Facilitator volunteer roles in Stockport, greater manchester

HOT SEATS FACILITATOR

HOT SEATS (4UM)

Manchester, Greater Manchester (On-site) 7.72 miles

Unpaid role, expenses paid

Voluntary

Mental Health

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About Hot Seats

Hot Seats is a structured group role play programme created in 2016. Over 5,000 participants have taken part across 300+ groups in prisons, probation services, community sentences and residential and community recovery settings.

Hot Seat certified facilitators use group role plays to assign roles to our inner dialogue. There are six Hot Seats built around six pre-identified themes. Facilitators apply a unique anonymity protocol that means all role plays are done using characters. No participants reveal any personal stories or history. This allows participants to explore real issues — such as addiction, offending behaviour, family breakdown and recovery — without the work becoming emotionally charged or triggering. This makes it safe, accessible and effective in settings where trust can be hard to build.

Host organisations subscribe to Hot Seats and nominate a staff member or volunteer to become certified to deliver groups. Both the facilitators and hosts receive full back office support from Hot Seats. Facilitators need not have any specific experience as full training is provided. All that is required is a desire to help affect positive change for participants, a space big enough to accommodate 7–12 people and a weekly two-hour gap on a timetable of activities.

About the Role

We are looking for volunteers to match with hosts — these include prisons, probation services and residential or community rehab settings. You do not need any specific experience. All you need is a willingness to follow a structured programme and be motivated to support people in justice and recovery settings.

As a volunteer facilitator you will:

Deliver weekly Hot Seats two-hour group sessions using a provided session plan
Create a safe, respectful space for participants to engage with the programme
Work within a nominated host organisation
Submit a summary sheet to our back office after each session

What You Will Get

Full Hot Seats facilitator training and certification
Ongoing support from the Hot Seats team
A meaningful volunteering role with real impact on people in recovery and justice settings
Experience that is directly relevant to careers in criminal justice, social work, probation, youth work, addiction services and related fields

Who We Are Looking For

People with an interest in criminal justice, recovery, rehabilitation or social care
Reliable — able to commit to a regular weekly session of 2–3 hours
Willing to undergo relevant DBS/PVG checks if required
No prior experience required — full training provided

How to Apply

In the first instance, respond to this ad and we will send you program outline

After reading, if you are interested we will match you to a host. Please send a short expression of interest (a few sentences about why you are interested)

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Posted on: 06 April 2026

Closing date: 05 July 2026 at 12:54

Tags: Mental Health, Prison, Wellbeing, Social / Support Work

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Volunteer Coding Workshop Facilitator (Online or In-person)

GT Scholars

Remote

Unpaid role, expenses not paid

Voluntary

Education

Actively Interviewing

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Do you have professional experience in coding and computing? Could you support young people in learning how to code?

Are you passionate about equipping the next generation with the skills and strategies needed to succeed?

About us: GT Scholars is a social enterprise that tackles educational inequality by giving ambitious young people the support, skills and strategies they need to achieve their aspirations.

We believe that all young people are gifted and talented, regardless of their background. We run a wide range of programmes that help young people achieve their academic and career aspirations, particularly those from less-privileged backgrounds.

What makes us different? There are many organisations that offer programmes to improve the life chances of young people. However, our programmes use a unique 3:1 model which means that we’re able to sustainably use our profits to provide additional places on our programmes, to young people from low-income homes.

Our mission is to empower and develop the next generation of leaders and change-makers and we’re looking for workshop facilitators that are passionate about making a difference in young people’s lives!

Responsibilities: Facilitators are responsible for designing creative and interactive workshops for our young people, and delivering these workshops with our young people. We run some of our workshops online and other workshops are held in London. All workshops are held during the school holidays, in the evening and on weekends.

The workshop facilitator role is flexible and as part of your role, you may be involved in:

Delivering and leading short workshops or courses, on behalf of GT Scholars (Online or offline)
Designing engaging, interactive and educational workshops and short courses for young people and ensuring that the content is targeted to suit different abilities and capabilities
Running your own bespoke workshops, eg. workshops in coding and technology
Managing short activities and Q&A sessions during our workshops
Working collaboratively with other event coordinators, volunteers, ambassadors, workshop facilitators and speakers at our events
Following the agreed timings and content for workshops and courses

Person specification:

As workshop facilitator, you will need to:

Have passion, knowledge and experience in coding, computing and technology
Have strong presentation skills
Have strong communication skills
Be personable and able to confidently communicate with people from a range of backgrounds and professions.
Be passionate and committed to tackling educational inequality
Be punctual and organised

Availability: Workshops will run during the day on school holiday dates, on Saturdays or in the evening (5pm-8pm).

Additional information: We will need to conduct reference checks and you will need an Enhanced DBS for this role as you will be working directly with children. We can process this for you or you may submit one if this is less than 2 years old.

Rate of pay: This is a self-employed role. You must be aged 18 or above. Facilitator sessions range from 2 to 6 hours. The rate of pay will vary based on the budget of the funder.

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