Volunteering

We're a
non-profit,
Volunteer-led Club

The committee, coaches, players, parents & guardians, spectators, sponsors, and the broader community – SPUFC is driven by its amazing people!

If you are interested in helping in any way with the club, please submit your details and areas of interest below.

Volunteer

Volunteering with SPUFC

Due to the range of volunteer roles available, there is flexibility to volunteer for as many or as little hours as you with on a regular basis or once off. We can also adapt tasks to suit your skill set and previous experience. Although, no prior volunteer experience is needed!

Benefits

Some of the benefits to volunteer include:

  • Meet and connect with people from across the club, making friends and feeling more part of the community. 
  • Feel good giving back to the club that has supported you. See profits going directly back into the club and players.
  • Great experience to add to your resume and LinkedIn profile (include the club organisation page).
  • Counts towards community service hours (for secondary and high school students).
  • Potentially receive a personal reference contact and letter from the club to include in job applications. 
  • Receive appropriate certificates including Responsible Service of Alcohol (RSA) and relevant Food Safety Certificates as required by the Council, City of South Perth.
  • Invited to join Club Thank You events (with Sponsors, Coaches, Committee and Volunteers).
  • Receive reimbursement of either your player fees or your child’s player fees at the end of season. Note: this is only granted for volunteers who contribute a substantial amount of hours across the season as a thank you and is reviewed by the committee.

For each of the volunteer roles, those who put their hand up to help will receive tips information sheets and guidance from committee members on tasks and duties. As well as support with their role if their commitment level changes.

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Key Volunteer Roles

Canteen Support
  • Help with opening and closing the canteen on game days and/or training evenings. 
  • Serve drinks and food at the canteen on game days (typically on Saturdays and Sundays) or after weekly training sessions during the season (March-Sept).
  • Help prepare basic food items such as sausage in bun, hot chips and sandwiches or any other canteen staples.
  • Help with counting the till/cash.
  • Restocking the bar fridge, organising supplies in the cupboard, purchasing snacks and ingredients. 
  • Help with updating information tips sheets about the canteen. 
  • Share feedback and tips what works/how to make shift easier with other canteen support volunteers.
  • Providing notes helpful for stocktake/inventory management such as popular drinks and food items to the Canteen Manager.
  • Help keep the clubhouse tidy!
  • clean and organise the cupboards, storerooms, labelling things so easy for people to find items.
  • Monitor lost property levels to keep it organised and advise coaches to remind players to collect items before the end of season (Sept). Any remaining items to be donated to the local Manning OpShop.
  • Help with deep clean of the clubhouse at the start (Jan-Feb) and end of the season (Sept-Oct), as organised with support from committee members and other volunteers.
  • Provide ideas and trial ways to help keep the clubhouse tidy and organised for use by all. Give feedback to committee members as required. 
  • Advise of any maintenance required to the Maintenance Manager committee member.
  • Support in distributing merchandise (shirts, bags, jumpers, kit shirts, shorts and socks) for players.
  • Help count merchandise inventory levels.
  • Update Merchandise Managers/Committee members as required.
  • Help review equipment at the start and end of season, allocating items per teams.
  • Help coordinate mini goals and big goals to be fixed.
  • Help the Maintenance Manager committee member coordinate with the council any tradesmen or external contractors for ad-hoc things such as plumbing, carpet cleaners etc.
  • Provide feedback and ideas for improvements to the Committee Maintenance Manager.
  • Allocate teams change rooms and check change rooms are left clean and tidy after players.
  • Help coaches lock-up the clubhouse and ensure players have put equipment away neatly. Nets in the correct bins.
  • Check coaches and umpires are set up and supported on game day.
  • Provide feedback such as any issues, clashes, pitch line marking needed etc to the club President or Vice-President to ensure things always run smoothly on game days.
  • Work with the team coach support in communication with players and parents, any official updates and comms.
  • Help coordinate umpiring, score keeping, oranges roster and any other admin tasks.
  • Help with planning, set up, on the day of the event and pack up. Official club events include; season launch social catch up, Juniors Quiz Night, Juniors Competition Days and Juniors Awards Days.
  • Encouraging people to join in attending events.
  • Selling food and drinks for fundraising initiatives at events or in the lead up to events.
  • Provide feedback, ideas and trial initiatives to enhance events.
  • Help with planning, set up, on the day of the event and pack up. Official club events include; Season launch social catch up, Seniors Quiz Night, Major Competition Days (inc. Cup Games) and Seniors Awards Night. 
  • Encouraging people to join in attending events.
  • Selling food and drinks for fundraising initiatives at events or in the lead up to events.
  • Provide feedback, ideas and trial initiatives to enhance events.
  • Help prepare items to sell for fundraising initiatives such as lollie bags, baked foods, chocolate bars etc. 
  • Help coordinate sausage sizzles at Bunnings or at the clubhouse on key dates such as “Super Sundays”, Juniors Competition Days or Council recognised days such as voting days.
  • Share ideas, examples and templates for people across the club to fundraise at all levels.
  • Work with the committee on any other strategic fundraising related activities and events.
  • Contacting different businesses in the local area with invites to become a sponsor. Sharing sponsorship packages options.
  • Check-in with existing and past sponsors to support a positive relationship between them and the club.
  • Be a key person to liaise between sponsors and the club.
  • Help update spreadsheet and internal documents related to sponsorships. Including contact details, relationship notes, sponsorship details and agreements.
  • Help with the distribution of Player of the Match certificates and any sponsorship vouchers to teams under the direction of the Sponsorship Manager and/or other committee members.
  • Assist with planning and support for any Thank You events or opportunities to invite sponsors to attend club related social events, activities or important competitions/games.
  • Provide ideas, tips and examples from your experience helping with sponsorship support for others in the future to utilise.
  • Assist with taking photos and videos at training and game days and share with the appointed committee member in charge of Social Media Content to post. 
  • Ask players/peers to share any photos they wish for posting on the official club social media channels.
  • Help with editing and creating templates (typically Canva) for use on social media posts.
  • Share ideas and help trial new initiatives designed to increase overall social media engagement across the club and the broader football community.
  • Help provide feedback related to marketing and promotion of the club to the committee member in charge of Social Media.

Volunteer Spotlight

We are extremely grateful for the following individuals who have gone above and beyond over the years as a volunteer, helping behind the scenes, contributing to the clubs success.

Special thank you goes to the following people:

2026
  • Ellie Graham (Seniors Events Support)
  • Vivien Tan (Ladies Social Media Content Support)
  • Anita Sokolovic (Ladies Social Media Content Support)
  • Connor Manley (Mens Social Media Content Support)
  • Alex Tilenni (Mens Social Media Content Support)
  • Leo Peters (Ladies Teams Manager)
2025
  • Andreas Moneta (Canteen Support)
  • Rishav Neog (Canteen Support)
2024
  • Barbara Onate (Canteen Support)
  • Chloe Leopold (Canteen Support & Ladies Team Coordinating Support)
2023
  • Meg Heller (Canteen Manager)
2022
  • Helena Ivone Moneta (Canteen Manager)
2021
  • Deanne King (Senior Events Support)
  • Anabelle Fouchie (Social Media Content Support)
2020
  • Cassie Paxman (Social Media Content Support)

Volunteer Testimonials

“Being a volunteer at the club over the last few years has been such an enriching experience! I have met some amazing lifelong friends along the way and it’s been such a nice way to unwind. Always great fun behind the bar serving drinks on game days and helping with events.

Many hands really do make light work and the club really is centred around putting players and it’s community first. I would encourage anyone to have a go and lend a hand in any way they like. It's easy to help out and no pressure at all.”

- Chloe Leopold
I joined South Perth in 2015 and the culture and community quickly made it feel like home. I played for the ladies team for 7 years and got to meet some of my best friends for life through this club. Over the years, I coached juniors, sat on the committee, was a regular working the bar and most proudly, captained our ladies team.

Being able to volunteer my time and invest passion back into the club that supported me was so rewarding and the reason I built the connections I did. Today the club still has a special place in my heart, despite now living in Melbourne, the impact lives on as my little sister now plays for the ladies team at South Perth. I always look forward to dropping in when I’m visiting Perth and to this day, it still feels like home.”

- Deanne King

Expression of Interest

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