Wellington / Porirua / Hutt Valley Supporters

Volunteer with Refugee Services in Greater Wellington

To become a Volunteer Support Worker with Refugee Services, you will need to enrol in one of our training courses. The programme will cover a range of topics including the refugee experience, the role of the volunteer support worker, teams and teamwork, refugee health and well-being, refugee education, support services and culture.

If you would like to know more about the role of our volunteers or would like to enrol in an upcoming course, please contact the following:

For Wellington, please contact Abbey Lewis by phone at 04 805 0317 or by email at A [email protected], and let her know which course you are interested in taking.

For Porirua, please contact Sonja De Lange by phone at 04 237 7315 or by email at [email protected], and let her know which course you are interested in taking.

For Lower Hutt, please contact Amy Dawson by phone at 04 566 9353 or by email at [email protected], and let her know which course you are interested in taking.

Red Cross Refugee Services Volunteer and Former Refugee

Dates for our upcoming training course

January/February

Tues 21 Jan: 6:30 - 9pm
Thurs 23 Jan: 6:30 - 9pm
Tues 28 Jan: 6:30 - 9:15pm
Thurs 30 Jan: 6:30 - 9pm
Sat 1 Feb: 9am - 2:45pm
Tues 4 Feb: 6:30 - 9:15pm

Please note:

All courses train volunteers from Porirua, Hutt Valley and Wellington. Each training course is held in a single location, but you will be placed with a family who lives in the same area as you do. For example, if you live in Wellington and attend a training course in Porirua, you will still be placed with a family in Wellington.
This is a 17.5 hour training course and all six dates make up one whole training course.
These dates and times may change. We will advise you immediately of any changes to the programme or please contact your local volunteer supervisor for an update.
If you are interested but have difficulty with the dates above, please also contact your local volunteer supervisor.

Our Refugee Services Brochure can be viewed or downloaded here (.pdf 3931KB)