Refugee Support Volunteer Training

Join our team and make a difference as a Refugee Support Volunteer!

We are looking for people like you to help families arriving in September 2021 build new lives in our Palmerston North community.

Volunteers provide practical support to help them start again in their new home. Volunteers work in teams to support their family and we try to match those with complementary skills. Volunteers welcome former refugees to New Zealand, provide practical, hands-on support, and often foster strong friendships with members of the family or individual they support, as well as with others in their volunteer team.

Volunteer tasks may include:
- Setting up the household prior to family or individual’s arrival
- Helping families enrol their children in school
- Helping the family to shop for food
- Connecting families and individuals to their community
- Other similar responsibilities

Contact us for more information:
0800 RED CROSS or 06 351 0791
manawatu@redcross.org.nz

Please note prior to training you need to complete an Application form and Police vet, please email manawatu@redcross.org.nz to request these forms along with additional information about the training.