What we do

There are a number of ways you might get involved, whether it's for a one-off project or giving an hour each week or fortnight.

Team challenges

Teams of eight to ten volunteers plan and carry out a practical project, landscaping a garden or painting a community hall over a day or a couple of days.

Suitable for employees looking for:

  • a taste of volunteering
  • a team-building experience
  • fun with colleagues

Suitable for a community organisation looking for:

  • a much-needed makeover for their facilities
  • help with a one-off project or event

Group programmes

It's the same time, same place for the same group of volunteers who read with children, or visit the elderly once a fortnight

Suitable for employees looking for:

  • the chance to get to know people
  • volunteering in the lunch hour
  • a break from the day job

Suitable for a community organisation looking for:

  • 'little and often' support
  • new faces and friends bringing a breath of fresh air

Development team projects

Teams drawn from different employers put their heads together over three months to tackle a problem or bring a new idea to life, e.g. by helping with a business plan, strategy or specification

Suitable for employees looking for:

  • an in-depth look at a community organisation
  • a creative and challenging team project
  • the chance to apply skills and interests in an different setting

Suitable for a community organisation looking for:

  • new thinking and skills

Individual volunteering

Placements are tailored to personal skills, interests and lifestyle - in welfare, conservation, heritage, education, the arts, the sports world and more

Suitable for employees looking for:

  • the chance to pursue an interest
  • a new challenge
  • a new network of people

Suitable for a community group looking for:

  • supporters committed to the long-haul

 

 


"The time with the school is very rewarding for me,
they are always pleased to see me - and it really is a great way to unwind mid week. I have every intention of continuing with this next term - try and stop me!"


Andrea, reading volunteer