Volunteering

Manchester Museum and Manchester Adult Education are excited to launch a new interactive 6-week course to learn new skills, develop confidence and gain volunteering experience.

Inspired by museum collections and drawing on their unique spaces and staff resources, the course is open to Greater Manchester Residents. Learn more about promoting a successful visitor experience and gain an accredited qualification with units in areas such as presentation skills and customer service.

The Boiler House is a centre for making and mending. The Boiler House aim to provide free and low-cost use of tools, equipment and space for people and be a catalyst for people to reach their potential. The Boiler House run a variety of community workshops, providing skills for employment, improving health and wellbeing, developing a circular economy, and promoting gender and race equality.

The Volunteer Drivers’ Network is an initiative led by Macc to connect organisations across Manchester with individuals who are able to drive and can support with community tasks. Community tasks could involve delivering food packages, transporting a service user or picking up donations, as well as many other tasks which would involve an individual needing to drive.

The Community Transport Association provides leadership, training, advice, and operational support to transport related charities, community groups and social enterprises in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

The University of Manchester has a Student Experience Internship (SEI) scheme which provides funding to pay for a limited number of students to undertake an eight-week summer internship within organisations in the charity and not-for-profit sector in Manchester.

The Friends of Didsbury Park, a group of volunteers based in Didsbury, Manchester have just been awarded The King’s Award for Voluntary Service. This is the highest award a local voluntary group can receive in the UK and is equivalent to an MBE.