Volunteering Opportunities

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Opportunity Title Area of interest Summary
Dementia Adventure Community Connector Administration, Community Work, Dementia, Events - Local, Older people Dementia Adventure is looking for volunteers to help represent them at various local community events, giving short talks and engaging with members of the public.
Bag Packing Event 18th January 2025 Community Work, Events - Local, Fundraising, Events Who we are:

Losing a life partner at any age has a severe impact on well-being. At the Widows Empowerment Trust, we strive to counteract loneliness, social isolation, and loss of confidence in widows and widowers through our work. We promote social inclusion in the lives of anyone that has experienced bereavement.



What are we looking for?

We need volunteers to join us with our bag packing to support women who have experienced bereavement. This enables us to pay our regular creative workshop facilitator who supports widows with therapeutic sessions in the community, volunteers expenses for our home visit program, take widows out for a meal/day out, pampering sessions (spa), etc.



What would you be doing as a volunteer?

Tasks:
- Helping customers pack their bags at the tills
- Handing out organisation leaflets
- Promoting and raising awareness of the organisation and the work we do
- Helping us to fundraise to support the work we do

This is a chance for you to chat with customers while gaining skills in customer service and valuable volunteering experience, and the satisfaction of knowing that you are supporting vulnerable people in our community is gratifying and also an excellent experience to put on your CV.
Boggart Hole Clough Repair Cafe Community Work, Environment & Conservation, Events - Local, General and Helping, Practical work and DIY Have any mending know-how? Want to meet like-minded people, learn new skills, and save items from landfill? Can you patch a hole in clothing, replace a fuse, or make a cup of tea? Stitched Up are looking for repairers and general help with the set up and running of a new Repair Cafe.
Trustee Treasurer Finance Work, Homeless and Housing, Trusteeship, Women, Youth Work and Young People Contact Hostel is seeking a Treasurer to join our Board of Trustees and play a key role in overseeing our financial operations. This is a fantastic opportunity to use your expertise to make a real difference in the lives of teenage girls in Manchester.
LGBTQ+ Helpline Volunteer Advice Work, General and Helping, LGBTQ+, Mental Health, Remote working LGBT Foundation's Helpline service has been running for many years, and we are about to embark on our 50th year of delivery in 2025. We are currently looking for new volunteers to join our team at this exciting time.
Home Visiting Volunteer Children and Young People, Families, Befriending Do you have two hours a week to spare?

Want to get back into work?

Would you thrive from working directly with Children and Families in need?

When you volunteer with one of our childrens services, you will be helping the UKs most disadvantaged children & young people in the most direct way possible.

To become a volunteer with Home-Start ALL you need is a desire to help and 2 hours a week to spare and we'll give you all the training and support you need

Role description

Following a selection interview, checks and preparation training home visiting volunteers are carefully matched with a family at a time that suits them. The volunteer will visit the family each week for a couple of hours, usually in the family’s home and/or surrounding community. How volunteers help is really down to the family – some may need someone to talk to, others may need more practical help with getting out, meal planning and cooking, playing with the children or finding out about local services. All we ask is that volunteers do not look after the children without the parent being present, do not do regular housework for the family, do not carry out intimate care or healthcare and do not take the family in their own car.



In a nutshell volunteers may:

visit families in their own homes, where the dignity and identity of each individual can be respected and protected
reassure families that difficulties in bringing up children are not unusual
emphasise the positive aspects of family life and parents’ strengths and resilience
develop a relationship with the family that is built on trust and shared understanding
encourage parents’ strengths and emotional well-being for the ultimate benefit of their own children
role model and guide parents to develop healthy, safe and stimulating relationships with their children
provide practical help with managing the home and money
provide support and guidance around parenting and child development
safeguard children and vulnerable adults
promote positive adult relationships
encourage families to widen their network of relationships and to use effectively the support and services available in the community

All volunteers are carefully recruited and selected, and prepared before being matched with a family. Volunteers must commit to completing the 6 module, 3 day Course of Preparation, annual safeguarding refresher training and other additional training.

Volunteers must also commit to 6 weekly Supervision and completion of weekly diary sheets which document their visits.

All prospective volunteers must fill in an application form, provide two references and agree to an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service, as well as attending a selection interview.

What can volunteers expect from Home-Start?

We aim to treat all volunteers with respect and undertake our responsibilities to them fairly and recognise that each offers their own unique qualities and has their own needs for support. We will ensure volunteers have:

comprehensive and up-to-date information about Home-Start
an individual interview with the Coordinator before commencing the Course of Preparation
a Course of Preparation to prepare for visiting families and opportunities for on-going training to support the volunteering role
clarity about the role and a support action plan, including who is responsible to who, and who will provide support if there are any problems
sufficient information about the family to prepare them for visiting, including any risks and the steps taken to mitigate
effective supervision and support for individual volunteers with the Coordinator, and regular volunteer support group meetings
reimbursement for agreed out-of-pocket expenses
opportunities to evaluate, comment on and contribute to the work of Home-Start
an understanding of how to raise problems or make a complaint
information about and access to the Board of Trustees
opportunities to join with other volunteers for coffee mornings and drop ins
Volunteer mentors needed for young people across North Manchester! Mentoring, Youth Work and Young People We are recruiting volunteer mentors to support young people at Eden Boys' & Eden Girls’ Leadership Academys and Abraham Moss Community School. The mentoring is 1:1, for 1 hour, once a month - timetables coming soon!
Gardening Club Volunteers Community Work, Environment & Conservation, Events - Local, Gardening, General and Helping Debdale Park is offering the opportunity to join an already bustling community volunteer group and help maintain/develop the rose beds, general park areas and/or the heritage garden.
Virtual Buddy Volunteer Disability - Learning, Disability - Physical Sense Virtual Buddying volunteers make a real difference to supporting young people and adults who may be lonely or isolated.
Maintenance Volunteer (Greater Manchester Animal Hospital) Animals, Practical work and DIY Are you good at DIY or a skilled tradesperson? We're looking for volunteers who can support the upkeep and maintenance of Greater Manchester Animal Hospital on an as-needed basis.
Social Event/Activity Organizer (Coordinador/a de Actividades Sociales) Arts and Culture, Community Work LASNET (Latin American Support Network) is looking for Spanish/ Portuguese speaking volunteers to help us organise social events and activities with our members in Manchester.

LASNET (Latin American Support Network) está buscando a voluntarios que hablen español o portugues para ayudarnos organizar eventos y actividades sociales con nuestros miembros en Manchester.
Assist & Support Volunteer Community Work, Food banks Manchester South Central Foodbank is recruiting an empathetic and people-oriented individual to become part of their team as an Assist & Support Volunteer.
Volunteer Activity Leader in Heywood Children and Young People, Employee and Group Volunteering, Women, Youth Work and Young People Girls Friendly Society (GFS) is a feminist charity looking for volunteers to help out at their weekly volunteer-led groups for girls in Heywood, where every girl is valued for exactly who she is.
Marketing Assistant Administration, Marketing & Social Media Community Revival are looking for volunteers who can support them to plan a marketing strategy, identify sources of marketing to help to raise their profile.
Bid Writing Support Administration, Finance Work, Fundraising The Bid Writing Support is a vital role; Community Revival are looking for a keen and able volunteer to research and write funding bids to meet challenges of newly arrived BME communities and update on any local funding bids or opportunities.
Admin Assistant Administration, Community Work Community Revival are looking for an Admin Assistant to support the day-day running of operational activities of office work.
Funding Support Volunteer Administration, Fundraising Community Revival are looking for a volunteer who can support us to plan a funding strategy, identify sources of funding and compose funding bids to help us to raise funds to support hard to reach people in the local community to engage with education, employment and improve their well-being.
Volunteer Dance Instructor Arts and Culture, Mental Health, Older people, Sports and Outdoor Activities, Teaching Training and Coaching The Widows Empowerment Trust needs your help making fitness fun again by providing monthly 1 hour dance classes at our weekly wellbeing workshop!
Website development Computers Technology and Website Design Greater Manchester Community Renewables are looking for some help from someone familiar with Wordpress websites. Ours is dated and we'd like to learn how to update the pages and menus so that we can freshen it up.
Bag Packing 4th Jan 2025 Community Work, Events - Local, Fundraising Widows Empowerment Trust is looking for volunteers to help raise essential funds in their bag packing event on the 4th of January.
Graveyard Clearance Working Party Community Work, Environment & Conservation, Events - Local, Gardening, Events St Marks Graveyard are looking for volunteers to help with clearance, to return this historical site back to it's former glory.
Dance & Physical Activity Support Arts and Culture, Disability - Physical, Music, Older people, Sports and Outdoor Activities, Teaching Training and Coaching, Women The Widows Empowerment Trust need your help making fitness fun again by supporting a dance instructor to provide regular dance classes at our weekly wellbeing workshop!
Experienced Upcyclers wanted! Arts and Culture, Environment & Conservation, Marketing & Social Media, Older people Shop Re.Mark in Didsbury Village takes donations that can't be sold in the Age UK charity shops and upcycles them. Re.Mark is looking for volunteers with experience in upcycling/repairing furniture or textiles to help cut waste and support older people in Manchester.
Squirrel Scout Leader Children and Young People, Community Work Join our team and help bring the magic of Squirrel Scouts to more young adventurers aged 4–6! We’re looking for enthusiastic, creative adults to help set up and run a brand-new Squirrel Drey on Thursday nights.
Homework Club Children and Young People, Education and Literacy, Youth Work and Young People Powerhouse Library is the only youth library in the UK and we take the wellbeing of children and young people very seriously.
We run a weekly drop-in homework club to support primary school aged children with their homework. We need volunteers particularly with a background in numeracy and literacy, although other subject knowledge is also valuable.
Mondays 4:30-6:30.
Minimum commitment of three months required. You will be expected to stay for the whole session.