Volunteering Opportunities
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Summary:
Community Revival are looking for volunteers to support helping people progress in their careers, education, and personal development.
Volunteers will support with the resource preparation and administration for learning activities and provide high quality learning support.
Volunteers will support with the resource preparation and administration for learning activities and provide high quality learning support.
Area of Interest:
Advice & Employment, Education & Literacy, Mentoring
Summary:
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:
The Widows Empowerment Trust are looking for volunteer befrienders provide emotional, social, and practical companionship to bereaved spouses and widows who may be experiencing loneliness, isolation, or a lack of community support. This role involves regular home visits and telephone befriending, offering a compassionate presence, active listening, and encouragement.
Role and Responsibility
Provide friendly, regular companionship through scheduled home visits or telephone calls
Offer a supportive, non-judgmental, and empathetic listening ear to bereaved individuals
Help reduce loneliness, build confidence, and encourage engagement in community activities where appropriate
Maintain healthy and professional boundaries at all times
Record interactions appropriately while maintaining confidentiality
Follow the charity’s safeguarding policies and procedures at all times
Communicate any safeguarding concerns immediately to the appropriate staff members
Attend volunteer induction, training sessions, and occasional reflective practice meetings
Represent The Widows Empowerment Trust with professionalism and cultural sensitivity
Role and Responsibility
Provide friendly, regular companionship through scheduled home visits or telephone calls
Offer a supportive, non-judgmental, and empathetic listening ear to bereaved individuals
Help reduce loneliness, build confidence, and encourage engagement in community activities where appropriate
Maintain healthy and professional boundaries at all times
Record interactions appropriately while maintaining confidentiality
Follow the charity’s safeguarding policies and procedures at all times
Communicate any safeguarding concerns immediately to the appropriate staff members
Attend volunteer induction, training sessions, and occasional reflective practice meetings
Represent The Widows Empowerment Trust with professionalism and cultural sensitivity
Area of Interest:
Befriending, Mentoring, Older People, Student Volunteers (18+)
Summary:
Work on the till processing sales and returns
Prepare stock, including sorting, steaming and pricing
Create stylish window displays
Replenish stock on the shop floor
Stock-take and other administrative tasks
Prepare stock, including sorting, steaming and pricing
Create stylish window displays
Replenish stock on the shop floor
Stock-take and other administrative tasks
Area of Interest:
Children Young People & Families, Finance & Fundraising, Retail, Student Volunteers (18+), Young Volunteers (under 18)
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:
Age UK Manchester is looking for enthusiastic and reliable Volunteer Van Mates to support our collection and delivery service. This is a physically active role that involves assisting our van drivers with the collection and delivery of donated furniture, household items, and retail stock across Manchester.
As a Volunteer Van Mate, you will play an important part in helping Age UK Manchester generate vital income through donated goods, enabling us to continue supporting older people across the city.
As a Volunteer Van Mate, you will play an important part in helping Age UK Manchester generate vital income through donated goods, enabling us to continue supporting older people across the city.
Area of Interest:
Construction & Practical work, Driving, Retail
Summary:
Improve your admin skills while supporting the smooth running of an organisation who provide education and training to unemployed and economically inactive individuals to up-skill and improve their well being
Area of Interest:
Administration, Education & Literacy, Student Volunteers (18+)
Summary:
The English Speaking Union works with young people and their teachers to improve oracy skills, particularly in areas of disadvantage. Running three national and one international competition, we give young people the opportunity to hone these skills, and offer a variety of cultural exchanges for students, teachers and professionals alike to build relationships and strengthen connections across communities and countries.
Area of Interest:
Children Young People & Families, Education & Literacy, Student Volunteers (18+)
Summary:
Join Global Shapers Manchester Hub to create impactful projects on climate action, financial literacy, well-being, inclusion and more! Apply online: https://mcrshapers.org/join/
Area of Interest:
Administration, Children Young People & Families, Education & Literacy, Environment & Conservation, Mental Health
Summary:
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 and use mediums to send information to potential customers and partners.
Area of Interest:
Administration, Campaigning & Advocacy, Marketing & Social Media
Summary:
Creative Support are looking for a creative volunteer to help staff set up and run activity sessions for the people we support at our dementia day centre in Ashton-under-Lyne.
Area of Interest:
Befriending, Disability, Health & Social Care, Mental Health, Older People
Summary:
NAPAC (the National Association for People Abused in Childhood) provides emotional support to adult survivors of all types of childhood abuse; including physical, sexual, emotional abuse or neglect. Volunteer Call Handlers answer calls to NAPAC’s survivor support line, so being confident speaking on the telephone is essential. Due to the nature of the role, we require our volunteers to be above the age of 21. Our volunteers at NAPAC are part of a unique, welcoming team where they receive 1:1 support from those around them. Volunteers will receive a 5-week training course (4×3-hour sessions plus a shadowing week).
Area of Interest:
Health & Social Care, Mental Health
Summary:
Europia is preparing a beautiful Central and Eastern European–themed Christmas Carols celebration at Manchester Cathedral, and we are looking for dedicated volunteers to support the event and its logistics.
This is a donation-based community event, and all contributions are reinvested directly into the services and support Europia provides to European, Ukraine and Roma communities across Greater Manchester.
This is a donation-based community event, and all contributions are reinvested directly into the services and support Europia provides to European, Ukraine and Roma communities across Greater Manchester.
Area of Interest:
Arts Culture & Music, Events
Summary:
We are seeking a highly motivated and organised volunteer with a passion for sustainable fashion, community development, and ethical supply chain research. This role will focus specifically on bridging the gap between our local efforts (repair, upcycling) and the complex, often non-transparent global system of used clothing disposal. A core goal is to research and expose the ethical concerns surrounding the second-hand clothing export industry.
Area of Interest:
Administration, Education & Literacy, Environment & Conservation, Sports & Movement
Summary:
Do you enjoy public speaking and presenting? Can you inspire others passion for transforming lives? If so The Leprosy Mission would love to hear from you!
Area of Interest:
Campaigning & Advocacy, Disability, Finance & Fundraising, Race Ethnicity & Religion, Sports & Movement
Summary:
In this role with Bolton Lads and Girls Club, you will:
• Be confident using Canva to create high-quality, engaging, branded designs.
• Use our brand guidelines to develop a range of templates across the organisation, including posters, flyers, social media graphics and website content.
• Refresh and improve existing designs, ensuring they are on-brand and aligned with best practice.
• Help to create resources / templates that are easy for colleagues to adapt, use and maintain consistently.
• Have an understanding of social media platforms and create content tailored to what works best on each channel.
• Be confident using Canva to create high-quality, engaging, branded designs.
• Use our brand guidelines to develop a range of templates across the organisation, including posters, flyers, social media graphics and website content.
• Refresh and improve existing designs, ensuring they are on-brand and aligned with best practice.
• Help to create resources / templates that are easy for colleagues to adapt, use and maintain consistently.
• Have an understanding of social media platforms and create content tailored to what works best on each channel.
Area of Interest:
Children Young People & Families, Digital and Tech, Marketing & Social Media
Summary:
Finance Trustee - MileShyClub is a preventative health charity helping people who feel intimidated by exercise to become more active through welcoming running, walking, mental health and Restore groups. Our guiding principle is simple: no one gets left behind.
Area of Interest:
Disability, Finance & Fundraising, Mental Health, Migrants & Refugees, Sports & Movement
Summary:
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
Summary:
Every time we launch or refocus on a campaign, you will be sent a collection of tasks to choose from. These could include writing to an MP, posting on social media, or finding locations for our leaflets nearby.
Area of Interest:
Animals, Campaigning & Advocacy, Environment & Conservation, Events, Virtual Volunteering
Summary:
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:
Be the heart of the action! Marie Curie are looking for a volunteer to be the organiser behind their community collections and become a Collection Host.
Area of Interest:
Campaigning & Advocacy, Events, Finance & Fundraising, Health & Social Care, Mentoring
Summary:
Join The A World UK as a Community Store Volunteer and help make a difference! We're looking for friendly, enthusiastic volunteers to support the day-to-day running of our community stores. Tasks include sorting donations, preparing and replenishing stock, greeting customers and keeping the store clean and welcoming. No previous experience or qualifications are needed, as full training and support are provided by our friendly team.
Area of Interest:
Older People, Retail, Student Volunteers (18+)
Summary:
We urgently need volunteers for our weekly foodbank sessions at the Neighbourhood Project, Conran Street, Harpurhey (Thursday mornings), St Clement's Church, Openshaw (Tuesday afternoons) and Brunswick Church, Ardwick (Friday mornings). As a foodbank volunteer you'll be helping desperate families who can't make ends meet during the cost-of-living crisis. You will be packing emergency three-day food parcels, meeting clients and talking through the packing list with them.
Our foodbank sessions are busy so you will be making a huge difference to struggling families. There's nothing more rewarding than giving practical help to people in need and offering them some kindness.
Our foodbank sessions are busy so you will be making a huge difference to struggling families. There's nothing more rewarding than giving practical help to people in need and offering them some kindness.
Area of Interest:
Food Cooking & Foodbanks
Summary:
Join the Natalie Kate Moss Trust in raising awareness about the importance of blood pressure management—a key factor in preventing brain haemorrhages. Our Blood Pressure Awareness Days are a vital part of our mission, and we need passionate volunteers to help make them a success.
Area of Interest:
Health & Social Care