Volunteers - Help Needed


We have various roles for volunteers.

We are looking for people interested in providing caring companionship for people with a terminal illness and their families or loved ones.This role would be either in one of our hospice guest houses or in the local community. You need to undertake a four day (over four weeks) training course to be eligible for this role.

Volunteer Applications

Do you have any special skills that you could use to help the Sunshine Coast Hospice? e.g. Cooking, Craft, Administration, Driving, Events, Markets, Fundraising. Please phone the office on 5478 6155 or send us a message. Contact Us.

Downloadable Volunteer Application Form PDF

Obtaining a Blue Card

Blue cards are issued by the Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian once it has carried out the Working with Children Check to see if a person is eligible to work in the areas of child-related work covered by the Commission's Act.
If a person is eligible, they are issued a positive notice letter and a blue card.
See more Blue Card information here.

Or contact us if you require more information.

Help Wanted

The Sunshine Coast Community Hospice are now interviewing for Charity Shop volunteers.

If you can commit between 2 and 4 hours per week to work in one of our shops at any of the following locations:

Hospice OP Shop, 46 Aerodrome Road, Maroochydore

The Atrium, 91 Poinciana Street, Tewantin

Katie Rose Boutique, 17 Obi Obi Road, Mapleton

Please contact  our office on 07 5479 0881. Men and women of all ages welcome to apply.

Hospice – The word hospice comes from the Latin hospitium, which originally meant the warm feeling between host and guest and later the place where this feeling was experienced – a guest house.