Volunteer Roles

CHARITY SHOP ASSISTANT

Charity Shop Assistant (RSPCA Lancashire East Branch - Burnley Shop)

Our charity shop in the heart of Burnley is looking for friendly volunteers to join our team and help make our shop a huge success. Make new friends, have fun, and help us help more animals!

Overview of opportunity

As a volunteer Charity Shop Assistant, you would join a small team working with the shop manager and 1-2 other volunteers to help make it a success and raise vital funds for animal welfare.

About the RSPCA

Founded in 1824 we have been saving animals for almost 200 years and are proud to be the oldest welfare charity around. It has always been our vision to live in a world where all animals are respected and treated with compassion, so our volunteers and employees work tirelessly to ensure that all animals can live free from pain and suffering.

About Our Charity Shop in Burnley

The shop is part of the RSPCA Lancashire East Branch and plays an essential role in raising the profile of the RSPCA in our local community and funds for our branch so that we can continue our vital animal welfare work. Our shops sell a mixture of donated items, including clothes, books, bric-a-brac and collectables, and a selection of new items.

We have positions available on the shop floor and in our stock room or you could volunteer to do a mixture of both.

Volunteer Charity Shop Assistant responsibilities

•  Helping customers in the shop find what they need.
•  Accepting donations of items and money from the public.
•  Processing sales through the till and card machine, including Gift Aid.
• Sorting through donated items to determine what we can sell.
• Preparing donated items for sale by steaming and hanging items.
• Merchandising stock on the shop floor.
• Creating attractive shop window displays.

What we are looking for in a volunteer Charity Shop Assistant

•  Friendly volunteers who are confident talking to people.
•  Retail experience would be ideal but is not necessary as full training will be given.
•  We are ideally aiming for someone who is flexible and can offer an ongoing commitment predominately on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
•  Good communication and numeracy skills.
•  You will need to be aged 18 or over.

What we can offer you as a volunteer Charity Shop Assistant

•  A way to meet new people and make new friends in your local area.
•  A place where you will learn excellent new skills to add to your CV, such as customer service, multi-tasking, merchandising, and many more.
•  An excellent induction and training programme relevant to your role.
• The opportunity to make a huge difference to the welfare of animals.
•  Reimbursement for any reasonable travel expenses you may incur whilst volunteering with us.

We hope you are interested in volunteering for our branch! 

 Our voluntary roles are subject to an informal interview and trial period. We will ask you to provide contact details for two referees, and depending on the position, you may need to sign an agreement and undergo specific training before starting the role.

About The Role

At WWT Llanelli, we shape unforgettable experiences.  At heart we are warm, welcoming and genuine.  In our Estuary Café we do this by offering a delicious selection of home cooked food and chilled drinks, served and assisted by our friendly team of staff and volunteers.  All of which can be enjoyed overlooking the beautiful Gower Peninsula and spectacular wildlife.

We are looking for volunteers who can support our team in our Café and ensure we offer excellent customer service to our visitors.

Tasks will include

• Assisting the café team with clearing of tables
• Supporting behind-the-scenes with tasks such as washing up and loading the dishwasher
• Engaging with visitors to the café and helping with any enquiries they may have
• Assisting with recycling
• Refilling counters and displays

How will you benefit?

• This is an excellent opportunity to volunteer within an internationally important wetland site.
• Suitable uniform and a name badge is provided to all regular volunteers
• Discount is available in the café and shop on the days of volunteering
• Relevant training opportunities will be provided
• You will be part of a friendly and dedicated team with plenty of opportunities to meet new people

We want your volunteering to be a positive and fun experience. You’ll get a warm welcome, including information on training, equipment and other information you need.  This will include risk assessments based on your role and any particular support you need.

Volunteers are an essential part of the WWT team. You'll get a warm welcome, including information on training, equipment and anything else you need. 

About You

 You will enjoy this role of you

• Have good general knowledge of kitchen etiquette.
• Have verbal communication skills
• Enjoy working as part of a team
• Are committed to excellent customer service
• Good general fitness as this role involves spending periods of time on your feet and may involve some light lifting
• Are reliable and committed to the role and the team
• Have an interest in and enthusiasm for the work of WWT
• Maintain good standards of personal hygiene.

About the Youth Team role

​Youth Team Volunteers work with young people from a wide breadth of backgrounds, ensuring they really feel part of the St John family. Volunteers will help young people develop their confidence, teamwork skills, self-discipline, and generally encourage them to strive to be the best they can be. 

You’ll get a huge sense of satisfaction and pride delivering an essential service. It’s great for you, great for your community and great for our nation, and it requires only a small commitment of your time. 

Getting started

You will usually be able to start volunteering very quickly, joining your new youth unit, meeting the young people and your colleagues and beginning to learn on the job. However please be aware you will have some online training to do, and you will need to engage with classroom training opportunities when available. There is also optional training for those who wish to pursue higher youth team qualifications.

Pursuing the role

We do not have a fixed closing date, but we may pause recruitment if we become oversubscribed - so if you want to pursue this, please do not delay!

If you are not already a St John Ambulance volunteer, after getting some brief details we will first invite you to an interview with our Welcome Team.

When pursuing this role, we will check you meet the minimum criteria and then invite you to a Youth Team interview, after which we'll be able to tell you if you've been accepted for this role.

Want to help your community? Why not become a Volunteer Generalist Adviser with Citizens Advice South Gloucestershire?

The rewarding role would involve training to help with a vast range of problems. These include but are not limited to benefits, debt, housing and employment.

The charity is particularly keen to encourage applications from people with a diverse range of backgrounds. This is especially the case for people from BAME backgrounds who are currently under-represented.

The role would involve giving advice to clients both face-to-face and over the telephone.

Main duties and responsibilities may include:

• Interviewing clients, both face-to-face and on the telephone, letting the client explain their enquiry and helping the client to set priorities
• Finding, interpreting and communicating the relevant information and exploring options and implications in order that the client can come to a decision
• Acting, where necessary, on behalf of the client, negotiating, drafting or writing letters or making appropriate referrals
• Completing clear and accurate case records
• Recognising the root causes of problems and participating in taking appropriate action
• Keeping up to date on important issues by attending the appropriate training and by essential reading
• Attending team meetings

Personal skills and qualities needed to become a Volunteer Generalist Adviser:

• A commitment to the aims and principles of the service
• Excellent communication skills
• Being open and approachable
• Ability to communicate clearly both orally and in writing
• Ability to sift through information and extract what is relevant
• Basic mathematical skills, including percentages
• Respect for views, values and cultures that are different to their own
• An understanding of why confidentiality is important
• Being open to using computers on a regular basis
• A positive attitude to self-development and assessment
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to recognise their own limits and boundaries in the role
• Good IT skills essential – ability to use websites/ databases/ research information

Applicants should be IT competent and able to commit to two sessions per week for at least two years.

Training will be held over a full day – probably a Wednesday – each week starting in January 2025. There will be additional training time when new recruits can observe experienced advisers.

There will be opportunities to help out for a few sessions prior to training starting so that applicants can check the role is right for them.

Trelya are looking for new people to join our existing Board of Trustees. At an exciting time

of development, we are looking for board members who can bring their knowledge, skills

and expertise to support the charity in its mission.

Trelya (the Cornish word for ‘change’), is an award-winning charity working to improve

mental health, wellbeing, and enable positive change in West Cornwall’s most under

resourced communities. Trelya tackles the structural inequalities and barriers which fuel

cycles of deprivation head on. We aim to equip children and families with the skills and

resources they need to break free and build positive, happy, healthy and fulfilling futures.

Learning from over 20 years of grass roots experience we ensure our organisational aims

are always led by the needs of our community. Our responses are innovative, tailored, and

deliver what is really needed to enable long term, sustainable difference. We aim to find

and build on often undiscovered inner strength and resilience. Every person is treated as an

individual, we unlock their core assets and use these to ignite hope, ambition and fulfilment.

We know from experience that the children, young people and families living in our

communities are unique and skilled individuals with incredible potential. Trelya creates

opportunities to fulfil that potential through provision of a nursery (rated ‘Outstanding’ by

Ofsted), an award-winning youth work programme and ‘Gul,’ our highly successful adult

employment and training programme.

Trelya aims to break the generational cycle of social and economic deprivation. We aim to

enable children and families facing the greatest challenges, barriers and difficulties to

develop the skills, knowledge, awareness, motivation and aspirations necessary to break

the cycle. As a trustee you will become part of a dynamic and committed team providing

strategic oversight to build positive, happy, healthy and fulfilling futures.

Trelya has been part of the Penzance community since 2001. We are an ambitious and

forward thinking organisation with clear aims and objectives. We’re looking to recruit new

trustees, who have skills and experience in Finance (including VAT/ Procurement);

IT/Administration; Buildings Management; Charity Governance; Public Relations/Digital

Media who can help us to achieve our aims over the coming years by bringing enthusiasm,

personal experience and imagination.

We are looking for trustees with a commitment to the mission of Trelya, who can work well

in a small team of trustees, with good judgement, diplomacy, the ability to think strategically

and communicate effectively. We wish to strengthen and diversify our Board and extend

representation within Trelya to ensure that the board has insight from a range of

communities. We welcome applications from anyone, regardless of their age, disability,

ethnicity, heritage, sexuality, gender and socio-economic background. Trelya has a board

of up to 12 trustees.

For more information on Trelya please visit our jobs page on our website.

How to apply

To apply please email Trelya enclosing your CV and a letter of introduction responding to the following questions:

 Why have you applied to become a trustee?

 How will your skills, knowledge or experience strengthen Trelya’s board?

We are a Charity Christian Organization based in Manchester and we are looking for a trustee who will join our board. By becoming a trustee for us mean you will be happy with our aims and objectives.

You must be a born again Christian with either trusteeship experience or any professional background. Someone with no trusteeship experience or no any professional background would be considered also as long as you are happy with our aims and objectives

If this sounds like you, please get in touch with us as soon as possible for more info or to apply.

**NOTE** UK RESIDENCE ONLY *** ANY OTHER OUTSIDE UK APPLICATION WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY REJECTED ***

Support U is a leading LGBTQ+ help and support service based in Reading, servicing the Thames Valley area.

We are looking to revitalise our Trustee Board and require a new Chair of Trustees. This is an exciting opportunity to help take the charity forward and have a real impact on those we support.

What will you be doing?

1. General statutory responsibilities as a Trustee (please request candidate pack for further details).
2. Specific responsibilities as Chair of Trustees: 

• Provide leadership and ensure focus on delivering the organization’s charitable purposes for greater public benefit.
• Chair and facilitate board meetings.
• Direct board policy-making.
• Ensure implementation of meeting decisions.
• Represent the organization at functions and meetings, acting as spokesperson when appropriate.
• Bring impartiality and objectivity to decision-making.
• Plan the annual cycle of board and general meetings, such as the AGM.
• Set agendas for board and general meetings.
• Develop the board of Trustees through induction, training, appraisal, and succession planning.
• Address conflicts within the board and organization, liaising with the Chief Executive if staff are employed.
• This role is mainly office-based

Time Commitment

We have recently navigated a transitional period, which included our longstanding CEO stepping down and changes to the services we provide.

It would therefore be helpful to have someone who has slightly more time available than is typical during this interim period, as we are really looking for someone to lead the Board in deciding what direction Support U decides to move in. 

We are currently having monthly Board meetings (which are usually held online) which the Chair is expected to attend.

What are we looking for?

• Leadership skills.
• Experience of committee work.
• Tact and diplomacy.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Impartiality, fairness and the ability to respect confidences.

In most circumstances, it would also be desirable for the Chair/Vice-Chair to have knowledge of the type of work undertaken by the organisation and a wider involvement with the voluntary sector and other networks.

What difference will you make?

As the potential Chair of Support U, you will have the opportunity to significantly enhance our ability to support LGBTQ+ individuals in Reading and Thames Valley. Your leadership will provide strategic vision, strengthen our existing services, and expand our outreach efforts. By focusing on inclusivity and accessibility, building strong partnerships, and advocating for greater awareness and inclusion of LGBTQ+ issues, you will ensure that Support U remains dedicated to its mission and is well-equipped to meet the evolving needs of our community. Your experience and dedication will be invaluable in driving our organisation forward and making a lasting impact.

About the Youth Team role

​Youth Team Volunteers work with young people from a wide breadth of backgrounds, ensuring they really feel part of the St John family. Volunteers will help young people develop their confidence, teamwork skills, self-discipline, and generally encourage them to strive to be the best they can be. 

You’ll get a huge sense of satisfaction and pride delivering an essential service. It’s great for you, great for your community and great for our nation, and it requires only a small commitment of your time. 

Getting started

You will usually be able to start volunteering very quickly, joining your new youth unit, meeting the young people and your colleagues and beginning to learn on the job. However please be aware you will have some online training to do, and you will need to engage with classroom training opportunities when available. There is also optional training for those who wish to pursue higher youth team qualifications.

Pursuing the role

We do not have a fixed closing date, but we may pause recruitment if we become oversubscribed - so if you want to pursue this, please do not delay!

If you are not already a St John Ambulance volunteer, after getting some brief details we will first invite you to an interview with our Welcome Team.

When pursuing this role, we will check you meet the minimum criteria and then invite you to a Youth Team interview, after which we'll be able to tell you if you've been accepted for this role.

Can you spare one or two hours once a week or a fortnight to spend time with a ScotsCare client?  You could be having a friendly chat in their home, going for a walk in a local park, or around the shops, or visiting museums and other places of interest together. 

Giving someone who is struggling with some aspects of life, the simple gift of time and companionship could make the world of difference to their sense of wellbeing, particularly if they feel alone, are socially isolated, or simply need someone to socialise with.  As one of our Buddies told us recently, “this is an easy, very meaningful way to help someone and is immensely rewarding and fun!”  Our clients are adults of all ages, mostly 60 or over.

You will need to commit to regular meetings for a minimum period of at least 6 months, longer if possible.

 In return, we provide training, so you feel comfortable and confident in the role, and support you once you are matched, we also reimburse out of pocket expenses for travel, refreshments and agreed activities. 

Please note, this is an unpaid voluntary role.  Two references are required and an enhanced DBS check will be processed for successful applicants.

Please contact us for more information, and a very warm welcome!

Skills & Characteristics Required for Befriending:

• Good listening and & conversation skills
•  Honest, trustworthy and committed to helping others
• A friendly, warm, non-judgemental approach
• Empathy and patience
• An understanding of the need to work within the framework of our policies and procedures.

We will process a DBS check for all successful applicants and request two references.

The Church of England is committed to promoting a safe environment and culture.

Volunteers are expected to work within policies and procedures and attend required training.

Name of church/body: St Mary’s Church

Role title: Gardener

Main purpose of the role: To maintain church grounds to ensure they are well kept to enhance first impressions and reputation of the church.

What you will be doing: Weed, cut back brambles, tidy beds and driveways, dispose of litter, help with pruning, planting eg. bulbs, help with clearing things to tip as needed

When and where you will be doing it:

• St Mary’s Crypt (and St Michael’s and or St Peter’s)
• Flexible (can be in own time)

Who you will be responsible to: Week to week Rev Catherine Shelley, and overall to the PCC (trustees)

Training requirements: Induction

Support you will be given:

• Induction, training, regular check in
• Reasonable adjustments as needed (but mobility is required for this role).

General information    

Benefits: Spend time in fresh air, in nature, caring for a community space, with opportunities to meet others. We may be able to provide a reference for volunteers.

Person Specification for gardener

This document describes the skills, experience and attributes that a person needs to carry out the above role.  

Knowledge:

• Gardening/plants (desirable)

Skills:

• Gardening (essential)
• Attention to detail (essential)

Experience:        

• Risk assessment (desirable)
• Gardening (desirable)

Personal attributes:      

• Fit enough (essential)
• Flexible (essential)         

Qualifications/training:

• Gardening (desirable)   

Other:

• Ability to communicate remotely eg phone &/ email (desirable)

This role is advertised as part of TPP's Free Giving Back Services. This volunteer advertisement copy has been supplied to TPP and applicants apply direct to the organisation. Please contact the organisation directly if you have any questions about this volunteer role.

About the Youth Team role

​Youth Team Volunteers work with young people from a wide breadth of backgrounds, ensuring they really feel part of the St John family. Volunteers will help young people develop their confidence, teamwork skills, self-discipline, and generally encourage them to strive to be the best they can be. 

You’ll get a huge sense of satisfaction and pride delivering an essential service. It’s great for you, great for your community and great for our nation, and it requires only a small commitment of your time. 

Getting started

You will usually be able to start volunteering very quickly, joining your new youth unit, meeting the young people and your colleagues and beginning to learn on the job. However please be aware you will have some online training to do, and you will need to engage with classroom training opportunities when available. There is also optional training for those who wish to pursue higher youth team qualifications.

Pursuing the role

We do not have a fixed closing date, but we may pause recruitment if we become oversubscribed - so if you want to pursue this, please do not delay!

If you are not already a St John Ambulance volunteer, after getting some brief details we will first invite you to an interview with our Welcome Team.

When pursuing this role, we will check you meet the minimum criteria and then invite you to a Youth Team interview, after which we'll be able to tell you if you've been accepted for this role.

About the Youth Team role

​Youth Team Volunteers work with young people from a wide breadth of backgrounds, ensuring they really feel part of the St John family. Volunteers will help young people develop their confidence, teamwork skills, self-discipline, and generally encourage them to strive to be the best they can be. 

You’ll get a huge sense of satisfaction and pride delivering an essential service. It’s great for you, great for your community and great for our nation, and it requires only a small commitment of your time. 

Getting started

You will usually be able to start volunteering very quickly, joining your new youth unit, meeting the young people and your colleagues and beginning to learn on the job. However please be aware you will have some online training to do, and you will need to engage with classroom training opportunities when available. There is also optional training for those who wish to pursue higher youth team qualifications.

Pursuing the role

We do not have a fixed closing date, but we may pause recruitment if we become oversubscribed - so if you want to pursue this, please do not delay!

If you are not already a St John Ambulance volunteer, after getting some brief details we will first invite you to an interview with our Welcome Team.

When pursuing this role, we will check you meet the minimum criteria and then invite you to a Youth Team interview, after which we'll be able to tell you if you've been accepted for this role.

About The Role

 Our centre offers a selection of spaces for hire that are great venues for corporate meetings, team away days and other events, and all profit from these goes directly to our global and national conservation projects.

In this role, you will be providing essential behind-the-scenes support for our friendly staff team to generate income for our conservation work by assisting with day-to-day administration, dealing with telephone enquiries, helping to promote our services to potential clients, making bookings, keeping our electronic systems up-to-date and providing clients with information.

• Dealing with telephone and email enquiries for bookings
• Filing hard copies of bookings
• Dealing with visitors enquiries and liaising with the appropriate staff member
• Checking voicemails and taking appropriate action
• Assisting with general administration
• Researching the internet for specific tasks
• Helping with basic set-up for events
• Assisting with stock take and inventory
• Ad hoc help to meet and greet the guests during events
• Providing information on WWT Llanelli facilities and daily activities, so that all visitors receive accurate and relevant information to enhance their visit

• This is an excellent opportunity to become part of a friendly and dedicated team of staff and volunteers within an internationally important wetland site
• A chance to use and further develop your administrative skills
• Enjoy new experiences, learn about centre operations and explore opportunities for further training
• An appropriate WWT and centre role induction and uniform will be provided
• A discount is available in the café and shop on the days of volunteering
• Relevant training opportunities will be provided

We want your volunteering to be a positive and fun experience. You’ll get a warm welcome, including information on training, equipment and other information you need.  This will include risk assessments based on your role and any particular support you need

Volunteers are an essential part of the WWT team. You'll get a warm welcome, including information on training, equipment and anything else you need. 

Are you a Christian passionate about gospel music? Then we need your involvement with us.

We are looking for a Christian passionate about gospel music to become our volunteer music leader.

We are an organization based in Manchester and so a person based in Manchester would be perfect but if you live outside Manchester and okay to be travelling come weekly or to connect online, thats fine also. In all we do in music, we do them for the Lord.

If you are interested, please get in touch or apply within here.

We look forward to hearing from you