Volunteering With Singapore Red Cross
Discover volunteering opportunities across community programmes that support seniors living alone, families in need, persons with disabilities, migrant workers, children and youth from challenged backgrounds, and overseas communities affected by disasters.
Why Volunteer With Us?
- Expand your skill set and gain hands-on experiences
- Make new friends and connect with like-minded people
- Improve your language, people skills, and communication skills
- Give back to the community and feel good!
- Fill spare time meaningfully – especially if you’re recently retired or not working
Turn your Time into Impact
Red Cross Home for the Disabled (RCHD)
Befriend our residents, and help to feed them during meal times! If you’re a dietician, you can perform nutrition and dietetics assessment, and train our staff on up-to-date dietetic industry knowledge
Young Hearts
Be a volunteer tutor for our children and youth from challenged backgrounds, or hold activities or workshops that enhance life skills, character development, and socio-emotional development.
ElderAid
Befriend seniors who live alone, bring them on outings, or sign up to be a community responder!
Medical Chaperone & Transportation
Be a driver or chaperone for seniors with mobility issues to their medical appointments!
First Aiders on Wheels
Patrol along locations such as East Coast Park, Pulau Ubin, Jurong Lake Gardens, and Coney Island on weekends and public holidays, to provide first aid to those in need.
Community Responder
Be a part of our island-wide pool of First Aid-trained responders who are on 24/7 standby to respond to alerts from seniors living alone through the Home Monitoring & Eldercare (HoME+) system.
Professional Volunteering
As a working or experienced professional, you can join our professional network and lend us your expertise through our range of programmes.
Here are a list of roles that can strengthen our programmes and our capacity to care for our beneficiaries:
- Doctor
- Nurse
- Educator
- Lawyer
- Occupational Therapist
- Physiotherapist
- IT Consultant
- Paramedic
- Social Worker
- First Aid Instructor
- Creative Designer
- Translators
- Video Producer
- Videographer, and video editor
- Photographer
- Copy Editor
- Driver
- Counsellor
- Financial Adviser
- and more!
How do I use the Volunteer Portal?
- Firstly, head to vp.redcross.sg on the desktop or download the SRCVolunteer app. Then, sign up as a volunteer or member.
- Upon logging in, there are 4 main tabs: Home, My Profile, My Interest, Events.
- Under ‘Home’, there are the step-by-step guide and FAQs on how to use the Volunteer Portal, and a reminder to sign up for the next Volunteer Induction Session (VIS).
- Under ‘My Profile’, you can view your volunteering and training hours completed, and your personal information. You can also indicate your volunteering expertise like skills, licenses, and certificates.
- Under ‘My Interest’, you can select your preferred volunteer roles from the 3 categories – Generic, Skilled, Professional. You can also select your preferred locations, available dates, times and beneficiary types.
- Under ‘Events’, you can browse upcoming volunteering events and register for your preferred ones..There is also an option to see these events filtered through your indicated interests.
Download our Volunteer App
Our app is available on iOS and Android. Search ‘SRCVolunteer’ on your mobile device’s app store, and download now!
Get all the fun updates on events, and hear stories of our Volunteers on Instagram at @srcvolunteer!
Frequently Asked Questions
Is there a time commitment to volunteer?
Time commitment depends on your availability. However, certain SRC Programmes and volunteer roles, especially those beneficiary-facing (i.e. Befriender, Tutor/Mentor, etc), will require more regular commitment as it entails forming and maintaining relationships with beneficiaries. Regular volunteering roles with no time commitment and ad-hoc volunteering roles are also available.
Further information will be given during the Volunteer Induction Sessions (VIS) by the Programme Managers and/or Volunteer Leaders.
Must I be a certified First Aider in order to volunteer?
While it is not mandatory, all members are encouraged to sign up for the Standard First Aid + AED Provider course which is conducted by the Singapore Red Cross Academy (SRCA).
Volunteers must be First Aid certified to volunteer in SRC’s first aid-related programmes (e.g. First Aider On Wheels programme, Community First Aid coverage, deployment abroad for overseas missions).
For other events and programmes, SRC will provide briefings and specific training to ensure that volunteers are service-ready (equipped with necessary skill sets and knowledge) before deployment.
How can I be notified of volunteering opportunities?
There are two channels to find out about available opportunities:
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SRC Volunteer Portal
When you log in to the Volunteer Portal (vp.redcross.sg), you will be able to view and register for upcoming volunteering opportunities. Please ensure your profile details are updated (including licences and certifications), and that you have selected the roles you are interested in volunteering as. This will provide you access to view and register for upcoming events / opportunities tailored to your volunteering interests. -
Email listing
Email is one of the main mode of communications SRC uses to communicate with our stakeholders. Once your registration is complete, you will be automatically added into our mailing list. You will receive email updates on the latest happenings in SRC, and also upcoming training and volunteering opportunities for you to partake in.
To avoid missing out on any email correspondence from Singapore Red Cross, you may want to whitelist [email protected]. Email us at [email protected] if you have any further clarifications.