Caritas Diocese of Salford

Where do they work?: City-Wide
Telephone: 0161 817 2250
Address: Caritas House 4 Nobby Stiles Drive Salford M4 4FA
Registered charity number: 125808
Company number: Caritas Diocese of Salford
Description: Our mission is to help people across the Diocese of Salford experiencing poverty, disadvantage and discrimination to transform their lives with dignity.

We provide a practical response to those in crisis, suffering hardship or who are at risk. We rebuild lives for the long-term, enabling people to live in a safe, healthy and secure environment.

We call for a better, more just world, where the voices of the poor are heard and acted upon and we positively influence the systems, decisions and resources that affect those in need.
Services delivered: Caritas has over 20 social welfare services in Greater Manchester and East Lancashire, mostly organised as community projects. They can be summarised into 5 need areas: Homelessness & Housing, Refugee Response, Older People Services, Children and Families and Community Services.
Services are available: Face to face
Services are delivered on: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Languages available: English, Arabic, Ukrainian
Cash donations: You can make a donation via our website: https://www.caritassalford.org.uk/

Volunteering Opportunities

Opportunity title Summary
Volunteer Befriender As a Volunteer Befriender you will engage with older people in the North Manchester area making an impact on their lives for the better.
Volunteer Driver As a Volunteer Driver you will engage with older people in the North Manchester area making an impact on their lives for the better.
Cornerstone Service Volunteer - Moss Side Are you passionate about supporting people who are facing a wide range of social issues including homelessness, poverty, social isolation, drugs, and alcohol addiction?
Volunteer Befriending - Caritas Connecting Older People involves people who are over 50 into the events, activities and sessions created. We need volunteers to help support sessions.
Volunteer Befriending Caritas Connecting Older People involves people who are over 50 into the events, activities and sessions created. We want the people who comes to us to be part of the work and develop the sessions into something that they can be included in and also proud of creating.
Test My Idea Event Volunteer Test My Idea is part of Aspire Business's pre-incubation programme supporting entrepreneurial refugees to explore & test their business ideas. They are looking for volunteers to help out on Thursday 15 December, Pitching/Celebration day at Whitworth Art Gallery.
Community Allotment Volunteer Caritas Salford are looking for volunteers for the Lalley Community Allotment, where you can practice growing and harvesting fruit and vegetables in a nature-friendly way, learn about sustainability in food production and make a positive difference to people and the environment in Collyhurst
Volunteer Van Driver Caritas Salford are looking for a volunteer van driver to do regular collections from donor businesses to their services in Hulme and Collyhurst, Manchester and Bury.
Homelessness Service Volunteer (Bury) You will support our team by preparing and serving toast and hot beverages, cleaning, chatting with and listening to people who use our services and organising food store and cloth donations.
Cornerstone Service Volunteer (Manchester) Working alongside a committed team at Cornerstone, you could support us by doing practical tasks such as preparing and serving food, washing up, sorting donations and making up food parcels, cleaning, organising the showers and staffing our community shop.