Use your healthcare skills to support communities.
Are you an AHPRA-registered healthcare professional or eligible student looking to make a meaningful impact? The Water Well Project relies on passionate volunteer healthcare professionals to deliver free, interactive health education sessions to communities from migrant, refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds.
Volunteers are supported by experienced Health Educators and our team, and are asked to commit to facilitating at least three sessions per year.
A practical way to use your healthcare skills.
Volunteering with The Water Well Project is a meaningful way to support communities to access clear, trusted and culturally responsive health information.
Every session you facilitate helps create more equitable access to health information and supports individuals and families to navigate the Australian healthcare system with greater confidence.
Why volunteer with us?
- A meaningful and impactful way to use your healthcare skills.
- Opportunities to connect with like-minded professionals.
- Enhanced communication and facilitation skills, especially in culturally diverse settings.
- Increased confidence working with professional interpreters.
- First-hand insight into the barriers that affect health and wellbeing in migrant, refugee and asylum seeker communities.
You are supported every step of the way.
New volunteers complete training before facilitating sessions and are supported by The Water Well Project team throughout their volunteering journey.
Training
New Volunteer Training introduces you to The Water Well Project model, health literacy, facilitation approach, working with interpreters and culturally responsive practice.
Resources
Volunteers are provided with briefings, topic guides, session resources and practical support to help them prepare for sessions.
Mentoring
Our Health Educators and team are available to guide new volunteers as they begin facilitating sessions and provide ongoing support throughout their volunteering journey.
2026 New Volunteer Training sessions.
All new volunteers attend a New Volunteer Training session before facilitating health education sessions with The Water Well Project.
Please also review our volunteer eligibility requirements before registering.
NSW New Volunteer Training
Registration opens at 9:30am
5 Parramatta Square, Parramatta
Hobart New Volunteer Training
Registration opens at 9:30am
130 Springfield Avenue, West Moonah
Interested in future in-person training in Victoria?
Future 2026 in-person New Volunteer Training dates for Victoria are yet to be confirmed. If you would prefer to attend an in-person session in Victoria, please complete our expression of interest form and we will let you know when new dates are announced.
Submit an expression of interestCelebrating our volunteer community.
We are grateful for the time, care and expertise our volunteers contribute. Our Volunteers of the Month are recognised for going above and beyond in supporting communities.
Rachel
Recognised as one of The Water Well Project’s Volunteers of the Month.
Read Rachel’s profile
Renee
Recognised as one of The Water Well Project’s Volunteers of the Month.
Read Renee’s profile
Siobhan
Recognised as one of The Water Well Project’s Volunteers of the Month.
Read Siobhan’s profileYou can read more stories from our volunteer community in the full Volunteers of the Month archive.
View all Volunteers of the Month