Volunteer with our Foster Care Children’s Village

What is the Meli Children’s Village?

The Foster Care Children’s Village has been created to establish an additional support network for Meli’s Foster Care families.

Through the Village, we recruit dedicated volunteers who are keen to support children and their Foster Carers in a range of practical ways. It might be helping with childcare, accompanying children to extracurricular activities or simply being a mentor and friend. It’s a wonderful way to support your community and bring joy to a child living in foster care.

We are looking for people who:

• have some experience with children
• are warm, flexible and sensitive in their approach to children
• are able to build a rapport and communicate with children at their developmental level
• able to commit to volunteering for a few hours each fortnight for at least six months
• have a driver’s license or can use public transport to implement their tasks
• are willing to obtain (police check national & international, if applicable), WWC and other mandatory checks as required.

If you have thought about being a Foster Carer but now isn’t the right time, consider becoming a Villager.

The Foster Care Children’s Village Project is a two-year pilot program funded through the Anthony Costa Foundation.