Changing lives while boosting your employability
A community internship gives you the opportunity to volunteer with a not-for-profit organisation and make a difference in your local community while also contributing to sustainable development goals.
No matter your interest, there’s an internship in a not-for-profit organisation for you. We have hundreds of available roles both locally and abroad. Choose from roles in healthcare, sports organisations, youth care, schools, environmental protection, events and marketing, legal community support, business administration, project management, research and more.
Benefits
Complete skilled volunteering, your way. Your internship work may be in person, online, individually or within a group-based format.
Available to all Griffith students, undertaking any degree
Go local or global, with our more than 350 partners
Eligibility
You must have completed
- a minimum of 80 CP of undergraduate study OR
- your first trimester of postgraduate study
AND have space to undertake 10 CP of free choice electives in your study plan.
This subject can be studied within any Griffith degree. It has no academic prerequisites and can be taken in any trimester.
How to get involved
- Enrol in either 3002LFC for undergraduate or 7510LFC for postgraduate
- For future trimesters complete the Register Your Interest Form
Griffith's community internship team will then be in contact with you to organise your next steps. If you have any questions, please contact ci-course@griffith.edu.au.
Getting prepared
Take a look at our Check-Point guide to familiarise yourself with the application process.
Ron Ould Memorial Awards
The Ron Ould Memorial Award is generously sponsored by the Lions Club of Brisbane MacGregor.
A $1000 scholarship will be awarded to one of our Community Internship Students every year. Students participating in a community internship can be nominated by the course academics based on their community activity; demonstration of leadership skills, empathy and compassion; and external course factors.
"This feels like a delightful cherry on top of an already amazing experience. Since the completion of my hours through the internship I offered to stay at Drug Arm as a volunteer and I am now fulfilling the volunteer role of team leader for the Saturday night SOS service. Within weeks for taking on this role I was presented with a certificate of appreciation. This showed me how important and valued volunteers are in the organisation".
Kristofer Crane, Bachelor of Counselling, the winner of the 2023 Ron Ould Memorial Scholarship.
Student volunteering experiences
Community internship will provide you with the opportunity to use the knowledge you’ve learned through study and apply it in a real-world environment. You’ll gain invaluable work experience and employability skills as well as develop the know-how to kick-start a successful career.
Blue Care Woodlands Lodge
We all take friendship, love, and laughter for granted. However, for many elderly Gold Coast residents social isolation is ever-present – until now.
Deaf Services
A new initiative is commencing in Queensland aged care facilities in an effort to support deaf or hearing-impaired residents who are isolated and lonely.
Refugee Association of Logan
Bachelor of International Relations student Jaxon O’Connor has a passion for human rights and the refugee community; however, wanted hands-on experience beyond his textbook.
Partners
Sustainable Development Goals
Griffith University is aligned with the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and is committed to providing inclusive, equitable, and quality education, while fostering partnerships for the goals.
Get in touch
If you have any questions about a community internship please get in touch:
If you would like to know more about partnering with us, please contact: