Volunteering Opportunities
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Summary:
As a Community Event Volunteer, you’ll take the lead in organising and running fundraising stalls and stands at events across your local area. From setting up merchandise displays to accepting cash and contactless donations, you’ll be at the heart of our fundraising efforts.
Area of Interest:
Children Young People & Families, Events, Finance & Fundraising, Health & Social Care
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:
We are seeking a passionate and skilled music professional or music student to lead rehearsals, guide vocal development, support song selection and arrangements, and prepare the choir for performances and recordings. This is an opportunity to use your musical talents to make a meaningful difference by bringing people from diverse backgrounds together through music, fostering friendships, and helping us challenge loneliness and social isolation. Retired professionals and individuals with relevant musical experience are encouraged to apply.
Position: Voluntary (unpaid) | Location: Manchester, Greater Manchester
Position: Voluntary (unpaid) | Location: Manchester, Greater Manchester
Area of Interest:
Administration, Arts Culture & Music
Summary:
Purpose: To increase awareness of HIV and World AIDS Day and raise vital funds for local charities providing support to people living with HIV.
Key Activities: We need volunteers to sell candles to raise funds, and steward for annual Candlelit Vigil in Sackville Gardens and surroundings on the evening of Tuesday 1st December 2026.
Key Activities: We need volunteers to sell candles to raise funds, and steward for annual Candlelit Vigil in Sackville Gardens and surroundings on the evening of Tuesday 1st December 2026.
Area of Interest:
Events, Finance & Fundraising, Health & Social Care
Summary:
The ATML CIC Choir, a Manchester-based Community Interest Company, is seeking Volunteer Community Outreach Ambassadors to help combat social isolation and loneliness through choral music. As a Volunteer you will be responsible for representing the choir to local stakeholders, coordinating information distribution, and executing grassroots advocacy campaigns to help the organization reach potential beneficiaries and its goal of over 60 active members within 3 years of operation. The role supports a diverse and inclusive social enterprise model that combines cultural activities with social and legal support services. This role is hybrid.
Area of Interest:
Arts Culture & Music, Campaigning & Advocacy, Marketing & Social Media, Mental Health, Virtual Volunteering
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:
Do you enjoy public speaking and presenting? Can you inspire others to be passionate about transforming lives? The Leprosy Mission is looking for people to champion their work at churches and community groups, both in person and on Zoom.
Area of Interest:
Administration, Disability, Events, Finance & Fundraising, Health & Social Care
Summary:
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.
Area of Interest:
Environment & Conservation, Events, Sports & Movement
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:
Cracking Good Food is looking for a Volunteer Cooking Assistant
Area of Interest:
Befriending, Food Cooking & Foodbanks, Health & Social Care, Mental Health, Older People
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:
We are partnering with the Sweaty Betty Foundation to deliver workshops to girls in schools about the importance of physical activity. We are looking for women who are interested in speaking with girls about how physical activity has helped them with mental wellbeing, education and career goals and developing skills.
The workshops last between 1.5 to 2 hours and are co-facilitated with a member of our team.
Your role as a volunteer role model is to join the facilitator in assisting with activities that help re-frame the girls thinking around physical activity and encourage them to set a pledge in an area they are interested in exploring.
The workshops last between 1.5 to 2 hours and are co-facilitated with a member of our team.
Your role as a volunteer role model is to join the facilitator in assisting with activities that help re-frame the girls thinking around physical activity and encourage them to set a pledge in an area they are interested in exploring.
Area of Interest:
Education & Literacy, Sports & Movement
Summary:
As an Online Shop Volunteer, you'll help transform pre-loved treasures into vital funds that support communities around the world, from responding to emergencies and humanitarian crises to tackling poverty and inequality.
Whether you're researching and pricing stock, photographing products, creating listings, preparing orders or supporting other online shop activities, you'll play an important role in connecting donated items with new owners and helping to raise money for Oxfam's life-changing work.
You can choose to learn a bit of everything or focus on the areas that interest you most.
Whether you're researching and pricing stock, photographing products, creating listings, preparing orders or supporting other online shop activities, you'll play an important role in connecting donated items with new owners and helping to raise money for Oxfam's life-changing work.
You can choose to learn a bit of everything or focus on the areas that interest you most.
Area of Interest:
Retail
Summary:
Barnardos are looking for volunteers to help in their charity shop. You would:
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
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
Area of Interest:
Children Young People & Families, Finance & Fundraising, Retail, Student Volunteers (18+), Young Volunteers (under 18)
Summary:
As a Befriender at Age UK you will visit older people in their own homes’ who may be experiencing isolation, ill-health, reduced mobility and loneliness to offer support and companionship. All client’s have been visited in their homes and a risk assessment has been carried out prior to being allocated a befriender. Our service covers the whole of Manchester City Council Boundary so willingness to travel will be expected.
Area of Interest:
Befriending, Mental Health, Older People
Summary:
Helping to ensure your neighbours receive a copy of their area Post Newspaper by delivering copies door-to-door at the beginning of each month. Commitment of up to an hour during the first half of each month.
Area of Interest:
Befriending, Driving, Mental Health
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:
We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to join our weekly Core Volunteer Day – our main volunteering opportunity at Hulme Community Garden Centre.
This role offers a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a working community garden environment while learning directly from our expert horticulturists, nursery managers and wider leadership team.
Volunteers will become part of the day-to-day running of the centre, supporting a wide range of horticultural, maintenance and community activities. This is an ideal opportunity for anyone interested in gardening, environmental sustainability, practical skills development, community work or exploring a future career in horticulture.
This role offers a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a working community garden environment while learning directly from our expert horticulturists, nursery managers and wider leadership team.
Volunteers will become part of the day-to-day running of the centre, supporting a wide range of horticultural, maintenance and community activities. This is an ideal opportunity for anyone interested in gardening, environmental sustainability, practical skills development, community work or exploring a future career in horticulture.
Area of Interest:
Arts Culture & Music, Environment & Conservation
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:
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:
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:
Bringing the ‘Wow!’ to our youngest Scouts (4-6yo), in a welcoming, safe and inclusive environment, the Section Teams make it happen for our Squirrels
Area of Interest:
Children Young People & Families, Finance & Fundraising
Summary:
Messy Church Volunteers Wanted! Do you enjoy welcoming families, getting creative, and sharing God’s love in simple ways?
Messy Church is fun, friendly, lively—and a bit messy!
Messy Church is fun, friendly, lively—and a bit messy!
Area of Interest:
Arts Culture & Music, Children Young People & Families, Race Ethnicity & Religion
Summary:
We're looking for an enthusiastic Volunteer Fundraising Team Leader to help grow and support a volunteer fundraising team in Machester while working alongside other Team Leaders across the UK to share ideas, inspire success and maximise our impact.
Area of Interest:
Campaigning & Advocacy, Events, Finance & Fundraising, Virtual Volunteering