am-2pm. Flexible arrangements can be discussed.

Every sale helps fund Hospice Tairawhiti's community palliative care services.

For more details or to apply, check out https://gisbornevolunteercentre.org.nz/roles/1017/shop-assistant

20/09/2026

You are invited to our Annual General Meeting on Monday 12 October.

The meeting starts at 5.30pm and we'll have kai from 5pm.

Please register on our website to let us know you can make it.
👉 https://gisbornevolunteercentre.org.nz/events/agm

See you there!

17/09/2026

🎉Volunteer of the Month🎉

Congratulations to Nigel, our Volunteer of the Month for August.

Nigel was nominated for the time and effort he gives with Waikanae Surf Life Saving Club, looking after the rescue boats, training lifeguards and drivers, and guiding volunteer lifeguards as an instructor and Patrol Captain. His nominator said it succinctly with “He’s a legend!”.

Thank you, Nigel! Your mahi positively impacts so many.

A big thank you also to Bollywood Star Restaurant Gisborne for treating our deserving volunteers each month.

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Remember to nominate the people in your life who deserve a little recognition https://forms.gle/Et57WEjNMr82F3bcA

Address

Shop 2, Treble Court, Peel Street
Gisborne
4010

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 3pm
Tuesday	9am - 3pm
Wednesday	9am - 3pm
Thursday	9am - 3pm
Friday	9am - 2pm

Telephone

+64220809519

Website

http://www.gisbornevolunteercentre.org.nz/, https://www.instagram.com/gisvolunteercentre

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