Are you passionate about problem-solving, innovation, and thinking outside the box?
Join us in making a real difference in the lives of people living with a disability. At TOM Melbourne, we’re looking for engineers, designers, software and hardware developers, health professionals, hobbyists, and anyone with a love for social change!
When you volunteer with us, you become a Maker – part of a small team working on real challenges faced by people with disabilities.
You’ll collaborate with Need-Knowers – individuals living with a disability, their support workers, family members, or health professionals. Together, you’ll ideate, design and prototype innovative, practical solutions that can truly make a difference in their everyday lives.
Frequently Asked Question For Volunteers.
If you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch or review all our FAQs.
Of course! We welcome people from all backgrounds, including designers, health professionals, hobbyists, tradespeople, and anyone passionate about innovation and making a difference. Whether it’s brainstorming, crafting, testing, or documenting solutions, there are many ways you can contribute to our projects and help make an impact.
As a volunteer, you’ll:
- Collaborate: Work in small teams with people from diverse backgrounds and skill sets.
- Problem-Solve: Tackle real-world challenges in areas like communication, mobility, hobbies, home life, and more.
- Create: Help design and build prototypes that directly impact those who need them most.
- Share: Contribute to our open-source repository, making solutions available to others worldwide.
By volunteering, you’ll:
- Make a tangible impact on someone’s lifeÂ
- Collaborate with a diverse and passionate teamÂ
- Work on unique, meaningful projects that directly improve accessibilityÂ
- Have fun and learn new skills in a supportive, creative environment
No prior experience is required. We’ll guide you through the process and provide resources to help you along the way. Each team is carefully curated to include members with diverse skills, ensuring every area of the project is covered – from technical expertise to creative problem-solving. You’ll have plenty of support and collaboration throughout the journey.
Why you should volunteer with us
“They’ve just been awesome, you can tell the effort they’re putting into it, they really want to come up with a solution that works for us [and Malu].
It’s heartwarming. It shows the love they have to help people with disabilities, and to create inclusiveness.”
“It’s nice to have a community around us and people that get it and just want to help make things easier [for him].”
“It’s a way to use my engineering skills to actually make a difference.Â
[So] to be able to work with people with disabilities and make accessible technology is a really fulfilling and rewarding way to use my skills.Â
It’s really special to be part of something that brings all these people together.”
“It’s always a very diverse group of very wonderful people coming up with a very weird range of very weird, wonderful and wacky ideas.Â
It always comes up with ideas that individually I’d never think of, and I love it.”
“It was a great experience, it (the prototype) was certainly what I needed”
“Being able to help someone with a disability by making life a little easier for them & working with expert professionals all with the same goal has been amazing – TOM: Melbourne Makeathon 2019”
“TOM personifies inclusive, creating and collaborative skill sharing… these philosophies weave together seamlessly at the Makeathon”
Ready to make a difference?
If you’re eager to put your skills to work for a cause that matters, we’d love to have you on board. Together, we can create solutions that make the world a more inclusive and accessible place for everyone.
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