⭐ Tiny: Write down 3 things you’re good at (e.g. listening, organising, tech).

🕛 Time: Make a list of ways you can help your community and give back this Christmas.

❤️ Big Heart Move: Create a FreddyMatch profile and shortlist 3 opportunities to enquire about.

⭐ Tiny: Water a plant or pick up 5 pieces of litter around your community.

🕛 Time: Help out in a community garden or start seedlings to gift.

❤️ Big Heart Move: Search for environmental volunteering opportunities on FreddyMatch; from beekeeping to gardening to fruit harvesting, there’s plenty to choose from. Explore them all under the “Gardening, Caring for the Natural World” tag.

⭐ Tiny: Read one FreddyMatch blog.

🕛 Time: Share one key thing you learnt about volunteering with a family member or friend and share on social media. Be sure to tag us!

❤️ Big Heart Move: Email your workplace or university and ask who manages volunteering or CSR to start the convo before the new year comes around.

⭐ Tiny: Write down 3 community organisations that have helped you or your family.

🕛 Time: Leave a positive review or testimonial for one of them (Google, Facebook, etc.).

❤️ Big Heart Move: Reach out and ask, “Is there a small way I can help before the end of the year?”

⭐ Tiny: Bake or craft one thing (gingerbread, ornaments).

🕛 Time: Gift your creations to a neighbour or colleagues.

❤️ Big Heart Move: Host a small ‘craft/bake for kindness’ afternoon for friends.

⭐ Tiny: Choose one theme you care about most (e.g. environment, youth, arts, sport, seniors).

🕛 Time: Browse FreddyMatch for opportunities in that category.

❤️ Big Heart Move: Hit “Apply” or “Express Interest” for at least 1 role.

⭐ Tiny: Watch a Christmas classic from our FreddyMatch list.

🕛 Time: Host a movie night with friends or family.

❤️ Big Heart Move: Share your favourite holiday movie moment online & tag FreddyMatch.

⭐ Tiny: Hold the door, let someone go ahead, or give a genuine compliment, on purpose.

🕛 Time: Help a neighbour with a small task (bins, mail, quick errand).

❤️ Big Heart Move: Offer ongoing help to someone in your street/building who might be isolated.

⭐ Tiny: Share a FreddyMatch post.

🕛 Time: Tell someone about FreddyMatch and invite them to sign up.

❤️ Big Heart Move: List your organisation on FreddyMatch or encourage one of your favourite ones to join.

⭐ Tiny: Pay for someone’s coffee.

🕛 Time: Treat a friend to lunch.

❤️ Big Heart Move: Do a chain of 3 pay-it-forward gestures.

⭐ Tiny: Add one care item to your shopping today.

🕛 Time: Build a small care pack (socks, toothpaste, deodorant, snacks) for someone in need.

❤️ Big Heart Move: Volunteer to pack care parcels with a local charity, or check out the Happy Box Project to build and send a Happy Box from home. Invite a few friends to join in and turn it into a fun, feel-good evening.

⭐ Tiny: Check in with someone today, send a quick message asking, “How are you really going?” A small moment of care can make a big difference.

🕛 Time: Spend a few minutes writing a thoughtful note or card to someone who might appreciate a little encouragement this time of year. Leave it in their letterbox, on their desk, or send it in the post.

❤️ Big Heart Move: Explore the Support Services: Counselling, Psychology & Social Support tag on FreddyMatch and find a role where you can offer companionship, conversation, or emotional support to someone who needs it most this season.

⭐ Tiny: Write your Christmas wishlist (fun or meaningful).

🕛 Time: Add three non-material wishes. One might be to get your friends or family to volunteer more often.

❤️ Big Heart Move: Share one meaningful intention for 2026 on socials and tag FreddyMatch.

⭐ Tiny: Wrap a gift beautifully for someone.

🕛 Time: Help a friend wrap their gifts.

❤️ Big Heart Move: Volunteer with a wrapping fundraiser. Find one via FreddyMatch or check out your local shopping centre.

⭐ Tiny: Start a small creative project.

🕛 Time: Make a handmade Christmas card.

❤️ Big Heart Move: Knit a Trauma Teddy with the Australian Red Cross, make handmade items for a local community group, or explore our other self-directed craft opportunities, including creating nests and pouches for wildlife and baby animals.

⭐ Tiny: Tag a student/young person you know who’s doing good stuff.

🕛 Time: Share how volunteering helped you learn something or grow (perfect for your own story!).

❤️ Big Heart Move: Encourage a student to sign up on FreddyMatch and find their first role (send them the link personally).

⭐ Tiny: If you’re an employee, ask your manager if your workplace has a volunteering or CSR program.

🕛 Time: Send your HR/People & Culture team a link to FreddyMatch’s corporate volunteering info.

❤️ Big Heart Move: If you’re a decision-maker, book a call/demo with us to set up a corporate volunteering drive for 2026.

⭐ Tiny: Walk around your street to admire Christmas lights.

🕛 Time: Hop in the car for a Christmas lights drive around your community.

❤️ Big Heart Move: Invite someone who may be lonely to join you.

⭐ Tiny: Choose one item you can donate (books, clothes, toys, etc.).

🕛 Time: Set aside a small box of items to donate after the holidays, the new year is often when families need support the most.

❤️ Big Heart Move: Find a local op shop on FreddyMatch and volunteer your time, and while you’re there, you can bring along any donations too.

⭐ Tiny: Look at your calendar and choose one day in January or February to volunteer, and if you have the time, pick a few more to set yourself up for a meaningful start to the new year.

🕛 Time: Block that time out as “volunteering” in your calendar for 2026.

❤️ Big Heart Move: Apply and commit to a new role on FreddyMatch that starts in 2026.

⭐ Tiny: Do one small act of kindness from home today, write a kind note, mend something for someone, or tidy a shared space. Little actions create big ripples.

🕛 Time: Set aside a moment to work on a simple self-directed project, like knitting, crafting, sorting donations, or creating something useful for your community.

❤️ Big Heart Move: Explore the Self-Directed Opportunities on FreddyMatch and choose a project you can complete in your own time, from crafting items for wildlife to assembling care packs, there’s a way to make an impact that fits your lifestyle.

⭐ Tiny: Share a small act of food-kindness today, give a compliment to someone who’s cooked for you recently or say thanks to a café or bakery you love.

🕛 Time: Spend a few minutes preparing an extra snack, treat, or meal to share with a neighbour, coworker, or friend who could use a little lift.

❤️ Big Heart Move: Explore the Food Preparation & Hospitality tag on FreddyMatch and choose a volunteering opportunity where you can help prepare or serve food for your community.

⭐ Tiny: Call or message an older relative, neighbour, or family friend today. Even a quick check-in can brighten someone’s day more than you realise.

🕛 Time: Spend a little time writing a heartfelt card or letter for an older person in your community, drop it in their letterbox or pass it on through a local aged care home.

❤️ Big Heart Move: Explore the Aged Care tag on FreddyMatch and find a meaningful opportunity to support seniors, whether it’s visiting residents, offering companionship, helping with activities, or simply sharing conversation and connection.

⭐ Tiny: Reflect, what was your favourite act from the Countdown to Kindness?

🕛 Time: Share your highlight from the advent and tag FreddyMatch and use our hashtag.

❤️ Big Heart Move: Make a ‘Volunteering Promise’ for 2026, one clear commitment, and write it somewhere you’ll see it (notes app, fridge or journal).

🎄✨ Merry Christmas from the FreddyMatch Team! 🎅❤️

As we open the final box of our 24 Days of Tiny Volunteering, we want to say a heartfelt thank you for joining us on this journey of kindness, community, and connection.

Whether you completed one tiny act or all twenty-four, every moment of giving has made a difference. You’ve shown that volunteering isn’t just about time, it’s about spirit, compassion, and choosing to lift others up.

From all of us at FreddyMatch, we wish you a joyful, peaceful, and meaningful Christmas.

May your day be filled with warmth, love, and the magic of giving back.

Merry Christmas and here’s to a new year of purpose, community, and heart!

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