13 Volunteering jobs in the United Kingdom

At Belong, we believe in creating communities where everyone feels valued, connected, and cared for. Our volunteers play a vital role in bringing this vision to life — whether you're planting joy as a Gardener , driving connection as a Driver , sparking creativity as an Activities Volunteer , offering companionship as a Volunteer Companion , or serving with heart as a Hospitality Volunteer .

Each role is rooted in our values:

• Stronger Together  – building community through shared purpose
• Respect for All  – honouring every individual’s story
• Care from the Heart  – offering kindness in every interaction
• Be Your Best  – growing through giving
• Better Tomorrow  – making a lasting impact today

Whether you're looking to share your skills or learn something new, there’s a place for you at Belong Chester. And as our volunteer programme grows, so will the opportunities — so if you have an idea or passion you'd love to bring to life, we’d love to hear from you!

To find out the next steps please contact us at   or visit 

Together, we can create moments that matter.

Requirements

To ensure the safety and well-being of everyone in our Villages, all volunteers are required to complete an Enhanced DBS check and provide references. Don’t worry — we’ll cover the cost and guide you through the process.

At Belong, we believe in creating communities where everyone feels valued, connected, and cared for. Our volunteers play a vital role in bringing this vision to life — whether you're planting joy as a Gardener , driving connection as a Driver , sparking creativity as an Activities Volunteer , offering companionship as a Volunteer Companion , or serving with heart as a Hospitality Volunteer .

Each role is rooted in our values:

• Stronger Together  – building community through shared purpose
• Respect for All  – honouring every individual’s story
• Care from the Heart  – offering kindness in every interaction
• Be Your Best  – growing through giving
• Better Tomorrow  – making a lasting impact today

Whether you're looking to share your skills or learn something new, there’s a place for you at Belong Atherton. And as our volunteer programme grows, so will the opportunities — so if you have an idea or passion you'd love to bring to life, we’d love to hear from you!

To find out the next steps please contact us at   or visit 

Together, we can create moments that matter.

Requirements

To ensure the safety and well-being of everyone in our Villages, all volunteers are required to complete an Enhanced DBS check and provide references. Don’t worry — we’ll cover the cost and guide you through the process.

At Belong, we believe in creating communities where everyone feels valued, connected, and cared for. Our volunteers play a vital role in bringing this vision to life — whether you're planting joy as a Gardener , driving connection as a Driver , sparking creativity as an Activities Volunteer , offering companionship as a Volunteer Companion , or serving with heart as a Hospitality Volunteer .

Each role is rooted in our values:

• Stronger Together  – building community through shared purpose
• Respect for All  – honouring every individual’s story
• Care from the Heart  – offering kindness in every interaction
• Be Your Best  – growing through giving
• Better Tomorrow  – making a lasting impact today

Whether you're looking to share your skills or learn something new, there’s a place for you at Belong Macclesfield. And as our volunteer programme grows, so will the opportunities — so if you have an idea or passion you'd love to bring to life, we’d love to hear from you!

To find out the next steps please contact us at   or visit 

Together, we can create moments that matter.

Requirements

To ensure the safety and well-being of everyone in our Villages, all volunteers are required to complete an Enhanced DBS check and provide references. Don’t worry — we’ll cover the cost and guide you through the process.

At Belong, we believe in creating communities where everyone feels valued, connected, and cared for. Our volunteers play a vital role in bringing this vision to life — whether you're planting joy as a Gardener , driving connection as a Driver , sparking creativity as an Activities Volunteer , offering companionship as a Volunteer Companion , or serving with heart as a Hospitality Volunteer .

Each role is rooted in our values:

• Stronger Together  – building community through shared purpose
• Respect for All  – honouring every individual’s story
• Care from the Heart  – offering kindness in every interaction
• Be Your Best  – growing through giving
• Better Tomorrow  – making a lasting impact today

Whether you're looking to share your skills or learn something new, there’s a place for you at Belong Newcastle under Lyme. And as our volunteer programme grows, so will the opportunities — so if you have an idea or passion you'd love to bring to life, we’d love to hear from you!

To find out the next steps please contact us at   or visit 

Together, we can create moments that matter.

Requirements

To ensure the safety and well-being of everyone in our Villages, all volunteers are required to complete an Enhanced DBS check and provide references. Don’t worry — we’ll cover the cost and guide you through the process.

At Belong, we believe in creating communities where everyone feels valued, connected, and cared for. Our volunteers play a vital role in bringing this vision to life — whether you're planting joy as a Gardener , driving connection as a Driver , sparking creativity as an Activities Volunteer , offering companionship as a Volunteer Companion , or serving with heart as a Hospitality Volunteer .

Each role is rooted in our values:

• Stronger Together  – building community through shared purpose
• Respect for All  – honouring every individual’s story
• Care from the Heart  – offering kindness in every interaction
• Be Your Best  – growing through giving
• Better Tomorrow  – making a lasting impact today

Whether you're looking to share your skills or learn something new, there’s a place for you at Belong Warrington. And as our volunteer programme grows, so will the opportunities — so if you have an idea or passion you'd love to bring to life, we’d love to hear from you!

To find out the next steps please contact us at   or visit 

Together, we can create moments that matter.

Requirements

To ensure the safety and well-being of everyone in our Villages, all volunteers are required to complete an Enhanced DBS check and provide references. Don’t worry — we’ll cover the cost and guide you through the process.

At Belong, we believe in creating communities where everyone feels valued, connected, and cared for. Our volunteers play a vital role in bringing this vision to life — whether you're planting joy as a Gardener , driving connection as a Driver , sparking creativity as an Activities Volunteer , offering companionship as a Volunteer Companion , or serving with heart as a Hospitality Volunteer .

Each role is rooted in our values:

• Stronger Together  – building community through shared purpose
• Respect for All  – honouring every individual’s story
• Care from the Heart  – offering kindness in every interaction
• Be Your Best  – growing through giving
• Better Tomorrow  – making a lasting impact today

Whether you're looking to share your skills or learn something new, there’s a place for you at Belong Wigan. And as our volunteer programme grows, so will the opportunities — so if you have an idea or passion you'd love to bring to life, we’d love to hear from you!

To find out the next steps please contact us at   or visit 

Together, we can create moments that matter.

Requirements

To ensure the safety and well-being of everyone in our Villages, all volunteers are required to complete an Enhanced DBS check and provide references. Don’t worry — we’ll cover the cost and guide you through the process.

Herts Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Centre

We are recruiting Paid and Volunteering roles

Women applicants: T o support services for women aged 18+ who have experienced rape or sexual abuse.

Enhanced DBS:    Required for all positions

Specialist Training:   11 Week course starting in September

Support for you:    A strong network of experienced friendly women

 Please specify which role you’re interested in on our webpage

Fundraiser / Office Manager

Location:    Hybrid – In-Person (Hatfield) and some remote possible

Hours:    16 hours per week (flexible schedule daytime core hours, with occasional evenings)

Pay:     £19 per hour

Manages:    Part-time Office Administrator

You will be a proactive, organised, and experienced Fundraiser / Office Manager . You’ll be at the heart of our operations, helping to secure funding and ensure the smooth running of services. 

A varied and hands-on role that also involves project and IT support requiring strong initiative, flexibility, and a passion for making a difference.

Service Support Co-ordinator

Location:    Hybrid – In-Person (Hatfield) and some remote possible

Hours:    12 hours per week (flexible schedule daytime core hours, with occasional evenings)

Pay:    £15 per hour

Reports to:  Office Manager

This vital role involves coordinating volunteers, managing client allocations , and assisting with day-to-day administrative and outreach tasks.

You will are self-motivated, organised, and compassionate , with experience in HR or team coordination . You’re confident using IT systems and enjoy working collaboratively .

Volunteers

Rape Crisis Support Specialists – Provide direct support via phone, video, or in person. Must be available for a minimum of 1-hour slot every two weeks plus Thursday evenings for training and supervision.

Helpline Volunteers – Respond to helpline messages remotely (phone, email, or text). Must be available during the day every third week or more to access messages and Thursday evenings for training and supervision

We offer:    Ongoing support and supervision to all volunteers.

Job Title: Community Engagement, Volunteering and Co-Production Coordinator

Contract: 6 months temporary contract

Hours: 16 hours per week

Salary: £12,082 per annum

Location: NE London.

About Outward

For 50 years, Outward has been providing high-quality support and care services to vulnerable people across London, predominantly in North East London. Established by families seeking alternatives to institutional care, we’ve grown into a respected provider of person-centred support for adults with learning disabilities, autism, mental health needs, and complex needs. We support over 1,000 people across nine boroughs, guided by our core values: engage, enable, and empower.

About the Role

We are looking for a proactive and passionate Coordinator to play a key role in delivering high-quality programmes aligned with our Business Plan, supporting adults with a range of needs, including learning disabilities, autism, mental health challenges, and complex support requirements. This role is responsible for strategically leading and coordinating efforts to promote inclusive and meaningful participation across the organization. It involves providing expert consultation and hands-on facilitation to enhance community engagement, support volunteering initiatives, and advance co-production practices. As a Coordinator, you will champion equity-driven approaches and work collaboratively to ensure diverse voices are actively involved in shaping decisions, projects and outcomes. You’ll play an active role in ensuring that service delivery is person-centred, well-coordinated, and aligned with Outward’s core values of engage, enable, and empower.

Your Responsibilities

Developing and Delivering Training

·    To work with the people we support to co-design and deliver training to our teams. This may take the form of creating accessible videos or literature.

·    To support the delivery of our Welcome Days and core training modules in cooperation with Co-Trainers. 

·    To coordinate and support Co-Trainers, which involves liaison with services, keyworkers and stakeholders, processing of finances in relation to Co-Trainers involvement through Co-Production. 

Making Information Accessible

·    To produce minutes, policies and other literature in accessible formats, such as easy-read.

 Facilitating Co-Production   

·    To facilitate panels to ensure the views of people we support are well represented and appropriately reported to Outward’s Board.

·    To plan, coordinate and deliver people we support panel interviews.

·    To work with Quality to involve people we support and other stakeholder’s in reviewing relevant policies, procedures and guidance.

·    To plan and deliver consultative workshops and consultations as required with people we support or other stakeholders.

·    To support with monitoring and evaluation of the service.

Quality Checking

·    To support the delivery of Outward’s Quality Checker programme as part of Outward’s Annual Senior Management Audits schedule (ASMA).

·    Assist with recruiting, inducting and managing Quality Checkers, who have experience of using Outward’s services.

·    To coordinate and support Quality Checkers to attend services as and when required. This includes supporting with travel and communication.

·    To work with the Quality Team to support the delivery of the annual satisfaction survey for people who use our services, ensuring high levels of engagement through accessibility and independent support options.

Volunteering

·    To coordinate volunteer recruitment and management processes, ensuring all records are up to date and that all volunteers are appropriately supervised in their placements, using our online database.

·    Support services in drafting volunteer role descriptions and risk assessments.

·    Coordinate the volunteer awards, including contacting services for feedback and quotes, and producing and sharing materials with all stakeholders

·    Support with the organisation of materials and events for Volunteers’ Week.

·    To support the monitoring and evaluation of volunteering activities by maintaining accurate data, compiling reports, gathering feedback, and contributing to service improvement initiatives.

·    To help deliver orientation training to prospect volunteers,

·    Attend volunteer fairs and other initiatives, to represent Outward and the Volunteering team.

·    Co-manage the Volunteering email inbox, taking timely and appropriate action, and escalate unresolved issues within the Volunteering department.

Raising Awareness

·    To raise awareness, understand and improve practice across the organisation around co-producing services with people we support.

·    Liaising with the Marketing and Communications team to promote awareness and guidance, provide resources to be uploaded into the Co-Production Library, clearly communicating the work that you do across services, to make sure that there is good engagement across Outward’s teams.

·    To promote across the organisation mindful use of language to describe people, the way they behave and how we support them.

Best Practice

·    To keep up-to-date with best practice through literature reviews, attendance at conferences and relevant forums and share your learning.

·    To develop and implement best practice approaches to involving people in decision making in line with the Mental Capacity Act.

·    To support the team to develop innovative approaches to involve people we support meaningfully in recruiting staff with the right skills and attitudes to support them.

Additional Responsibilities

·    Working in a friendly co-operative way at all times with people we support, their family and friends, other Outward departments and external agencies.

·    To be positive about the people you support, your job and working for Outward.

·    Following Outward’s code of conduct.

·    Respect the confidentiality of the information you hold about the people you support and Outward.

Requirements

• Good level of English language, literacy and numeracy skills.
• Confident computer skills and proficiency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher.
• Keen interest and experience in working with adults with a learning disability.
• Knowledge of communication approaches and the ability to create visual communication aids.
• Ability to write and deliver presentations.
• Uses person centred language naturally in written and verbal communication.
• Ability to produce easy read documents with confidence and ease.
• Good organisation skills and the ability to prioritise to meet deadlines in an environment which may have conflicting pressures and demands.
• Working on own initiative and without direct supervision.
• Ability to manage the process of a project- from inception through delivery and end reporting.
• Good understanding of safeguarding and risk management in a care/support setting
• Knowledge of health and safety issues within supported housing or care environments
• Understanding of confidentiality, GDPR, and data protection principles
• Staff must have access to a smartphone capable of receiving SMS messages and installing authentication apps for secure systems access

• NVQ Level 2 or 3 in Health and Social Care (or equivalent)
• Additional training in risk assessment, PBS, or safeguarding.

·    Familiarisation with Airtable, Canva, Survey Monkey and volunteer centre portals.

·    Knowledge of developing and delivering training.

·    Experience of co-producing services.

·    Experience of being involved in or carrying out quality checks or audits.

Personal Attributes

·    A commitment to promote choice and to empower vulnerable adults to lead the lives they want, irrespective of their needs or disability.

·    Perform work with highest levels of confidentiality and integrity.

·    The ability to network and build relationships internally and in an outward facing capacity.

·    Naturally treats everyone they meet with dignity and respect. Dynamic, adaptable and compassionate person with a friendly and kind approach to others.

·    The ability to work effectively on your own.

·    Reflective about their work and takes responsibility for their own development.

·    Able to think creatively and use initiative to find practical solutions to problems.

How to Apply

The above is not an exhaustive list of requirements for the role.

If you think you are who we are looking for, please submit a CV and statement detailing how you feel your experiences meets the requirements of the role by referring to the Job Responsibilities and the Person Specification.

There is no specific closing date for this advert. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a sufficient number of suitable applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. It would be great to hear from you.

Benefits

We value everything our staff do for the people we support, so we provide a great benefits package:

• 25 days Annual Leave excluding Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time)
• Comprehensive Learning & Development Programme

• Cycle-to-Work Scheme
• Death in Service Benefit
• Health Assured – Employee Assistance Programme
• Eye care Vouchers
• Flu Jab Reimbursement
• Pension Scheme
• Purchase Additional Annual Leave
• Refer-a-Friend Scheme

Diversity and Safeguarding at Outward :

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Outward applies its Equal Opportunities Policy at all stages of recruitment and selection.  Shortlisting, interviewing and selection is carried out without regard to gender, sexual orientation, marital status, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, age or trade union membership. 

As an employer, who aspire to become Disability Confident Committed, we aim to ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. Please indicate clearly at the beginning of your supporting statement if you have a disability (as defined by the Equality Act 2010), and you wish to be considered for an Offer Of an Interview (OOI) Please note that the OOI is available to disabled candidates only. Regrettably, any false declaration of disability in order to secure an interview will impact on your overall application.

Outward is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults at risk and expects all staff to share this commitment. If the post you apply for involves working with or having access to adults at risk and/or their records, we will require a DBS for successful candidates.

Do you want to support people with mental health issues in a moment of crisis?

Are you calm, non-judgemental and able to work effectively with people experiencing distress?

If you can embody our values of Hope, Courage, Togetherness , and Responsiveness , and want to help others build resilience and manage their wellbeing, we’d love to hear from you.

Community Outreach Worker (Community Support Service)
Reference : 298
Salary:  £26,000 - £26,500 per annum, depending on skills and experience, inclusive of Outer London Weighting (OLW)
Hours:  37.5 hours per week (5 Days)
Contract:  12 months Fixed Term
Reports to:  Team Leader or Services Manager (CSS/DAS)
Main base(s):  Watford Wellbeing Centre, providing outreach around Three Rivers.

Purpose of Post

The Community Outreach Worker (Community Support Service) provides people with complex needs who have mental health as a primary need. This includes people who may have drug and alcohol difficulties. Particularly when they are coming into repeat contact with Police, Tenancy Sustainment Services, Housing and Homelessness Services and Environmental Health Services.

About the service

Our Community Support Service is here to provide advice, information and holistic outreach support to people who are experiencing mental ill-health or need help with their mental wellbeing. We work alongside people to develop an individually tailored package of support that meets their needs, working with clients to find the solutions that are right for them. This service is flexible to help resolve real-life difficulties and improve client’s independence, quality of life and wellbeing.

The service will be delivered in Three Rivers, based at the Herts Mind Network Wellbeing Centre, providing outreach around Three Rivers.

The purpose of the Community Support Service Outreach Worker is to:

• To provide advice, information, onward referral and holistic support to clients with coexisting drug and alcohol difficulties and mental ill-health. These will be clients who are presenting to the Police, Anti-Social Behaviour, Tenancy Enforcement, Housing and Environmental Health Services within Three Rivers.
li>To ensure that the safety and wellbeing of the client is monitored and reviewed regularly.
• To remain a source of independent support for all clients.
• Embed a person centred and solution focused approach in all aspects of the role.
• To raise greater awareness of complex needs and the effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) amongst local service providers. Supporting them to gain confidence in working positively and consistently with people who have multiple needs.

We offer:

• Annual leave entitlement of 25 days per year pro rata, rising in increments to a max. of 29 days after 5 years employment (plus 8 days Bank Holidays)
• An additional day of leave each year for your birthday following completion of probation period.
• Ongoing training relevant to your role.
• An Employee Assistance Programme.
• Eligibility for blue light card.
• Health cover (after 6 months employment) - compensation payment for Optical, Dental, Chiropody and Therapy Treatments.

Being able to drive and having access to your own vehicle is essential for this role.

Closing date for receipt of applications is Friday 8th August 2025.
Applications will be reviewed and interviews conducted on a rolling basis. Early submissions are encouraged.
Interviews to be held at Watford Well-being centre

Interested? 

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position. 

Equal Opportunities 
We welcome applications from all suitably-qualified candidates, irrespective of gender, disability, marital or parental status, racial, ethnic or social origin, colour, religion, belief, or sexual orientation. In addition, during the various stages of recruitment, specific measures can be taken to ensure equal opportunities for candidates with disabilities or special needs.

Hertfordshire Mind Network is committed to the Disability Confident and Mindful Employer charters. We actively recruit staff who have a lived experience of mental ill health. We recognise and value the unique combination of skills, knowledge and perspective that employing people with a lived experience, at all levels across the organisation, brings. We create an environment where the sharing of experiences and vulnerabilities to support others and create positive change is welcomed and work towards breaking down the ‘them’ and ‘us’ culture. The organisation is committed to nurturing peer relationships that allow all staff to thrive.

No agencies please.