Dementia Volunteer Roles

***Please note that this is an opportunity based in Nottingham in the United Kingdom and we don’t offer sponsorship or accept overseas applicants***

PLEASE NOTE THIS IS NOT A PLACEMENT OPPORTUNITY AND IS NOT OPEN TO STUDENT VOLUNTEERS

What is the purpose of this role?

The Sybil Levin Day Service is a specialist SPECAL-Led day service supporting people with dementia and their carers using the SPECAL method.

What activities might you be involved in?

• Assisting centre attendees to engage in activities.
• Serving meals and drinks.
• Helping to set up and clear away activities.
• Engaging in conversation with centre attendees.
• Volunteering in line with the Charity’s policies and procedures and adhering to the Volunteer Code of Conduct

What are we looking for?

• People with a genuine interest in the wellbeing of people with dementia.
• A friendly, sensitive and kind approach.
• Being comfortable in small groups or on a one to one basis.
• People with a commitment to using the SPECAL method at all times whilst at the centre.

When would you be needed to volunteer?

The centre is open from Monday to Friday and would like volunteers to commit to a morning or afternoon at least once a week as a minimum.

What training will you be given?

You will be given all the training you need to enable you to carry out your role.  This will include a thorough Charity induction and a departmental induction to provide further information about the role.  You will also be given access to our online training library to complete the training modules that are mandatory for your role.

You will receive SPECAL training prior to commencing your role.

What can you gain from this opportunity?

• The chance to make a difference to the lives of people with dementia.
• Ongoing support, ensuring your volunteering experience is a fulfilling and positive one.
• A comprehensive training programme.
• The opportunity to learn new skills.
• Experience to add to your CV.
• The opportunity to meet new people and make new friends.
• Reimbursement of out of pocket expenses as defined in the Age UK Notts Volunteer Handbook

***Please note that we don’t offer sponsorship or accept overseas applicants***

We are looking to recruit additional volunteers to support our Dementia services in Alnwick and Berwick. You will be required to help at our Dementia Drop-In Cafe to support staff with activities such as music, bingo, and art, as well as serve tea and coffee. If you are into more sporting activities, we have our regular Dementia Walking Football sessions at Alnwick and Berwick, and seated exercise classes for the person with a dementia diagnosis and their carer. Full training will be given and you will work alongside one of our Dementia team.​If you have a few hours to spare each month and would like to donate your time to HospiceCare, please get in touch.

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Join Us as a Dementia Volunteer! Make a Difference, One Hour at a Time

Are you looking to make a meaningful impact in your community?

Homeline is a service run by The Creighton Centre, which offers long-term befriending, helping to reduce isolation and loneliness for 60+ residents living in Hammersmith and Fulham.
We’re seeking compassionate, friendly volunteers from Hammersmith and Fulham to bring joy and connection to individuals living with dementia. Just one hour a week or two (or more, if you’d like!) can make a huge difference in someone’s life—and yours.

What You’ll Be Doing

As a Dementia Volunteer, you’ll:

• Visit and spend time with someone living with dementia in their place of residence (usually weekly or fortnightly).

• Provide companionship and help combat loneliness with meaningful conversations, shared memories, or activities.

• Brighten someone’s day simply by showing up and showing you care.

• To provide stimulation to your client through conversation, sensory activities and/or being a comforting presence [training to be provided on sensory activity ideas].

• Role is primarily a befriending one to provide social company, however, some clients may wish going out to a café, a local class or enjoy a walk in a park.

• To accompany your client for a walk safely outdoors (where agreed in advance with Homeline staff).

• To go for a walk with a client who is wheelchair bound (where this has been agreed in advance with Homeline staff and client and Manual handling training has been provided).

• To occasionally visit clients in hospital or Care Home (where agreed beforehand with Homeline staff).

• To occasionally help clients with simple tasks e.g. posting letters, helping to read post, helping file paperwork.

• To keep in touch with the Volunteer Coordinator/Homeline staff regularly and provide monthly feedback via our online Volunteer form. If you do not have access to the internet we can arrange for you to update us via text or phone call.

• To spend a maximum of 1-2 hours with your client.

Don’t worry if you’re new to this! We’ll provide Dementia Training to ensure you feel confident and prepared for the role.

We will provide:

•Induction training and specific dementia training prior to being matched to a Homeline member.

• We also provide ongoing training opportunities in all aspects of the befriending role.

• Introduction to your client and background information on your client.

• Regular support and supervision with the Dementia Coordinator or Volunteer Coordinator.

• Monthly newsletters.

• Regular opportunities to meet staff and other volunteers at client and volunteer social events.

• A reference after 3-6 months of volunteering with us.

• An enhanced DBS check.

• Travel expenses incurred during your volunteering on proof of a receipt.

Skills needed:

• Good listening and communication skills.

• Empathy.

• A patient, kind and caring approach.

• Outgoing friendly personality.

• Awareness of Dementia and how it affects people and a desire to learn more.

• An understanding of and commitment to our confidentiality, equal opportunities and safeguarding policies (provided during training).

Accountable to:

Dementia Coordinator / Homeline Volunteer Coordinator

Why Volunteer?

Make a Lasting Impact: Your time and care can bring joy, reduce isolation, and improve the quality of life for someone with dementia.

Be Part of a Community: Join a group of like-minded volunteers who share your passion for making a difference.

 Flexible Commitment: Dedicate just 1 hour a week—or more, if you’re able—on your own schedule.

Local Support: This opportunity is for Hammersmith and Fulham residents, making it easy and convenient to volunteer within your community.

Learn and Grow: Gain valuable insights into dementia care and meaningful connections that will enrich your life.

Not Sure Yet? Join a Taster Session!

We get it—starting something new can feel like a big step. That’s why we’re offering:

Taster Days: Experience what volunteering is all about before committing.

Q&A Sessions: Ask questions and hear from current volunteers about their experiences.

Ready to Get Started?

If this sounds like the opportunity you’ve been looking for, we’d love to hear from you!

Join us in making a real difference in Hammersmith and Fulham. Together, let’s bring smiles, connection, and care to those who need it most.

Bright Shadow is a creative organisation where people living with dementia and our supporters live well and enjoy making our own high quality art. We offer a range of volunteer opportunities, including supporting our Zest group in Hythe.

Serving Kent and Medway, we use the power of the arts to enable people living with dementia, and those who give care, to live happy, healthy lives.

We understand the impact of a diagnosis, yet our work fosters positivity: focusing on what we can do, not what we can’t.

We are experts in creative activities designed specifically for people with dementia to enable self-expression, social interaction and active participation. We do this in a number of ways, including our trademark Zest sessions for people living with dementia in the community.

This role is a wonderful opportunity to make a tangible impact on the lives of our participants by enabling those with more complex needs to engage with this group. Our Hythe Zest group is one of four Zest groups that meet, joining Medway, Deal and Whitstable.

You will become part of a friendly team offering support and guidance, so your positive attitude is more important to us than specific experience. We offer all volunteers dementia awareness and safeguarding training, as well as requiring an enhanced DBS certificate.

• POST REPORTS TO: Volunteer Coordinator and Zest Hythe Coordinator 
• LOCATION: Hythe Sports Pavilion, South Road, Hythe, CT21 6AR
• POSITION TYPE: Volunteer
• HOURS REQUIRED: Thursdays 1:45 - 4:15pm. We are equally looking for those who can commit on a regular basis, as well as those who would want to offer their time on a fixed basis (such as one month, 6 weeks etc).

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Understanding of or willingness to learn about living with dementia, including completing provided dementia awareness training
2. Excellent interpersonal skills, communication skills and empathy
3. Enthusiasm to join in with performance and arts activities such as singing, movement and story making wherever possible and assisting participants to engage fully
4. Work closely with Zest Hythe Coordinator to deliver a safe and high quality experience
5. Help Zest Hythe Coordinator to prepare the room before sessions and clear up at the end where necessary
6. Help Zest Hythe Coordinator to prepare refreshments for participants
7. Help the Zest Hythe Coordinator with the collection of evaluation information 
8. Assist in documenting the sessions using photography, recording and/or film on equipment provided where necessary 
9. Work within all Bright Shadow policies, including Safeguarding, Health and Safety, Equality and GDPR compliance. 
10. This role is subject to the volunteer having an up to date enhanced DBS check carried out.

Person Specification

Essential:

• Based near Hythe, Kent
• Excellent interpersonal skills, communication skills, and empathy
• Sensitive to people's needs and the safeguarding of vulnerable adults
• Good initiative and the ability to work independently
• Willing to undertake an enhanced DBS check

Desirable:

• Previous experience working with older adults
• Experience of working for an arts organisation
• Competent using an iPad
• Knowledge/understanding of dementia

Get in touch with our Finance & Operations Manager, Niamh, to talk more about whether joining our award-winning Zest team is right for you!

Bright Shadow is a creative organisation where people living with dementia and our supporters live well and enjoy making our own high quality art. We offer a range of volunteer opportunities, including supporting our Zest group in Medway.

Serving Kent and Medway, we use the power of the arts to enable people living with dementia, and those who give care, to live happy, healthy lives.

We understand the impact of a diagnosis, yet our work fosters positivity: focusing on what we can do, not what we can’t.

We are experts in creative activities designed specifically for people with dementia to enable self-expression, social interaction and active participation. We do this in a number of ways, including our trademark Zest sessions for people living with dementia in the community.

This role is a wonderful opportunity to make a tangible impact on the lives of our participants by enabling those with more complex needs to engage with this group. Our Medway Zest group is one of four Zest groups that meet, joining Deal, Hythe and Whitstable.

You will become part of a friendly team offering support and guidance, so your positive attitude is more important to us than specific experience. We offer all volunteers dementia awareness and safeguarding training, as well as requiring an enhanced DBS certificate.

• POST REPORTS TO: Volunteer Coordinator and Zest Medway Coordinator 
• LOCATION: Sunlight Centre, Richmond Road, Gillingham, ME7 1LX 
• POSITION TYPE: Volunteer
• HOURS REQUIRED: Tuesdays 9:45am - 12:15pm. We are equally looking for those who can commit on a regular basis, as well as those who would want to offer their time on a fixed basis (such as one month, 6 weeks etc).

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Understanding of or willingness to learn about living with dementia, including completing provided dementia awareness training
2. Excellent interpersonal skills, communication skills and empathy
3. Enthusiasm to join in with performance and arts activities such as singing, movement and story making wherever possible and assisting participants to engage fully
4. Work closely with Zest Medway Coordinator to deliver a safe and high quality experience
5. Help Zest Medway Coordinator to prepare the room before sessions and clear up at the end where necessary
6. Help Zest Medway Coordinator to prepare refreshments for participants
7. Help the Zest Medway Coordinator with the collection of evaluation information 
8. Assist in documenting the sessions using photography, recording and/or film on equipment provided where necessary 
9. Work within all Bright Shadow policies, including Safeguarding, Health and Safety, Equality and GDPR compliance. 
10. This role is subject to the volunteer having an up to date enhanced DBS check carried out.

Person Specification

Essential:

• Excellent interpersonal skills, communication skills, and empathy
• Sensitive to people's needs and the safeguarding of vulnerable adults
• Good initiative and the ability to work independently
• Willing to undertake an enhanced DBS check
• Based near Gillingham, Medway

Desirable:

• Previous experience working with older adults
• Experience of working for an arts organisation
• Competent using an iPad
• Knowledge/understanding of dementia

Get in touch with our Finance & Operations Manager, Niamh, to talk more about whether joining our award-winning Zest team is right for you!

Bright Shadow is a creative organisation where people living with dementia and our supporters live well and enjoy making our own high quality art. We offer a range of volunteer opportunities, including supporting our Zest group in Deal.

Serving Kent and Medway, we use the power of the arts to enable people living with dementia, and those who give care, to live happy, healthy lives.

We understand the impact of a diagnosis, yet our work fosters positivity: focusing on what we can do, not what we can’t.

We are experts in creative activities designed specifically for people with dementia to enable self-expression, social interaction and active participation. We do this in a number of ways, including our trademark Zest sessions for people living with dementia in the community.

This role is a wonderful opportunity to make a tangible impact on the lives of our participants by enabling those with more complex needs to engage with this group. Our Deal Zest group is one of four Zest groups that meet, joining Medway, Hythe and Whitstable.

You will become part of a friendly team offering support and guidance, so your positive attitude is more important to us than specific experience. We offer all volunteers dementia awareness and safeguarding training, as well as requiring an enhanced DBS certificate.

• POST REPORTS TO: Volunteer Coordinator and Zest Deal Coordinator 
• LOCATION: Astor Theatre, Stanhope Road, Deal, CT14 6AB 
• POSITION TYPE: Volunteer
• HOURS REQUIRED: Thursdays 9:45am - 12:15pm. We are equally looking for those who can commit on a regular basis, as well as those who would want to offer their time on a fixed basis (such as one month, 6 weeks etc).

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Understanding of or willingness to learn about living with dementia, including completing provided dementia awareness training
2. Excellent interpersonal skills, communication skills and empathy
3. Enthusiasm to join in with performance and arts activities such as singing, movement and story making wherever possible and assisting participants to engage fully
4. Work closely with Zest Deal Coordinator to deliver a safe and high quality experience
5. Help Zest Deal Coordinator to prepare the room before sessions and clear up at the end where necessary
6. Help Zest Deal Coordinator to prepare refreshments for participants
7. Help the Zest Deal Coordinator with the collection of evaluation information 
8. Assist in documenting the sessions using photography, recording and/or film on equipment provided where necessary 
9. Work within all Bright Shadow policies, including Safeguarding, Health and Safety, Equality and GDPR compliance. 
10. This role is subject to the volunteer having an up to date enhanced DBS check carried out.

Person Specification

Essential:

• Excellent interpersonal skills, communication skills, and empathy
• Sensitive to people's needs and the safeguarding of vulnerable adults
• Good initiative and the ability to work independently
• Willing to undertake an enhanced DBS check

Desirable:

• Previous experience working with older adults
• Experience of working for an arts organisation
• Competent using an iPad
• Knowledge/understanding of dementia

Get in touch with our Finance & Operations Manager, Niamh, to talk more about whether joining our award-winning Zest team is right for you!

BRACE Trustee Ltd, Director: Finance & Accounting

Overview

BRACE is an unincorporated charity registered with the Charity Commission under the number 297965. In June 2022, BRACE was incorporated and BRACE Trustee Limited (registered in England and Wales under the number: 14199100) became the sole corporate trustee of the charity. At that point, the then trustees of BRACE became the first Directors and members of BRACE Trustee Limited and, as Directors of that company, are responsible for ensuring that it complies with its obligations as the sole corporate trustee of BRACE. 

BRACE is a small and dynamic charity funding 22 dementia research projects across the South West of England and Wales. We are seeking a new Director to join BRACE Trustee Ltd, bringing expertise in finance / accountancy to support our vital work. If you are looking to make a difference in the fight against dementia, please consider joining our team.

As part of the role, you will be expected to attend 3-hour quarterly meetings in Bristol, contribute towards supporting the charity outside of the meetings and, where possible, attend some external events.

Becoming a Trustee for Herts Musical Memories

Herts Musical Memories are celebrating there 8th Year of becoming a charity and we are now at last, beginning to recover from the Pandemic. We urgently need to expand our board to ensure that the charity continues to grow – the following provides some background to our work and lays out what it means to become a trustee.

Herts Musical Memories purposes are:

• To facilitate structured group sessions designed around the principles of music therapy and group singing for people with dementia and their carers.

Herts Musical Memories objectives are:

• To provide activities for people with dementia and their carers that help stimulate memories

• To provide activities that incorporate social interaction and peer support for people with dementia and their carers

• To reduce feelings of isolation for families coping with dementia and to provide access to artistic and social stimulation

What Herts Musical Memories values are:

Health, wellbeing and equality will be at the core of all Herts Musical Memories activities relating to service users, staff and volunteers and the wider public.

In relation to our service users Herts Musical Memories will actively promote equality for people with dementia.  To free them from fear and isolation and to use our services to demonstrate to the wider public that people with dementia still have a place in society and should be treated with dignity and respect.

The Singing Sessions:

‘Thank you for Bringing the sunshine into my Mum’s week.’  Carer

Herts Musical Memories provides stimulating social activities involving music, seated movement and singing for people with dementia and their carers.  The charity runs 9  groups in 4 weekly blocks across Hertfordshire with an admin and song preparation session every 5th week.  There is an average of 25 people per session with sometimes over 30 people attending.  The sessions last 90 minutes with time set aside for socialising and light refreshments. 

Most of the participants are dealing with the impact of an early diagnosis and are usually accompanied by a family member, usually a spouse.  People who live alone often come with a professional carer.

Sessions are held at fixed dates and times in community centres or church halls. The venues are chosen carefully for ease of access, to be on regular bus routes, good parking and for having good facilities. This does mean that, sometimes the venue can be expensive, but the venue plays an important part in making the sessions a positive experience.

The sessions are structured to include a range of activities that are repeated each week providing the service users with a routine that becomes familiar with regular attendance.  Songs are chosen from popular music from the 1950s going up to the 1970s. The sessions will include; songs that require movement, singing rounds where people get a chance to sing in harmony, rhythm exercises using percussion instruments and exercises in dexterity using bean bags.

The service users are taught new songs – incredibly due to the way the human brain remembers music, people with dementia can cope with this and actively enjoy learning new things – this increases their confidence and boosts their self-esteem.

The sessions are delivered by a professional group leader with the support of volunteers. 

Finances:

Herts Musical Memories has no formal funding – we raise a contribution through fees which are £6 per session, we raise up to £10,000 per year through events held on our behalf another £5,000 through donations and the rest we have to fundraise for.  To run the charity effectively we need to raise just over £10,000 per group.  To help us achieve this we have developed a 5 year fundraising strategy.  Our goals are to achieve enough funding to recruit a part time administrator, create a reserve of 6 months running costs ensuring a sustainable future.

‘I’d like to thank you, you make me feel so happy’ - guest

What Does it Involve to Become a Trustee

Trustees share formal responsibility for the charity and must act in its best interests, regardless of how they're elected or appointed. Some trustees may take on specific roles on the board, such as chair, vice-chair, secretary and treasurer.

Herts Musical Memories meets 4 times per year mainly on Zoom but with some face to face in West Hertfordshire.  If a trustee has particular expertise in finance, fundraising, HR we do occasionally hold one on one sub meetings with the CEO.  No experience is necessary as there is plenty of training available – it is a commitment but it is a rewarding commitment.  Becoming a trustee is about taking on a position where you can make a real difference to the people who live in your local community.

Top five traits of a good trustee

· A good trustee is ready for a challenge – running a small charity is always a challenge and supporting the CEO in facing those challenges is a vital role of a trustee.  Whether it be support, advice or helping to access the necessary expertise that can support the charities development

· They are open and listen to many voices – there are many people prepared to offer advice and many voices to be heard, from the team running the charity to the beneficiaries.  Listening and understanding enables a trustee to offer advice and help the charity seek solutions that will improve and enable it to reach its goals.

· Trustees are team players – running a charity is a team effort which is relevant from the Board through to the beneficiaries by working together as a team a charity is more likely to prosper and grow.

· Trustees have expert knowledge – this expert knowledge can be in training, marketing, fundraising, HR, Law or it could be in a first hand knowledge of the charities services and the impact it has on families and the ability to use that understanding to enhance the charities service for people living with dementia.

· They exercise good judgement and care – this is essential, working with vulnerable adults comes with a lot of responsibility. We need to be sure we work within the parameters of Charity Commission’s guidelines to ensure good practice which protects all involved from the  trustees, staff and beneficiaries.

A good trustee also knows what they are doing within the framework of their role. At a basic level, they should understand and know how to act as described by The Charity Commission.  The regulator’s ‘The essential trustee’ guidance sets out six main duties:

· Ensuring that the charity is working for the benefit of the public

· Compliance with the law

· Acting in the best interests of the charity

· Ensuring accountability

· Financial responsibility

· Acting with reasonable care and skill

It may seem overwhelming to become a trustee but it is, as mentioned so rewarding and the satisfaction, that as a trustee you are truly making a positive difference to people lives.

 Please note Herts Musical Memories is based in Bushey, Hertfordshire (Hence why this is the position location listed), however meetings with trustees are typically held in locations within West Hertfordshire or remotely via Zoom.

Our core Befriending Project supports people who are socially isolated in Ealing and Hounslow. They may have a physical or sensory disability, or they may have mild dementia, and are sometimes housebound.

This is an opportunity to become a Befriender.

On successful completion of the training, Befrienders are matched with someone who lives close to them.

They make a weekly 1-2 hour visit to the client's home, where they might stay in and chat over a cup of tea or, where possible, go out for a walk together, visit a cafe or undertake a local activity.

These visits make such a difference for the client, but volunteering with BEfriend not only enriches the lives of those who are isolated, it also offers immense personal rewards.

As a Befriender, you’ll get to know inspirational people with fascinating stories, develop new skills and be part of a supportive team that values compassion and connection.

Join The Kefi Studio and Make a Real Difference!

Who We Are

At The Kefi Studio, we're all about bringing warmth, connection, and joy to care homes. Our mission? To tackle social isolation head-on by creating meaningful moments for residents—especially those living with dementia. Through student placements and engaging, hands-on activities, we’re helping to brighten lives, spark conversations, and make every day feel special for those who need it most.

About the Role: Care Home Activity Facilitator

We’re on the lookout for passionate, enthusiastic individuals to join us for an unpaid industry placement as Care Home Activity Facilitators in London. This is your chance to make a real impact by organizing and leading fun, interactive sessions for care home residents.

Think arts and crafts, music therapy, gentle exercises, cognitive games, and storytelling—anything that brings a smile and fosters connection! Your creativity and energy will help create a welcoming space where residents can engage, socialize, and simply enjoy the moment.

The Activities We Specialise In

You’ll receive full training in hosting and facilitating a wide range of activities designed to stimulate, engage, and bring joy to residents. These include:

• Music Therapy – Using rhythm, song, and sound to spark memories and emotions

• Art Therapy – Creative expression through painting, drawing, and crafts

• Reminiscence Sessions – Encouraging storytelling and memory-sharing through photos, objects, and discussions

• Sensory Activities – Engaging the senses with textures, scents, and sounds

• Gentle Exercises – Chair-based movement and stretching to promote mobility and well-being

• Cognitive Games – Quizzes, puzzles, and brain teasers to keep the mind active

You don’t need prior experience—just enthusiasm! We’ll equip you with all the skills and confidence needed to lead these activities effectively.

What You'll Be Doing

• Engaging with residents through chats, games, and group activities

• Encouraging participation in our activity program

• Running one-to-one and group sessions tailored to different abilities

• Designing and preparing fun, inclusive resources

• Tracking residents' well-being using our engagement forms

• Supporting activity coordinators with events and special sessions

• Learning and applying effective communication techniques for engaging individuals with dementia and other cognitive needs

• Building relationships with residents and making them feel valued

Where You'll Be Based

You’ll travel to care homes across London to run sessions—don’t worry, we do our best to place you within your own or nearby communities to keep things convenient for you!

Why This Is an Amazing Opportunity

This isn’t just a placement—it’s a chance to gain hands-on experience in a care environment while developing essential skills in communication, empathy, and leadership. You’ll get an inside look at the care sector, make meaningful connections, and build an experience that stands out on your CV.

What We’re Looking For

• A friendly, people-first attitude

• Flexibility and a willingness to try new things

• Self-motivation and the ability to work independently when needed

• A curious mindset—you're not afraid to ask questions or learn new skills

• A genuine interest in supporting older adults, including those with dementia and complex needs

What’s in It for You?

• Full training & certification (including dementia awareness, communication techniques, and how to run activities)

• Ongoing support & feedback to help you grow in the role

• A recommendation letter to boost your future career prospects

• Real-world care experience to add to your CV

• Flexible hours to fit around your schedule

• Placement within your local or neighboring communities

• A chance to stay on as a volunteer after your placement ends

The Fine Print

• All placements must be applied for through our website.

• Shortlisted applicants will go through an informal interview and induction.

• While this role gives valuable insight into care work, you won’t be responsible for any clinical or personal care tasks.

• A DBS check is required (we’ll cover the cost, and we accept a recent DBS from your college if issued within the last three months).

If you're ready to make a difference, gain incredible experience, and bring joy to care home residents, we’d love to hear from you!

Apply now and be part of something truly special

You can make a difference…Age UK Wandsworth is a small, local, independent charity that has been working with older people in the area since 1963. We rely on your support to keep serving the older residents with in the Wandsworth community. We have a dedicated team of experienced staff and a large network of dedicated local volunteers. Our aim is to enable everyone to age well in Wandsworth. We would love your help to be able to continue to support older Wandsworth residents

Joining our amazing team of volunteers is a fantastic way to give back to the community by providing company and support to an older person in your area.

About the role 

We are looking to find a volunteers for our Memory Lane Project to assist us in providing sessions that will be stimulating, engaging and include a variety of activities that could include word and memory games, paired and group discussions, puzzles and board games, seated exercise and physical activities such as parachute and ball games and target practice.

 You will have fun and enjoy this sessions on a Friday between 11.00am – 1.00pm

About the service 

Gwynneth Morgan Day Centre, where we support older people, adults with dementia, and adults with disabilities between 10am-3pm Monday-Friday. This could include supporting our dementia groups, or providing a hairdressing or nail care service as a treat for our service users.

What will make you a great fit for this role?

• Friendly
• Patient
• Great listening skills

You can make a difference…Age UK Wandsworth is a small, local, independent charity that has been working with older people in the area since 1963. We rely on your support to keep serving the older residents with in the Wandsworth community. We have a dedicated team of experienced staff and a large network of dedicated local volunteers. Our aim is to enable everyone to age well in Wandsworth. We would love your help to be able to continue to support older Wandsworth residents

Joining our amazing team of volunteers is a fantastic way to give back to the community by providing company and support to an older person in your area.

About the role 

We are looking to find a volunteers for our Memory Lane Project to assist us in providing sessions that will be stimulating, engaging and include a variety of activities that could include word and memory games, paired and group discussions, puzzles and board games, seated exercise and physical activities such as parachute and ball games and target practice.

 You will have fun and enjoy this sessions on a Friday between 11.00am – 1.00pm

About the service 

Gwynneth Morgan Day Centre, where we support older people, adults with dementia, and adults with disabilities between 10am-3pm Monday-Friday. This could include supporting our dementia groups, or providing a hairdressing or nail care service as a treat for our service users.

What will make you a great fit for this role?

• Friendly
• Patient
• Great listening skills

Could you give time to help your local community by becoming one of our Volunteer Drivers assisting the most vulnerable people living near you?

You can make a big difference to people’s lives by volunteering with us here at Community Connexions.

Just for one moment, imagine if you couldn't go shopping, visit loved ones or attend vital health appointments… this is reality for some.

If you drive with us, you can make sure that...

• Mrs Jones makes that all important oncology appointment on time
• Mr Smith gets to his dementia club 
• by taking Mrs Brown to the supermarket, she will have full cupboards for the next week(s)

You’ll be passionate, as we are at Community Connexions, about helping people of all ages across Gloucestershire. The service you will provide means that thousands of people who might otherwise struggle due to physical, mental, social or rural barriers, get where they need to go.

You’ll be joining our group of trained Community Transport Volunteers (& qualified drivers) collecting people from their homes & taking them to a health appointment/social activity or picking them up from a health/day centre and dropping them home.

As a Community Connexions driver, you will be dedicated to providing safe transport that facilitates inclusion and participation, reducing loneliness from social and rural isolation. Your service will be vital for helping people retain their independence. As an example in 2020, our team helped over 90,000 passengers.

With your help we can be even better & reach still more people. Our services are reliable, punctual, safe and fully accessible. We’re inclusive & welcome people from all backgrounds, ethnicities, genders, religions, all walks of life, so come & join us as a volunteer!

Give as little or as much time as you can, some drivers are full-time, some offer a few half days a month. Volunteering with us a great way to help people in your community and it’s also an opportunity for you to meet new people and develop new skills.

We have opportunities in Tewkesbury, Cirencester, Tetbury, Stroud, Gloucester, Cheltenham, Dursley and across Gloucestershire.

We'll ask you to do a DVLA Licence check and we'll get you to complete the Disclosure and Barring Service certification.

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· Voluntary (expenses paid in line with volunteering policy)

· Approx. 2 - 6 hours per week

· Minimum commitment 12 months

· Based in Greenwich

South East London Mind is a well-established and highly regarded local charity helping people to be mentally healthy. Working together with those experiencing mental health problems and dementia to improve their quality of life. With an annual turnover of £6M, over 180 staff and 260 volunteers, we are one of the largest charities in the Mind network.

SEL Mind delivers a Peer Support Programme which consist of group activities and therapeutic groups run by Peer Support Volunteers for individuals’ with either a mental health diagnosis or service users who are impacted by mental health within the Royal Borough of Greenwich. 

The purpose of the Volunteer Group Facilitator is to provide peer support and facilitate their group, whilst creating a welcoming environment and sharing their own knowledge/experience of living with mental health difficulties. The role will also entail the planning of groups, wellbeing calls and processing client referrals.

Benefits of volunteering with us:  

• Gain frontline experience

• Potential placement host organisation 

• Expenses paid in line with volunteering policy

• Opportunities to progress within organisation

• Regular training and development opportunities
• Ongoing supervision and support
• An opportunity to be part of a team
• An opportunity to help people within the local community
• Volunteering Week celebrations
• In depth induction training which includes active listening skills, group dynamics, mental health awareness, and EDI (Equity, Diversity and Inclusion).

Required skills, qualities and experience:

• A lived experience of mental health difficulties is a key aspect for this role

• A passion for the subject area you are delivering a group for

• Able to take an open-minded approach to your support and to listen to others in a non-judgmental way, and without feeling the need to ‘fix’

• Open to sharing your own knowledge and experience of both living with mental health difficulties and the subject matter relevant to your group

• Able to communicate clearly to others, including about your own experiences

• Able to remain calm and professional in challenging situations and escalate safeguarding concerns appropriately

• Able to work towards facilitating groups confidently, including planning group activities

• A competence in administrative tasks, registering clients and inputting data

• Able to communicate effectively over the phone with clients

Interested in the role? Next steps:

Complete a Volunteer Application Form using role person specification as a guide Interview and reference check

Undergo an Enhanced Level Disclosure and Barring Service check
Complete our volunteer training programme
Commit to one year as a peer support team member

We recognise the importance of having a diverse and inclusive work force, and would therefore particularly welcome applications from the following, currently under-represented, groups:

· People from culturally diverse communities

· People aged 18-25

· Disabled people

· People with diverse sexual orientations and gender identities

SEL Mind is committed to meeting the reasonable adjustments of disabled people and always welcomes applications from people with lived experience of mental health problems.

How to apply

Please email your Volunteer Application Form to the email address supplied.

Closing date: 10th July 2025
Likely interview date: Week of the 15th July 2025

Induction Training: Will take place on the 7th, 12th, 13th, 15th of May however, these dates are subject to change. Please note that this training is mandatory for applicants to progress into the role.