The Every Child Is Special project offers potential volunteers varying ways of getting involved and making a difference to our projects. By joining the projects’ Education Network a volunteer can provide immediate and long lasting benefits to our communities.

What sets CYP and Every Child Is Special apart form other volunteer projects is that our volunteers become part of a broader reform agenda. When they leave their work is a part of a greater achievement. They will be contributing to the ongoing sustainability of the initiative which will not lose momentum or collapse when they or the project departs.

Volunteering with the project provides people a unique opportunity to assist in the education of Indigenous children, whether working directly in the community to help roll out a program or working in the administration implementing the operating structure for the project.

Volunteers would normally participate in a four day induction program that includes meeting Indigenous people and gaining firsthand insight into their lives and communities and being exposed to the real issues and challenges that are faced on a daily basis.

The project tracks the outcomes of each person and manages these to a wider schedule. A volunteer can see and is encouraged on what they are achieving and how it fits in to the final objective.

Volunteering provides an opportunity to use your skills and knowledge to contribute. You will learn about the people in the region and the issues affecting them. A voluntary assignment with CYP Every Child Is Special will be a great personal growth and professional development opportunity and unmatched work experience for recent graduates.

Our volunteers truly experience a different culture and contribute to reconciliation in a meaningful and personal way.