Community Toolbox Canberra welcomes applications from the community to assist with all aspects of running the tool & equipment library.
Thursday: 5pm - 7:30pm
Saturday: 10am - 1pm
There is also a ToolBus route on Saturdays: Watson-Weston Creek-Tuggeranong-Watson. Experienced Toolbox assistants over 18 and with a full licence can sign up as drivers.
Repair cafe:
Last Saturday of the month: 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Please note: All volunteers on-site must hold a valid Working With Vulnerable People Card.
As a Toolbox assistant, you will operate the Toolbox during opening hours under the supervision of a shift supervisor.
Comprehensive DIY knowledge is not required.
The role includes processing loans and returns with the Toolbox borrowing platform.
Volunteers will:
If you are handy at repairing tools and equipment, we need you at the Toolbox.
As a handyperson, you will:
All volunteers on site must hold a current Working With Vulnerable People card.
Repair Cafe Helpers assist with the running of the Repair Cafe. They are not repairers.
Tasks might include:
The Toolbox Repair Cafe operates on the last Saturday of the month from 2pm - 5pm. All volunteers on the Toolbox site must hold a current Working With Vulnerable People card.
Repairers fix items for visitors, give advice on repairs and can show people how to complete repairs themselves where appropriate.
Appropriate licenses must be held for repairing electrical items.
Repairers of all kinds are needed.
The Toolbox Repair Cafe operates on the last Saturday of the month from 2pm - 5pm. All volunteers on the Toolbox site must hold a current Working With Vulnerable People card.
Formed in 2008, SEE Change delivers sustainability information, activities and programs through its volunteer-led SEE Change groups. We encourage people to take practical action to create a more sustainable city. The work of our volunteer groups is supported by part time staff in our office at the Downer Community Centre.
