Volunteering Opportunities
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Summary:
Ravensfield Primary School is seeking committed, community‑minded volunteers to join its Local Governing Committee. This is a rewarding opportunity to help shape the strategic direction of the school, whose mission statement is "Learning, achieving and succeeding together". Ravensfield is part of the Changing Lives in Collaboration Multi‑Academy Trust.
No previous governance or education experience is required. Volunteers from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply, particularly those with transferable skills such as data analysis, project management or community engagement. Training, support and reasonable expenses are provided.
No previous governance or education experience is required. Volunteers from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply, particularly those with transferable skills such as data analysis, project management or community engagement. Training, support and reasonable expenses are provided.
Area of Interest:
Children Young People & Families, Education & Literacy, Trusteeship & Coordination
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Join ESCA-UK as a Volunteer Youth Football Coach in Manchester! Backed by Sport England, our project provides weekly 2-hour Sunday sessions for children aged 5–16 from diverse communities.
You will assist in delivering fun, high-quality football drills and mini-matches, setting up equipment, and acting as a positive role model in a safe, inclusive environment. The project runs until April 2027. We reimburse travel expenses and fully fund your Enhanced DBS check.
If you hold a valid coaching certificate and want to make a real community impact while building your CV, apply today!
You will assist in delivering fun, high-quality football drills and mini-matches, setting up equipment, and acting as a positive role model in a safe, inclusive environment. The project runs until April 2027. We reimburse travel expenses and fully fund your Enhanced DBS check.
If you hold a valid coaching certificate and want to make a real community impact while building your CV, apply today!
Area of Interest:
Children Young People & Families, Migrants & Refugees, Sports & Movement
Summary:
Join our fabulous fundraising team and become the friendly face of Deafblind UK in your local community, organising and promoting events and activities. Whatever your background, if you want to make a difference then we want to hear from you!
Area of Interest:
Disability, Events, Finance & Fundraising, Older People
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We're looking for new trustees to join our 'Friends of' Board.
We're particularly keen to hear from candidates who have finance, legal, strategy, fundraising or communications know-how. You'll attend one board meeting a month and work with other trustees to set strategy, oversee risk, champion our library and help us reach new audiences.
This is an exciting time to join us as a plan a new strategic direction. Do you want to be part of our journey?
We're particularly keen to hear from candidates who have finance, legal, strategy, fundraising or communications know-how. You'll attend one board meeting a month and work with other trustees to set strategy, oversee risk, champion our library and help us reach new audiences.
This is an exciting time to join us as a plan a new strategic direction. Do you want to be part of our journey?
Area of Interest:
Trusteeship & Coordination
Summary:
Touch Wood have ongoing opportunities for volunteers in our wood recycling workshop, in which we rescue waste wood, collected by EMERGE Recycling, and repurpose it for re-sale and re-use, or turn it into a wide range of upcycled timber products.
Area of Interest:
Construction & Practical work, Environment & Conservation, Retail
Summary:
As an Independent Visitor for Coram Voice (or IV) you'll be carefully matched with a young person who you will meet with once a month, we look to match you with a young person who shares common interests with you. You will decide with your young person what to do, but this could include going for a walk, to the cinema, bowling, playing sports, going to a restaurant or doing some crafts.
Area of Interest:
Befriending, Children Young People & Families, Mentoring
Summary:
Your tasks as an event assistant volunteer are to help set up and decorate the venues, greet people, take money, sell raffle tickets, support with quizzes and karoke, helping people to dance and socialise and most importantly, help people to have a fun time at the event, making sure people feel comfortable and are connecting with others.
Area of Interest:
Disability, Events
Summary:
At BLGC we welcome over 4,000 young people through our doors every year. Now one of the largest youth clubs in the UK with a state-of-art base, Infinity, we have something for everyone including sports, arts, mentoring and community outreach work as well as some extras for those who need it.
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Can you support our North Manchester Friendship & Activity Group for local people living with dementia - 10:30am until 2pm each Friday? You'll be chatting with members, helping out with activities such as arts & crafts, music and social exercises. There is a different theme every week - and even a few trips out! If you thrive in a group setting, then this could be for you. Together Dementia.
Area of Interest:
Befriending, Health & Social Care, Older People
Summary:
Join ATML Choir as a member and become part of an inclusive community using music to build connections and tackle loneliness. Whether you are an experienced singer, a beginner, or simply enjoy singing, there is a place for you. No auditions are required, and you do not need to be a professional musician. Take part in rehearsals, performances, workshops and community activities while meeting people from different backgrounds, sharing your voice and helping us create a supportive music family. Find your voice. Build connections. End loneliness, one song at a time.
Area of Interest:
Arts Culture & Music, Events, Mental Health
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As a Homeless Health Peer Advocate, you will form part of our team helping those experiencing homelessness to achieve better health outcomes.
Homeless Health Peer Advocacy is a pioneering model of advocacy style support. It aims to work towards an inclusive health system where everyone has access to the healthcare they need; ultimately moving people out of homelessness. We want to make it easy for people to access healthcare and improve their health. We know that Homeless Health Peer Advocacy creates a foundation for moving out of homelessness.
Homeless Health Peer Advocacy is a pioneering model of advocacy style support. It aims to work towards an inclusive health system where everyone has access to the healthcare they need; ultimately moving people out of homelessness. We want to make it easy for people to access healthcare and improve their health. We know that Homeless Health Peer Advocacy creates a foundation for moving out of homelessness.
Area of Interest:
Disability, Health & Social Care, Homelessness & Housing, Mental Health
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Charity Governance Trustee - MileShyClub is a preventative health charity. We help people who feel excluded from traditional fitness settings become more active, supporting their physical and mental health now and reducing the risk of health problems in the future. We do this through welcoming running, walking, mental health and Restore groups. Our guiding principle is simple: no one gets left behind.
Area of Interest:
Disability, Mental Health, Migrants & Refugees, Older People, Sports & Movement
Summary:
Together Media is Learn Together CIC’s community media project, covering current affairs, social issues and stories that matter to local communities.
Volunteers can get involved in:
Researching topics and developing content ideas
Presenting short videos and explainers
Preparing and taking part in interviews and podcasts
Filming, editing and producing social media content
No previous experience is required, as training and ongoing support will be provided. This is also a great opportunity for media and film students to gain practical experience and build their professional portfolios.
The role is flexible, with both remote and in-person opportunities available in Manchester.
Volunteers can get involved in:
Researching topics and developing content ideas
Presenting short videos and explainers
Preparing and taking part in interviews and podcasts
Filming, editing and producing social media content
No previous experience is required, as training and ongoing support will be provided. This is also a great opportunity for media and film students to gain practical experience and build their professional portfolios.
The role is flexible, with both remote and in-person opportunities available in Manchester.
Area of Interest:
Arts Culture & Music, Campaigning & Advocacy, Children Young People & Families, Digital and Tech, Education & Literacy, Health & Social Care, LGBTQ+, Marketing & Social Media, Mental Health, Mentoring, Migrants & Refugees, Race Ethnicity & Religion, Student Volunteers (18+), Virtual Volunteering, Young Volunteers (under 18)
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Caritas Shrewsbury is looking for friendly football enthusiasts to volunteer at our weekly football sessions in Fallowfield. The sessions bring together refugees and people seeking asylum for football, fitness and social connection. A qualified coach already leads the sessions, so no coaching experience or qualifications are needed. We are simply looking for people who enjoy football, are friendly and would like to help welcome and encourage participants. Whether you currently play, used to play or just love football, we’d love to hear from you.
Area of Interest:
Befriending, Migrants & Refugees, Sports & Movement
Summary:
Help organisations and businesses across the UK take action on (single-use) plastic effectively by researching and organising training courses for a UK network
Area of Interest:
Administration, Environment & Conservation, Events
Summary:
Support the smooth running and growth of ATML Choir by providing effective administrative and organisational support. The Volunteer Administrative Officer will help coordinate members, volunteers, rehearsals, events, records, communications and organisational activities. Working closely with the leadership team, you will help keep information organised, maintain accurate records and ensure that administrative processes run efficiently. This is an opportunity to use your organisational and communication skills to support a growing community initiative using music to tackle loneliness and build meaningful connections across Manchester.
Area of Interest:
Administration, Arts Culture & Music, Marketing & Social Media, Mental Health, Student Volunteers (18+)
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As a Retail Photographer with Together Trust, you'll be at the heart of our fundraising efforts, capturing stylish shots of brand-new and vintage clothing to help raise money for our life-changing services. You’ll be working with a fun, creative team and using your photography skills to showcase clothes donated by big names like Boohoo and preloved gems onto sites like Vinted.
Area of Interest:
Finance & Fundraising, Marketing & Social Media, Retail
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Local Welcome are looking for volunteers to help organisa and facilitate meals in your local area. Help with deciding what to cook, ensuring the meal runs smoothly, sharing feedback with staff, creating an inclusive and welcoming environment for your group members and fellow leaders.
Area of Interest:
Befriending, Events, Migrants & Refugees, Sports & Movement
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As a Volunteer Befriender with Being There, you will provide companionship and emotional support to people living with life‑limiting illnesses. Many of our clients experience loneliness, anxiety or reduced social contact, and your time can make a real difference to their wellbeing.
Area of Interest:
Befriending, Disability, Health & Social Care, Older People
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Volunteering with the Bread and Butter thing will mean you will become part of the team for the day and help us to redistribute food to your local community. This will include helping to load our vans in the morning to deliver affordable and healthy food to our food hubs that day, as well as helping to sort our surplus stock in the warehouse. Activities in the warehouse will include bag packing, relabelling, stock reconciliation and sorting.
Area of Interest:
Construction & Practical work, Environment & Conservation, Food Cooking & Foodbanks, Student Volunteers (18+)
Summary:
Join EMERGE 3Rs as a Warehouse Volunteer and help fight food waste and hunger. Pick and pack surplus food for charities across Greater Manchester. Great for active, hands-on volunteers. Flexible weekday shifts.
Area of Interest:
Retail, Sports & Movement
Summary:
Could you support parents/carers, by providing information, advice and guidance, enabling them to access family support networks or groups in the local community and/or gathering and collating feedback? You would be providing information, advice and support to individual families, to enable them to achieve the desired outcomes within their support plan. This will include supporting parents/carers to access family support networks/groups within their local community, such as toddler groups, health groups. You would also Collate and evaluate feedback from children, young people and parents, and signpost families to other local support services - both targeted and universal (where appropriate).
Area of Interest:
Children Young People & Families, Disability, Mentoring
Summary:
White Rose charity shop is looking for volunteers to help in retail and social media. We provide the opportunity for you to learn different skills regularly and gain a variety of experience, so no two shifts are the same. You don’t need any experience to volunteer, all we ask is that you are enthusiastic, motivated and hardworking.
Area of Interest:
Retail, Student Volunteers (18+)
Summary:
Do you care about those living in poverty around the world? Do you want to use your voice to make a real difference? Do you want to be a political campaigner who delivers results?
Join our network of volunteer campaigners to use your voices and influence political decisions that will bring an end to poverty!
Join our network of volunteer campaigners to use your voices and influence political decisions that will bring an end to poverty!
Area of Interest:
Campaigning & Advocacy