Create global impact through local action with Voluntasker
Voluntasker is a micro volunteering marketplace revolutionising the way Australians take action on global poverty whilst supporting their local communities.
How Voluntasker works:
- Task posters who require assistance with simple tasks like gardening, furniture assembly, and dog walking can post their task and set a price for its completion on the Voluntasker platform.
- Volunteers on the platform get in contact with task posters and put their hands up to complete the tasks.
- The funds “earned” through completion of tasks are directed to AOP Program areas such as nutrition, health, or education.
Why Voluntasker?
Action on Poverty is on a mission to empower changemakers to break the cycle of poverty. Through Voluntasker, Australians can roll up their sleeves, undertake a small task, and support someone in their local community whilst making an impact on global poverty.
Voluntasker addresses the common barriers to corporate volunteering in Australia, such as lack of time and awareness of opportunities despite strong commitments to corporate social responsibility.
According to a Volunteering Australia report the proportion of adults who had volunteered in the previous 12 months pre-COVID declined from 36 to 27 per cent in April 2022. This equates to around 1.86 million fewer volunteers at the start of 2022 compared to the previous year.
Additionally, just 15 per cent of employees use the volunteering days offered by corporates. It’s believed the main barriers to corporate volunteering in Australia are fuelled by competing priorities, a lack of support and encouragement from managers and overall awareness towards initiatives.
The platform connects philanthropists, corporates, non-profits and volunteers with the information, tools, and opportunities to turn time and goodwill into charitable giving on a global scale.