If you interested in supporting disadvantaged young people to achieve their full potential then the volunteer role Centre Point is for you! As an ASSIST volunteer you will complement the work of keyworkers within Centre Point's Support and Housing accommodation services. You will support young people directly with tasks and activities that enable them to achieve goals in their individual support plans.
You will help them to attend appointments and activities, go along to supervise shops, help the young people to develop life skills to become more independent and provide day to day support.
You will be part of a team that coaches the young people with issues important to them and help them to managing appointments for young people. Be a point of contact and a role model for the young person.
As an Assist Volunteer you will have access to further training.
The expected volunteer commitment is upto 3 hours per week, between 9.00 am – 5.00 pm (weekdays or weekends)
Travel and other reasonable expenses reimbursed
If you are interested in applying for this position, the next step is to complete an application form which can be found on Centrepoint’s website at http://centrepoint.org.uk/get-involved/volunteer/current-opportunities. Please complete and return the application form to volunteer@centrepoint.org
Could you be a Director for a creative organisation wishing to combat social isolation? Craft Allotments CIC is based in Barnsley and we operate here and in surrounding areas.
Our target group is people aged 50 and over and those who have a limited income.
We run creative activities - including life writing and oral history groups. Our plan is to establish peer skills sharing sessions and to deliver sessions in underused spaces like café’s and other community spaces. We would like to build a local ‘Creative Community of Practice’. We have longer-term plans to move to a permanent base and to expand our group to include young adults. We have just received SYCF funding for the above activities.
We are recruiting Trustees to join our existing Board - could this be the perfect role for you?
Our Board of Trustees are responsible for the overall governance of the hospice and ensuring we operate in accordance with our aims and objectives. The role is based in Barnsley and the estimated time commitment is approximately 2 days a month. However, there will be some requirements to keep in touch via regular dialogue and correspondence.
The trustees at Barnsley Main Heritage Group are looking a number of flexible roles including someone who enjoys gardening, nature and habitat maintenance. The volunteer could join the other regular volunteers on Tuesday and (or) Thursday mornings at the heritage site to help with the Summer mowing and the maintenance and development of a former industrial site which is gradually become a beautiful nature reserve.
The volunteer would also be asked to help out at the occasional weekend open days and at the small on site museum, which is open from Easter until October on Tuesday and Thursday mornings.
Contact barnsleymainheritage@gmail.com for more information
The Trustees at Barnsley Main Heritage Group are looking a number of flexible roles including someone who enjoys sharing their lived experience of mining at this site or at any of the numerous coal mining sites in South Yorkshire. The volunteer would be the host for visitors at the small on site museum, which is open from Easter until October on Tuesday and Thursday mornings and at the occasional weekend open days
The trustees at Barnsley Main Heritage Group are looking a number of flexible roles including someone who is a qualified first aider or someone who is willing to undertake the relevant training and be available for the open days and at other public events.
Contact barnsleymainheritage@gmail.com for more information
The trustees at Barnsley Main Heritage Group are looking a number of flexible roles including someone who is experienced with completing funding or grant bids and applications.
Contact barnsleymainheritage@gmail.com for more information
Humbercare Circles of Support and Accountability works in partnership with Criminal Justice agencies and aims to reduce the risk of future reoffending of those persons who have committed sexual offences. Can you become one of the carefully selected and trained volunteers who can hold to account our client group ("core members")? Can you support individuals to lead responsible and productive lives? Circle volunteers provide a unique and different accountability from paid members of staff and are vital in reducing emotional loneliness and isolation. Circle volunteers act as a support and safety mechanism for both the offender and for the community.
We provide a 2 day in depth training program to equip all volunteers with skills, knowledge and provide an insight to working with high risk offenders. The opportunity is community based and all venues used will be subject to a venue risk assessment. Circle volunteers, when placed in a Circle are required to meet on a weekly basis in Phase 1 for an hour at a time until the Circle progresses into Phase 2. At Phase 2 the volunteers are required to meet fortnightly for an hour at a time. This activity during this volunteering opportunity is delivered as a group. We do require a 12-18 month commitment period for a Circle to complete.
The role of the School/ Academy Governor is more critical than ever. We are looking for people with the required skills to contribute to the effective governance and success of schools in Barnsley.
School Governors work with the Headteacher to set the future direction for the school and decide how the school spends its budget. You will be responsible for making sure the school provides good quality education and for raising pupils’ attainment; provide support and advice to the Headteacher and challenge the Headteacher to ensure that decisions taken are in the best interests of the school.
We have a number of vacancies and would aim to align people according to their skill set and geographical distance from the school.
Would you like to make a difference to the lives of people in Barnsley through creativity?
Creative Recovery is growing and making home in a new community base. We are looking for new trustees to join our committed board of four and collaborate with us to reimagine our work.
Could this be you?
Here are some of the areas of expertise we are looking for, however we are also open to different perspectives with a bucket load of passion!
• Finance/accountancy
• Legal/procurement
• Safeguarding
• Equality, inclusion and diversity
• Lived experience
• Strategic and networking
• Human resources
• Creative/critical thinker
• Small charity management/ Community development
Sector specific - people who have direct experience in a range of sectors that we currently operate in and who may be able to provide specific knowledge, contacts and introductions.
• Community / Voluntary sector. • Activism and social justice. • Arts / culture. • Health / Public health - at a senior level. • Local authority - at a senior level.
This isn’t a definitive list, even if you don’t have the skills listed above but are still interested in becoming a trustee then we’d love to hear from you.
Are you a good listener? Can you communicate effectively? Do you have the skills to support people with dementia to engage with music memories and help them to unlock conversation. The activity will take place at Library@theLightbox in Barnsley town centre
With guidance and supervision from staff, the volunteer will support staff to deliver Music and Memories sessions and create a supportive environment where everyone is inspired to participate. The volunteer will be asked to contribute to the activity in order to keep the session interesting for the participants and to get them to engage in the group conversation and one to ones.
Other tasks include:
• Supporting the set-up, preparation and delivery of the session
• Actively promoting the library and the wider service, signposting customers to relevant staff of services as appropriate
• Actively promoting and encouraging volunteering opportunities within the Service
• Participating in staff training and introductory talks to visiting groups if appropriate
• Be familiar with and be aware of safety regulations operating within the library
• Carry out such other tasks as may be determined from time to time
• To actively promote equality of opportunity and highlighting discriminatory procedures
Your role
Amazing, giving, inspiring and awesome are just a few of the words we would use to describe our volunteers.
Our volunteers play an integral part in the services we provide and the people we support. If you are looking for a rewarding role where you will really make a difference whilst gaining experience along the way, then join us here at Rethink Mental Illness.
About the role
We are looking for Volunteer Advocates to support our Advocacy Service in Barnsley. You will be based from home and required to travel across Barnsley and, ideally, you will be able to commit 7 per week to volunteering.
As a Volunteer Advocate you will be working with clients across a range of issues to provide advocacy and help them to self-advocate, including child protection proceedings, housing issues, finance and debt issues, welfare, benefits and funding issues, health and medical treatment issues, issues with social care providers and complaints about provider of services or complaints about the council. An Advocate’s role is to be client centred, help them express their views, wishes and beliefs as well as helping clients to understand and seek information to help them explore options.
You will receive training and regular supervision to ensure you feel confident in your role. You can read more about the benefits of volunteering on the full advert on our website.
About the service
Our service provides advocacy for a range of clients including those with learning disabilities, autism, mental illnesses, long term conditions, physical disabilities. Clients may also have care and support needs or be carers, older people aged 65+, accessing substance misuse treatment or mental health support. Our service operates 9am-5pm Monday to Friday.
What you will be doing as a Volunteer Advocate
•You will support vulnerable adults or children to ensure that their rights and interests are expressed and that their wishes are communicated
•You will provide a range of support in secure units, hospitals, care settings or in the community to: ◦Ensure that individual views are listened to, and their concerns and issues are resolved as far as reasonably possible
◦Ensure that individuals know their rights and that these are fully accessed
◦Empower individuals to make informed choices about their care and treatment and to take greater control over their lives
◦Make sure that individuals have greater knowledge and information on which to base their decisions
We're looking for enthusiastic and friendly volunteers to support Bluebell Wood fundraising events. Getting involved with our events is a great way to have fun, meet new people and learn new skills. Events take place across different regional areas so you can choose to volunteer at the ones local to you, at the times that suit your availability. A lot of our events take place on weekends and bank holidays. Many of our volunteers fit this role around other commitments in their life, choosing to volunteer at the events that interest them.
From supporting us behind the scenes with getting events set up, to being an enthusiastic marshal, cheering people on, we've got something for everyone! Some of the things you can get help us with in this role include:
Meeting and greeting people at events, and selling tickets
Marshalling at fun runs and races
Setting up gazebos and tables
Selling Bluebell Wood merchandise
Bucket collecting
Helping to represent Bluebell Wood
Dressing up as our mascot - George the dog!
The various roles that this could includes are - cheering on runners at sponsored events; giving out refreshments to competitors; helping with the event logistics (setting up gazebos, banners, flag etc.); supporting with bucket collections at events such as football-matches; attending fayres to support on a stall; running raffles at events; attending local events to raise awareness of the charity etc. There is something for everyone, depending on your interests and strengths.
We're looking for people who are a dab hand with a duster to support our team of Housekeepers to help maintain the high levels of hygiene standards required at the hospice. We work hard to make sure that the families who visit us create magical memories, and having a clean and relaxing environment is a big part of this.
This is a rewarding opportunity to gain experience, meet new people and help to make a real difference to the families who visit Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice.
Volunteers will support with some or all of the following tasks:
• Hoovering, dusting and general cleaning of public areas in the hospice
• Maintenance of bed linen, towels etc
• Loading/emptying washing machines
• Mopping floors
• Cleaning and re-stocking bedrooms and bathrooms and toilets
• Deep cleaning routines to stated hygiene standards
• Removing rubbish to appropriate areas
Volunteers will be supported in this role by a Volunteer Supervisor from the Housekeeping team.
“I was a little nervous on my first day but all the staff were so friendly and welcoming that I soon relaxed and enjoyed myself. I get to meet new, interesting people of all ages. It makes me feel like I’m doing something useful and purposeful. It’s nice to use the skills that I have but also to learn new skills.” - Lynne, Hospice Volunteer.
Become a tea party host
Our tea party hosts are a vital part of the Re-engage team.
Tea parties provide a lifeline of friendship for our older people, and the regular, warm, friendly chats and companionship provide a vital link with the outside world from which they have become isolated. Re-engage needs enthusiastic volunteers to work as tea party hosts.
This is a flexible, voluntary role that can easily be fitted in around your own lifestyle and availability. As a volunteer host you will run a local Re-engage tea party one to two times a year. You will host a group of four to 12 people (which includes drivers, the group coordinator as well as older guests) in either your home or a community venue. The tea parties will last around two hours and will usually take place on a Sunday afternoon. You must be comfortable socialising with people and providing guests and other volunteers with refreshments.
You will need one reference and to complete an ID check for this role.
Tasks include:
Welcoming a group of older guests and volunteer drivers into your home or to the community venue.
Providing and serving refreshments for your group – usually food and drinks for afternoon tea.
Liaising with your group coordinator to ensure dietary requirements and the older guests' needs are met prior to the tea party.
Informing the group coordinator of any safeguarding concerns or issues you might have.
Following all guidance in your host training modules to ensure that the tea parties are enjoyable, appropriate, and in line with our charitable aims.
What is it?
‘Remotely Digital’ is our latest project for 2022 and is funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. It will train, upskill and use remote digital volunteers to help Barnsley Archives and Local Studies to understand, interpret and transcribe our sound and film collections, principally new material received since our 2016 project. The project will give us the opportunity to fund the conversion of material that has been donated in recent years, as well as material that might be donated during the course of the project.
What are we working on?
Barnsley Archives and Local Studies holds a large collection of sound recordings and films which capture aspects of the area’s rich history. These include important oral history recordings, films which capture the iconic Barnsley Mayor’s Parade, and early cine film footage of families enjoying their leisure time in the Borough. Other subjects covered include sport, school days, royal visits, healthcare and industry.
Next steps
We have recently had a number of sound and film collections which were still in their original formats converted into digital files. These comprised cinefilms, cassette tapes and VHS which were not accessible in these formats to transcribe. We can’t wait to get these ready, so volunteers start working on them!
We will be cataloguing the fully transcribed Worsbrough Voices sound recordings onto our Calm database so that they can be made available on our online catalogue, allowing us to share Worsbrough memories and stories with more people.
Become a tea party group coordinator
Our tea party group coordinators are a vital part of the Re-engage team.
Tea parties provide a lifeline of friendship for our older people, and the regular, warm, friendly chats and companionship provide a vital link with the outside world from which they have become isolated. Over time, the members of the group will get to know each other well and together you will spend many hours full of fun, laughter, and stories.
As a tea party group coordinator, you will ensure older guests know when and where the next tea party will be held and who will be collecting them each month. This is an administrative role that requires planning and scheduling, you must be comfortable organising monthly events with volunteer hosts, socialising, communicating with people and resolving issues that might arise. You will need a DBS (England and Wales) or PVG (Scotland) for this role. Sometimes, tea party group coordinators are also drivers or hosts for their group, but this is not a requirement of being a coordinator.
This role involves helping our elderly customers to take part in social trips, many of our customers are feeling isolated and want to get out into the community, but don't feel confident in booking trips without support. This includes:
Interacting with our elderly customers to see who wishes to visit places of local interest.
Liaising with Dial-a Ride and complete forms for individual customers.
obtain info on coach trips and about local places of interest and promote to customers.
Book Dial-a Ride and accompany to places of interest.
Obtain funding for those with financial issues that normally could not afford to go on trips - we can often provide funding for this.
Flexible timings to suit you.
From caring for our beautiful parks and engaging visitors, to archival research and finding out Barnsley’s history in our discovery centre. We have a range of volunteer opportunities that can suit you and your commitments.
What do you gain from volunteering?
Not only do you get to work in incredible surroundings supported by friendly, knowledgeable staff, volunteering also has both physical and wellbeing health benefits too.
Become a Barnsley Museums volunteer
From a working water mill at Worsbrough Mill and Country Park, contemporary exhibitions at the Cooper Gallery and a taste of our industrial past at Elsecar Heritage Centre, to discovering Barnsley’s rich history at Experience Barnsley and the splendour of Cannon Hall Museum, Park and Gardens – volunteers play a key role in helping us make these places as special as they are.
To offer a listening service for callers who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair including those which may lead to suicide by answering telephone calls, or on live chat. You must be over 18.
Can you befriend an isolating older neighbour in Barnsley? Sadly we all now know what it feels like to be stuck inside but for many older people that is going to remain the situation throughout the winter months. Can you pick up the phone, or pop over to visit, someone nearby that otherwise may not have anyone to see or speak to. By becoming a befriender you can offer new companionship and support to an older neighbour. Kathleen (83) in Thurnscoe said: "Every time I see or speak to Nicola [befriender] it makes me feel like I'm still part of the world. Like someone cares." Just an hour a week can completely change someone's life.
The Barnsley Hockey Club is looking for a Coach for outreach sessions with Primary schools and with youth clubs in the Darton and the surrounding Barnsley area.
The start date is planned for towards the end of September 2023 and the commitment from the volunteer will be for 2-4 hours per week -depending on uptake - and running for approximately 6 weeks. The opportunity could continue beyond the six weeks if the coach is available to continue but the Hockey Club would certainly be looking for more sessions on a similar basis from March/April time in 2024. The hockey club will provide equipment and the hockey sessions would primarily, if not entirely, be based on a game of hockey with a larger, softer ball than hockey is normally played with; ideal for beginners. We are happy to provide a short brief for a new coach to give them the basics of hockey, but at this age group it is essentially just about playing safely and for fun!
If interested, please contact Robin Codina on 07740635684 or alternatively email barnsleyhc@outlook.com
Community First Credit Union are looking for internal Auditors
The role Internal of Auditor requires sound judgement and a strategic vision. And whilst financial experience is useful, it is not essential.
The role includes a branch audit element, which means carrying out branch audits, and reporting findings to The Board of Directors. There are three branches in Barnsley – the town centre, Goldthorpe and Wombwell. The volunteer can have flexible volunteering times but ideally one day per week would be the minimum. This voluntary role is to act as part of a team making sure that the organisation operates within the law, regulations, rules and policies. Full training will be provided. Attendance at meetings of the Internal Audit Committee, and contributing to the development of its work, is also included in this role. The volunteer should ideally understand and empathise with the philosophy of the Credit Union and the need to identify and to operate prudent controls for a Credit Union.
Would suit a car driver willing to use own vehicle. Mileage expenses can be claimed
To arrange an informal chat and further information, please send expressions of interest along with your CV to: Pat Marriott pat.marriott@communityfirstcu.co.uk
Community First Credit Union are looking for internal Auditors
The role Internal of Auditor requires sound judgement and a strategic vision. And whilst financial experience is useful, it is not essential.
The role includes a branch audit element, which means carrying out branch audits, and reporting findings to The Board of Directors. There are three branches in Barnsley – the town centre, Goldthorpe and Wombwell. The volunteer can have flexible volunteering times but ideally one day per week would be the minimum. This voluntary role is to act as part of a team making sure that the organisation operates within the law, regulations, rules and policies. Full training will be provided. Attendance at meetings of the Internal Audit Committee, and contributing to the development of its work, is also included in this role. The volunteer should ideally understand and empathise with the philosophy of the Credit Union and the need to identify and to operate prudent controls for a Credit Union.
Would suit a car driver willing to use own vehicle. Mileage expenses can be claimed
To arrange an informal chat and further information, please send expressions of interest along with your CV to: Pat Marriott pat.marriott@communityfirstcu.co.uk
The Wortley Walled Garden Growers are looking for new volunteers.
We are a group of volunteers who maintain a restored Victorian kitchen garden using organic principles. The walled garden is a lovely place to spend time and we are a friendly and supportive group of people.
Volunteers will be able to choose from a wide range of tasks: digging and preparing outdoor and polytunnel beds, sowing seeds, growing on and planting out, weeding, watering, harvesting, pruning, maintenance, welcoming visitors, admin tasks and more. There will be tasks to suit persons with varied level of physical capability. We also welcome persons of all ages and experience - including novice gardeners; anyone who is willing to contribute and to learn with us.
Craft Allotments CIC is looking for volunteers to be Signatories. Craft Allotments CIC is based in Barnsley and operates in the surrounding areas. We run creative activities to combat social inclusion. We require two signatories to support us with our financial policy and obligations. The main tasks will include co-signing banks transfers and withdrawals at a Town Centre location.
We are looking for a grants volunteer to help increase the branches income by identifying and applying for local awards that the South Yorkshire branch qualify for.
As a Grants Volunteer, you will:
Research grants available through websites such as Turn 2Us
Build networks with stakeholders that have grant programmes
Make applications for grants on behalf of the South Yorkshire branch
This is an excellent opportunity to develop your skills, gain experience in grant applications and contribute to raising funds for local people with MND across South Yorkshire
This role is flexible and you can give as much time as you want and are able to give.
About MND
MND is a fatal, rapidly progressive disease that affects the brain and spinal cord. It attacks the nerves that control movement so muscles refuse to work. It can leave people locked in a failing body, unable to move, talk and eventually breath. It kills a third of people within a year and more than half within two years of diagnosis, and it has no cure.
The MND Association was founded in 1979. Our mission is to improve care and support for people with MND, their families and carers. We also fund and promote research that leads to new understanding and treatments and brings us closer to a cure for MND.
We are looking for an administration volunteer to provide admin support to the Branch Committee and to be responsible for effective communications within the local volunteer led Branch.
As admin support, you will assist the Branch Secretary with the following tasks:
• prepare, with the chair, agendas for committee and other meetings and provide admin support at meetings, including taking minutes / notes
• take notes of members’ ideas as they arise and make sure they are brought forward onto the next agenda
• book venues, speakers and entertainment for meetings
• respond and deal with all Branch correspondence
• circulate the minutes of meetings and appropriate information to committee members, regional staff and our national office
• ensure the effective and accurate communication and updating of group information including Branch membership list
• keep and file appropriate documentation
• take part in Branch or Association training and attend meetings as required.
We are hoping you will commit to approximately 2-3 hours a week including willingness to attend meetings at various locations across South Yorkshire & by zoom. This role would suit someone who has good IT and organisational skills.
Training and induction will be provided and travel expenses will be reimbursed.
About us
MND is a fatal, rapidly progressive disease that affects the brain and spinal cord. It attacks the nerves that control movement so muscles refuse to work. It can leave people locked in a failing body, unable to move, talk and eventually breath. It kills a third of people within a year and more than half within two years of diagnosis, and it has no cure.
Do you have the enthusiasm to bring stories to life for young children?
Can you share tips on how grown-ups can read with children?
Are you crafty and happy to encourage children be creative amongst glitter and glue sticks?
Can you help our children and families to engineer something from their imagination, or set challenges for the group with Lego?
Can you spare a couple of hours a week or for one-off sessions throughout the year?
Come and help Barnsley Libraries welcome the next generation of readers to our friendly libraries through our Story and Rhyme sessions, craft activities, school visits and weekly Lego Clubs
The County Ambassador will assist our Volunteering Coordinator by proactively looking for opportunities to promote the mission and expand awareness of our work. This can be through speaking engagements, which can be in Church groups, Rotary groups, WI, U3A, retirement and community groups or local shows and events.
We would also like you to support our other remote working volunteers, as it can be lonely working as a Tool Ambassador, Community Ambassador, or Champion with little personal contact with TWAM. This role can offer a vital and comforting link for everyone involved. This is a great role for someone with drive, initiative, and passion who wants to use those qualities to transform lives.
This skilled befriending role involves supporting a client with aphasia in a one-to-one capacity to work on their speech and communication using speech therapy apps and supported conversation techniques. Volunteers are supported by the Service Coordinator and Speech and Language Therapist to complete the following duties:
- Working one-to-one with an Aphasia Support client on the videocall scheme, or face-to-face in the client’s home.
- Reading and interpreting speech and language therapist referrals.
- Developing a good understanding of the speech therapy apps recommended for use by the speech and language therapist.
- Devising a bespoke care plan for the SWIT client, targeting specific functional goals.
- Hosting regular sessions with the client to review progress and relevancy of exercises set.
- Providing the opportunity for supported conversation practice using a variety of resources and mediums.
- Submitting weekly visit reports detailing the actions taken in each session.
- Attending regular training and supervision in-line with the expectations of the role.
Who we are
FareShare is the UK’s national network of charitable food redistributors, made up of 18 independent organisations. Together, we take good quality surplus food from right across the food industry and get it to more than 10,500 frontline charities and community groups.
What we do
The food we redistribute is nutritious and good to eat. It reaches charities across the UK, including school breakfast clubs, older people’s lunch clubs, homeless shelters, and community cafes. Every week we provide enough food to create almost a million meals for vulnerable people.
The volunteer driver will:
-Vehicle checks (check the vehicle completing a tick list)
-Help volunteers load the van
-Delivering surplus food in trays to vital frontline charities (this will involve lifting and carrying items out of the van and delivering across the Yorkshire region)
Volunteers are also need in the warehouse.
Are you a good listener? Do you enjoy meeting new people? Are you sociable with good interpersonal skills? Could you support people living with a challenging terminal illness?
Our Association Visitor role might be the right role for you.
We ask for a few hours each week to visit people in their own homes or to keep in touch by phone, email, video, text or WhatsApp
By becoming an Association Visitor and donating your time, energy and skills, you can make a real difference to the lives of people affected by Motor Neurone Disease.
The role involved the following tasks:
Offer emotional support and provide information to people affected by MND
Help people affected by MND access appropriate services and support
Explain to people affected by MND how the MND Association can support them
Record information following the MND Association guidelines and local protocols
Develop and maintain relationships with the local volunteer led South Yorkshire branch
Attend support meetings as well as development events
To contact new referrals to the MND Association in South Yorkshire by phone, email, text and WhattsApp & introduce the Association and its support & services. Offer regular telephone befriending calls to carers, people living with MND and their families, providing a listening ear and linking in with MND Association support and services and signposting to other local and national services.
We are looking for a volunteer to facilitate the monthly MND Support group meeting (Coffee Club). The role involves greeting people from the MND Community, making refreshments, setting up the room, actively listening and encouraging conversation. The aim of the group is to provide peer support and ensure no one with MND & their families feels alone.
The South Yorkshire volunteer led branch are looking to recruit a communications sub committee lead & also a deputy. These roles will work together to plan, organise and coordinate branch communication to raise awareness of MND through various channels such as social media & local press. You will also lead and support various voluntary roles such as social media, media relations, web master and newsletter editor.
Join our local volunteer communications team and co-create our quarterly MND branch newsletter, where we share fundraising achievements, events and raise awareness of MND. Only a few hours a month, tasks include collecting stories and content, liaising with local printer, distributing to the local MND Community
We are looking for a Social Media volunteer to be responsible for the management of the South Yorkshire Branches social media platforms and the development of their social media network.
Barnsley Community Connects, Promoting emotional well-being and physical health
We are excited to be looking for volunteers to join our passionate and dedicated team.
Do you have lived experience of emotional wellbeing challenges and can spare a few hours each week?
Do you enjoy listening, talking and sharing your skills to benefit other people?
If yes, then our Community Connects Service for adults 18 years upward needs you! Why not join us as a Peer Support Community Connector and support people with emotional wellbeing problems on their journey to achieve better mental health, live life independently and achieve their aspirations.
About Family Lives - We are a national registered charity with over forty years’ experience of providing a range of support to families. We have achieved both the investors in people and investors in volunteer awards. We have delivered services in Barnsley since 2019 working across the Central Area and later in 2022 across the whole borough. We have been commissioned by South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust to deliver this service.
Benefits of volunteering
• Full training and ongoing support
• Opportunities for further training and development
• Experiences to enhance and gain new skills
• Meeting new people
• Opportunity to make a difference in your community
• A sense of fulfilment, achievement and enjoyment
• Fun and friendship
• Flexible volunteering arrangements and expenses paid
Get in touch
To find out more about becoming a volunteer, please e-mail Lesley at LesleyB@familylives.org.uk or call on 07971 253308.
Or use this link to download an application pack: https://www.familylives.org.uk/get-involved/volunteer/local-opportunitie....
IDAS is currently recruiting volunteers to assist our team with supporting victims of domestic abuse. Volunteers will assist the refuge or Independent Domestic Violence Advocate teams in their service delivery. This can include:
- Emotional support for survivors of domestic abuse
- Client evaluations to ensure the client voice is at the heart of our services.
- Delivering security items to vulnerable clients or court support
- Attending criminal or civil court with a client
- Attending solicitors' appointments
- Orientation support for new residents in refuge or dispersed accommodation
- Admin roles, such as uploading referrals for the hub
- Refuge practical support
- Children’s refuge worker support roles
- Group facilitation support
- Peer support initiatives.
This role encompasses many other responsibilities that serve to enhance and broaden the current service delivery for survivors of domestic abuse.
Do you have good listening skills? Are you a good communicator? Would you like to offer direct support to people affected by Motor Neurone Disease? Then you could become an Association Visitor! Volunteers perform a vital role in supporting people affected by Motor Neurone Disease – both those with the disease and those close to them. They offer emotional support and give information about the Association and other services to help people make informed choices. All our Visitors are based in the local community as members of a team and usually have contact with people over the phone, via e-mail or will visit them in their own home.