Volunteering Opportunities
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Summary:
Northmoor Homework club is a free after-school project for children aged 8-16 which provides a safe, nurturing space for children to do their homework and to take part in games and arts and crafts afterwards. The homework club is an informal, relaxed environment but we still maintain the strictest of Safeguarding procedures and expect the children to adhere to the agreed boundaries.
Area of Interest:
Children Young People & Families, Education & Literacy
Summary:
Role with Barnardos. 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:
As a volunteer driver for Manchester Central Foodbank you would play an important role in loading and delivering food to our foodbank sessions, ensuring that clients receive emergency three-day food parcels.
Area of Interest:
Driving
Summary:
The Medicare Foundation are looking for volunteer tennis coaches.
Run Drills & Games: Assist with age-appropriate exercises that develop coordination, technique, and teamwork.
Support Head Coaches: Help set up equipment and manage group safety to ensure every session runs smoothly.
Promote Fair Play: Model good sportsmanship and foster a welcoming, inclusive environment for all skill levels.
Run Drills & Games: Assist with age-appropriate exercises that develop coordination, technique, and teamwork.
Support Head Coaches: Help set up equipment and manage group safety to ensure every session runs smoothly.
Promote Fair Play: Model good sportsmanship and foster a welcoming, inclusive environment for all skill levels.
Area of Interest:
Administration, Children Young People & Families, Sports & Movement
Summary:
Role with Barnardos.. 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:
Finance & Fundraising, Retail, Student Volunteers (18+), Young Volunteers (under 18)
Summary:
Looking for a fun and rewarding volunteering opportunity that fits around your other commitments? Want to help some of our most vulnerable children and inspire them towards better, brighter things? For some children in care, most adults in their lives are social workers or other paid professionals. An Independent Visitor is a volunteer who visits a child for a few hours each month to build a valuable and consistent relationship by spending time together doing fun activities.
Area of Interest:
Befriending, Children Young People & Families, Mentoring, Sports & Movement
Summary:
Community Revival are looking for an Admin Assistant to support the day-day running of operational activities of office work.
Area of Interest:
Administration, Sports & Movement
Summary:
Nightstop prevents homelessness through community hosting. It helps people who are in immediate housing crisis by providing safe accommodation while Nightstop finds longer term appropriate accommodation.
They're looking for volunteer drivers who will put Nightstop guests at ease and enable guests to find their way to a new hosts-home.
Nightstop provides training, support and supervision to volunteer drivers so they can provide a space that really does make a difference to people's lives.
They're looking for volunteer drivers who will put Nightstop guests at ease and enable guests to find their way to a new hosts-home.
Nightstop provides training, support and supervision to volunteer drivers so they can provide a space that really does make a difference to people's lives.
Area of Interest:
Children Young People & Families, Driving, Homelessness & Housing, LGBTQ+, Mental Health, Migrants & Refugees
Summary:
Every child deserves the chance to succeed, regardless of their background. Action Tutoring is a charity dedicated to closing the attainment gap and creating a more equitable future for young people.
Area of Interest:
Children Young People & Families, Education & Literacy, Virtual Volunteering
Summary:
We Hold a Hand are looking for social media/content creation volunteer.
Area of Interest:
Events, Finance & Fundraising, Marketing & Social Media, Mental Health, Virtual Volunteering
Summary:
The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) bring people together to create, improve and care for green spaces.
Looking for volunteers who are interested in conservation and would like to develop skills in practical conservation, volunteer leadership and supporting individuals to access nature-based, well-being activities.
Looking for volunteers who are interested in conservation and would like to develop skills in practical conservation, volunteer leadership and supporting individuals to access nature-based, well-being activities.
Area of Interest:
Environment & Conservation
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:
Manchester Central Foodbank provides three-day emergency food parcels for people in need, on a referral-only basis. Sadly 1 in 5 people in the UK live below the poverty line. Manchester Central Foodbank support 1,600 people a month
Area of Interest:
Food Cooking & Foodbanks
Summary:
Growing Together Levenshulme are looking for people to volunteer alongside other members of the People Support team to provide informal support and signposting where needed to participants at the Garden, and to facilitate the smooth running of the non-gardening aspects of the project.
Area of Interest:
Mental Health, Sports & Movement
Summary:
FareShare are seeking volunteers to assist in their busy surplus food warehouse in Openshaw.
Area of Interest:
Environment & Conservation, Food Cooking & Foodbanks
Summary:
As a Volunteer Activities Leader, you will help create a friendly, welcoming and enjoyable environment by supporting and leading a range of fun, social and creative activities.
This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys meeting people, getting involved in activities and helping others feel included and connected.
This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys meeting people, getting involved in activities and helping others feel included and connected.
Area of Interest:
Arts Culture & Music, Befriending, Events, Mentoring, Older People
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:
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:
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:
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)
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
Summary:
NWFed are looking for three Volunteer Trustees and a Volunteer Chair. This is a great opportunity to develop your skills and broaden your understanding of the museums and heritage sector in the region. You are required to attend five online board meetings per year and one annual general meeting.
You don't have to work or volunteer in the museum and heritage sector, but knowledge of it within the North West and Isle of Man would be useful. We welcome people at all stages of their careers. We welcome applications from anyone regardless of sex, gender identity, disability, ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, marital or transgender status, age or nationality.
You don't have to work or volunteer in the museum and heritage sector, but knowledge of it within the North West and Isle of Man would be useful. We welcome people at all stages of their careers. We welcome applications from anyone regardless of sex, gender identity, disability, ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, marital or transgender status, age or nationality.
Area of Interest:
Arts Culture & Music, Digital and Tech, Events, Marketing & Social Media, Trusteeship & Coordination
Summary:
HR and People 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, Mental Health, Migrants & Refugees, Older People, Sports & Movement
Summary:
We're looking for a new Chair to lead the Friends of Burnage Library trustee board.
We're particularly looking for a collaborative, community-minded candidate who can provide clear, inclusive and effective leadership in what we hope will be a period of real growth. It calls for someone who can bring structure, encourage shared ownership, and stay closely connected to the people and build partnerships that make the library possible.
Can you help our community hub thrive?
We're particularly looking for a collaborative, community-minded candidate who can provide clear, inclusive and effective leadership in what we hope will be a period of real growth. It calls for someone who can bring structure, encourage shared ownership, and stay closely connected to the people and build partnerships that make the library possible.
Can you help our community hub thrive?
Area of Interest:
Trusteeship & Coordination