Helping communities become stronger, more connected and better prepared for the future
About Australian Business Volunteers
We’ve been helping communities build stronger futures for over 40 years—using real-world business skills to make a difference where it matters. Since 1981, ABV has sent more than 5,300 skilled volunteers on projects across 35 countries.
That includes 175 projects here in Australia, supporting over 30 local communities—from the bushfires and floods of regional NSW to First Nations communities in WA.
Across the Pacific, we work alongside local partners to strengthen micro, small, and medium enterprises—helping business owners grow sustainable livelihoods and resilient local economies.
Our people bring the business smarts—like planning, budgeting, marketing, and leadership training—that help locals turn their ideas into action.
Learn moreOur Programs
Strengthening Pacific Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
We strengthen local MSMEs through tailored training, practical tools and dedicated coaching and mentoring—building thriving local economies with inclusive, investment-ready and climate-smart organisations.
LEARN MOREBuilding Economic and Disaster Resilient Australian Communities
Rural and regional Australia face growing climate, economic, and social challenges. We bring communities together, strengthening connections and helping navigate complexity through community development and skilled volunteering.
LEARN MOREThe “S” in the ESG
We bridge the gap between corporations and communities, connecting skills and networks to create lasting impact for small businesses and not-for-profits, while measuring social outcomes.
LEARN MOREFirst Nations Entrepreneurs Economic Pathways
We partner with First Nations entrepreneurs and communities to build business capability in culturally appropriate ways, creating sustainable enterprises and locally led solutions for long-term economic strength and resilience.
LEARN MOREVolunteering with ABV
Our skilled business volunteers build marketplaces, mentor entrepreneurs and strengthen institutions. Tackling tricky problems, they build livelihoods and resilience to transform communities.
Our volunteers bring years of experience across a wide range of skills to realise local solutions and build local economies. Led by communities, the volunteer’s experience can be applied in many ways, including mentoring First Nations entrepreneurs, facilitating local workshops for clan-owned businesses or consulting with institutions on sustainable industry development.
The skills in demand are diverse. If you would like to share your experience, join our skilled volunteer’s register to make a lasting impact in communities across Australia and the Pacific.
Our volunteers have experience across sectors with skills including:
- Business Mentoring and Coaching
- Marketing and Communications (including digital)
- Grant Writing and Business Plans
- Leadership and Governance
- Human Resource Management
- Finance and Business Management
- Transformational Change Management
- Engineering
- Market Analysis and Business Development
- E-commerce and Online business
- Regional or remote communities
While ABV regularly requires these core business skills, we welcome you to bring new and unique skills to the table!
See available rolesWe Are a trusted Partner
Recent Posts
14 September 2026
Together We Can and We Will: The Entrepreneurial Mindset Behind Yasa Trucking's Growth
When Emmanuel and Anna speak about their business, they don't talk about overnight success. They talk about persistence, learning and continually looking for ways to do things better. It's an approach captured in the phrase that sits proudly at the heart of Yasa Trucking: Together We Can and We Will. That mindset has helped turn […]
29 July 2026
THRIVE Program Surpasses 200 Local Business Graduates
Bank of South Pacific and Australian Business Volunteers are celebrating a significant milestone with their joint local business development program surpassing 200 graduates since its launch in March 2023. Known as the Fiji THRIVE, the program served its latest cohort of 27 local entrepreneurs in Sigatoka where participants completed personalised mentoring, practical workshops and networking […]
29 July 2026
Stronger Businesses, Stronger Communities: Mt Hagen PNG
The BSP-ABV partnership continues to go from strength to strength, as we support the roll out of BSP’s Business Bank creating more opportunities for Small and Medium Enterprises through our co-designed capability development program, YES GROW. Indeed, the energy in Mt Hagen, PNG was firing with another impactful YES GROW training cycle, this time strengthening […]
21 July 2026
Building Safer Communities Together
Community members from Lindenow, Flaggy Creek, Glenaladale, Fernbank, Hillside and Lindenow South came together to strengthen local emergency preparedness and help shape a Community Emergency Management Plan. Key outcomes from the day: Why this matters When communities are connected, informed and prepared, people are safer. By bringing local knowledge together and planning ahead, communities are […]
