Voluntary Youth/Children Volunteer Roles
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Volunteer Minibus Driver Needed – Make a Difference in 2 Hours a Week!
Are you a local superhero with a driver's license? Do you have a big heart and an even bigger sense of adventure? We need YOU!
Join our team and make magic happen!
At Ufton, we're all about making children's dreams come true. We're on the lookout for a Volunteer Minibus Driver to help us create unforgettable experiences for young adventurers. You'll be picking up 12 excited but maybe a bit nervous children and their teacher from a nearby school and whisking them away to Ufton for a day of fun, learning, and exploration. Then, you'll be their trusted chariot back to school in the afternoon.
What's in It for You?
• Feel-Good Vibes: Make a real difference in just 2 hours a week.
• Adventure Awaits: Join us in sparking curiosity and igniting imaginations.
• Tea and Flapjacks: Your reward for being a superhero on wheels!
We're Flexible!
Whether you can commit to one day, every morning, or every afternoon, your time will be greatly appreciated. All you need is kindness, patience, and a commitment to safe driving.
Ready to Be a Local Hero?
Join our Ufton family and embark on an adventure that's as rewarding as it is fun! Contact us today to start your journey as a Volunteer Minibus Driver. We can't wait to welcome you aboard!
Ufton - Where Learning Meets Adventure!
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as the applications come in. Don’t miss your opportunity, apply now!
Come and work in a vibrant and fun environment and support Caudwell Children to do whatever it takes to change the future of disabled and autistic children and support to help them lead a full and active life.
As a reception volunteer, roles and responsibilities may include:
- Communication with families and other organisations via telephone and email
- Meeting and greeting visitors (including visitor sign in)
- Providing practical and emotional support to children and their families across the country
- Processing and completing applications for specialist equipment, therapies and treatment
- Data inputting onto our metro system
- Providing an information and signposting service
- Answering telephone/email enquiries
- Monitoring our online chat service ensuring families receive the support that they need
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as the applications come in. Don’t miss your opportunity, apply now!
We're here to make sure children and young people with cancer get the right support at the right time. We do this through tailored psychosocial support and by making their voices and unique needs heard and understood. We believe they should have the same opportunities as everyone else.
You can be a key part of this by joining our friendly team where you will be able to utilise and develop your skills learning the nuts and bolts of what it takes to be a high functioning Operations Team in a very ambitious charity. This is a great opportunity for someone looking to develop further, or who wants to use their existing skills to contribute to something important.
As well as making sure our amazing supporters are thanked for their fundraising efforts and donations, you will provide valuable administrative support and assist a small friendly team. There’s lots to get involved with and you’ll have the opportunity to specialise in an area that interests you most.
What will you be doing?
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Assisting the team with a range of administrative tasks such as filing, data entry and cleaning.
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Processing income from supporters and our charity shops.
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Using our database to record income.
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Logging mail and processing.
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Sending thank you letters/e-mails to supporters.
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Helping with Archiving and other ongoing projects as required.
You will be organised and methodical and be keen to learn new processes and have good written and verbal communication skills. If you have some basic IT skills that would be great, although we will provide training, so you are fully equipped for your role.
We are looking for volunteers who can commit 6-10 hours per week during office hours of 9am-5pm and can be flexible to fit in with your other commitments. This role is primarily based in our Bristol Office (BS1 2NT), however remote working can be arranged for certain tasks.
We will provide full training for the role and the support of a dedicated Volunteer Manager.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Change young lives: Join Speech and Language UK's Education Committee
Do you have a passion for education and a heart for children facing challenges?
Speech and Language UK, a leading charity supporting the 1.9 million children with speech and language challenges, seeks dedicated volunteers for its Education Committee. This committee acts as the governing body for our two special schools.
Make a real difference:
- Strategic impact: Contribute to shaping the educational future of children with complex speech and language challenges.
- Direct influence: Provide guidance and support, acting as a critical friend, to ensure our schools deliver the highest quality education.
- Flexible commitment: Meetings are held online, 5-6 times a year for 2 hours each, allowing you to volunteer around your schedule.
We value diversity:
We actively encourage applications from individuals from all backgrounds, particularly those, disabled, working class, LGBTQ+, or from the Midlands, North, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland.
We especially welcome those with personal or family experience of speech and language challenges.
Your skills matter:
Prior experience in education leadership (schools/multi-academy trusts) is a plus.
Knowledge of Health & Safety or Facilities Management is also valuable.
Most importantly, we seek your passion, fresh perspective, and willingness to learn.
Leave a lasting legacy:
Join a dedicated team shaping the lives of children with speech and language challenges.
Contact:
For more information, please contact Neil Maslen, Director of Education.
Who are Speech and Language UK?
For at least 1.9 million children in the UK, learning to talk and understand words feels like an impossible hurdle. We work to give every child the skills they need to face the future with confidence. We design innovative tools and training for thousands of nursery assistants and teachers to use in their classrooms. We give families the confidence and skills to help their children. And we put pressure on politicians to prioritise help for speech and language challenges.
We demand a country in which every child with challenges in talking and understanding words has the skills they need to face the future with confidence. Together we can achieve it.
This role is advertised as part of TPP's Free Giving Back Services. This volunteer advertisement copy has been supplied to TPP and applicants apply direct to the organisation. Please contact the organisation directly if you have any questions about this volunteer role.
Child abuse has no place in childhood. The power to prevent it lies in communities across the UK.
Taking place on Friday 7th June , Childhood Day is the NSPCC’s national flagship day of fundraising and action that brings communities together and gives everyone a way to help keep children safe. Are you with us?
Childhood Day collections will be taking place across the UK from 25 May – 16 June. We have a number of collections across the South East of England that we need volunteers for.
Collections will take place at :
Lymington High Street : Tues 4th June
Hillier Chichester : Mon 3rd June
Morrisons—Littlehampton : Fri 7th June
Hillier Horsham : Tues 4th June
Dobbies Brighton : Thurs 6th June
Hillier Eastbourne : Fri 7th June
Kent Music Festival : Sat 15th June—Sun 16th June
Hillier Surrey : Fri 7th June
Chichester town centre : Wed 5th June
Longacres Garden Centre : Sat 8th June
Will you play your part in keeping children safe by volunteering now? Sign up to your local CHD collection.
Take to the streets with us across the UK this May and June and help us collect donations for the NSPCC.
Joining us on the streets will be great fun, you will get to meet lots of new people and will be supported from the moment you sign up. Join us in three simple steps:
1.Sign up online
2. Enter your postcode and pick a time and venue that suits you
3. Take to the streets!
Together, we can protect children and prevent abuse.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as the applications come in. Don’t miss your opportunity, apply now!
Can you lead the way by helping to set up a new Wildlife Watch club for young people in your local area?
Help us engage the next generation in taking action for wildlife!. We are looking for people to help with our existing groups in Barrow, Cockermouth, Gosling Sikes (Carlisle), and Grange. We are also looking for a Watch leader and helpers for our Penrith group.
What is a Wildlife Watch Leader Volunteer?
Wildlife Watch is the junior branch of the Wildlife Trusts and is the UK's leading club for young environmentalists. Our local Wildlife Watch clubs across Cumbria run a varied programme of fun environmental and wildlife focused activities, aimed at 6–12 year-olds and their families.
As a Wildlife Watch Leader you will be a key player in Cumbria Wildlife Trust’s work with young people. You will have the opportunity to engage with a group of young people on a regular basis, to getting to know them and helping to shape their learning and understanding about the environment. This role can extremely rewarding for you.
What’s in it for you?
• Becoming part of a friendly and dedicated team of volunteers and staff at Cumbria Wildlife Trust
• Getting out and about in nature
• Health and wellbeing benefits
• Passing on your wildlife knowledge and enthusiasm to our next generation environmentalists
• Learning new conservation, administration and life skills that will help your future career/learning opportunities.
• Access to support and resources from Cumbria Wildlife Trust. Materials and training will be provided. Helpers will also support you with planning, preparation, delivering and administration of activities
What’s involved?
As a Wildlife Watch Leader you will:
• Publicise the presence of the group to local children, young people and their families
• Plan and organise a fun programme of activities throughout the year with, and for, the group, using themes relevant to Cumbria Wildlife Trust. You will deliver regular, hands on, informal outdoor activities, enabling young people to explore the wildlife around them more closely
• Adopt guidelines to assist you in running safe and enjoyable meetings. These include safeguarding, H&S, risk assessments and participation registration
• Promote Wildlife Watch and Cumbria Wildlife Trust, using templates and posters provided
• Keep in regular contact with Cumbria Wildlife Trust, young people and their families
• Support young people gaining Wildlife Watch awards, celebrating their activities and achievements
Who would suit this role?
This role will suit anyone interested in volunteering with Cumbria Wildlife Trust, who loves wildlife and wants to make a real difference in their local community. It would especially suit those who:
• Are keen and confident working with young people
• Have a natural enthusiasm for wildlife and nature of Cumbria (You DON’T need to be an expert)
• Are full of creative and fun activity ideas
• Are willing to learn how to organise and plan the leadership of safe sessions
• Able to work well with other volunteers and share tasks as a team
• Eager to have a real impact to support our next generation environmentalists
• Enjoy working in an outdoor environment (in all weathers!)
This is a very flexible volunteer role. As a leader you can decide with your helpers how often - and when - you wish to run sessions
Volunteer handbook and Trust induction.
Health and safety and safeguarding training will be mandatory.Risk assessment, participant registration, Wildlife Watch templates, posters, email etc.. will all be provided
Volunteers are able to receive travel expenses of 0.45p per mile agreed in advanced with their staff contact.
First aid training will be provided for volunteer leaders.
The Trust will apply for a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check for volunteers undertaking this role because it involves working with children and young people or vulnerable adults.
In the second stage of the volunteer recruitment process, we will take up two references.
Is this for you? Want to learn more about this role? We'd love to hear from you.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Child abuse has no place in childhood. The power to prevent it lies in communities across the UK.
Taking place on Friday 7th June , Childhood Day is the NSPCC’s national flagship day of fundraising and action that brings communities together and gives everyone a way to help keep children safe. Are you with us?
Childhood Day collections will be taking place across the UK from 25 May – 16 June. We have a number of collections across the South West of England that we need volunteers for.
Will you play your part in keeping children safe by volunteering now? Sign up to your local CHD collection.
Take to the streets with us across the UK this May and June and help us collect donations for the NSPCC.
Joining us on the streets will be great fun, you will get to meet lots of new people and will be supported from the moment you sign up. Join us in three simple steps:
1.Sign up online
2. Enter your postcode and pick a time and venue that suits you
3. Take to the streets!
Together, we can protect children and prevent abuse.
Child abuse has no place in childhood. The power to prevent it lies in communities across the UK.
Taking place on Friday 7th June , Childhood Day is the NSPCC’s national flagship day of fundraising and action that brings communities together and gives everyone a way to help keep children safe. Are you with us?
Childhood Day collections will be taking place across the UK from 25 May – 16 June. We have a number of collections across Wales that we need volunteers for.
Will you play your part in keeping children safe by volunteering now? Sign up to your local CHD collection.
Take to the streets with us across the UK this May and June and help us collect donations for the NSPCC.
Joining us on the streets will be great fun, you will get to meet lots of new people and will be supported from the moment you sign up. Join us in three simple steps:
1.Sign up online
2. Enter your postcode and pick a time and venue that suits you
3. Take to the streets!
Together, we can protect children and prevent abuse.
Child abuse has no place in childhood. The power to prevent it lies in communities across the UK.
Taking place every year in June , Childhood Day is the NSPCC’s national flagship day of fundraising and action that brings communities together and gives everyone a way to help keep children safe. Are you with us?
Childhood Day collections will be taking place across the UK from 25 May – 25 June. We have a number of collections across the North East of England that we need volunteers for.
Will you play your part in keeping children safe by volunteering now? Sign up to your local CHD collection.
Take to the streets with us across the UK this May and June and help us collect donations for the NSPCC.
Joining us on the streets will be great fun, you will get to meet lots of new people and will be supported from the moment you sign up. Join us in three simple steps:
- Sign up online
- Enter your postcode and pick a time and venue that suits you
- Take to the streets!
Together, we can protect children and prevent abuse.
Child abuse has no place in childhood. The power to prevent it lies in communities across the UK.
Taking place on Friday 7th June , Childhood Day is the NSPCC’s national flagship day of fundraising and action that brings communities together and gives everyone a way to help keep children safe. Are you with us?
Childhood Day collections will be taking place across the UK from 25 May – 16 June. We have a number of collections across Scotland that we need volunteers for.
Will you play your part in keeping children safe by volunteering now? Sign up to your local CHD collection.
Take to the streets with us across the UK this May and June and help us collect donations for the NSPCC.
Joining us on the streets will be great fun, you will get to meet lots of new people and will be supported from the moment you sign up. Join us in three simple steps:
1.Sign up online
2. Enter your postcode and pick a time and venue that suits you
3. Take to the streets!
Together, we can protect children and prevent abuse.
Child abuse has no place in childhood. The power to prevent it lies in communities across the UK.
Taking place on Friday 7th June , Childhood Day is the NSPCC’s national flagship day of fundraising and action that brings communities together and gives everyone a way to help keep children safe. Are you with us?
Childhood Day collections will be taking place across the UK from 25 May – 16 June. We have a number of collections across the East of England that we need volunteers for.
Will you play your part in keeping children safe by volunteering now? Sign up to your local CHD collection.
Take to the streets with us across the UK this May and June and help us collect donations for the NSPCC.
Joining us on the streets will be great fun, you will get to meet lots of new people and will be supported from the moment you sign up. Join us in three simple steps:
1.Sign up online
2. Enter your postcode and pick a time and venue that suits you
3. Take to the streets!
Together, we can protect children and prevent abuse.
Child abuse has no place in childhood. The power to prevent it lies in communities across the UK.
Taking place on Friday 7th June , Childhood Day is the NSPCC’s national flagship day of fundraising and action that brings communities together and gives everyone a way to help keep children safe. Are you with us?
Childhood Day collections will be taking place across the UK from 25 May – 16 June. We have a number of collections across the Midlands that we need volunteers for.
Will you play your part in keeping children safe by volunteering now? Sign up to your local CHD collection.
Take to the streets with us across the UK this May and June and help us collect donations for the NSPCC.
Joining us on the streets will be great fun, you will get to meet lots of new people and will be supported from the moment you sign up. Join us in three simple steps:
1.Sign up online
2. Enter your postcode and pick a time and venue that suits you
3. Take to the streets!
Together, we can protect children and prevent abuse.
Child abuse has no place in childhood. The power to prevent it lies in communities across the UK.
Taking place on Friday 7th June , Childhood Day is the NSPCC’s national flagship day of fundraising and action that brings communities together and gives everyone a way to help keep children safe. Are you with us?
Childhood Day collections will be taking place across the UK from 25 May – 16 June. We have a number of collections across London that we need volunteers for.
We have collections at :
Victoria station : 5th June
Trafalgar Square : Fri 7th June
Sloane Square : Fri 7th June
Bromley High Street : Fri 7th June
Kings Cross : Tues 4th June
Liverpool Street : Tues 4th June
Will you play your part in keeping children safe by volunteering now? Sign up to your local CHD collection.
Take to the streets with us across the UK this May and June and help us collect donations for the NSPCC.
Joining us on the streets will be great fun, you will get to meet lots of new people and will be supported from the moment you sign up. Join us in three simple steps:
1.Sign up online
2 Enter your postcode and pick a time and venue that suits you
3 .Take to the streets!
Together, we can protect children and prevent abuse.
Child abuse has no place in childhood. The power to prevent it lies in communities across the UK.
Taking place every year in June , Childhood Day is the NSPCC’s national flagship day of fundraising and action that brings communities together and gives everyone a way to help keep children safe. Are you with us?
Childhood Day collections will be taking place across the UK from 23rd May – 25th June. We have a number of collections across Northern Ireland that we need volunteers for.
We have collections in : Belfast , Lisburn , Enniskillen and many more !
Will you play your part in keeping children safe by volunteering now? Sign up to your local CHD collection.
Take to the streets with us across the UK this May and June and help us collect donations for the NSPCC.
Joining us on the streets will be great fun, you will get to meet lots of new people and will be supported from the moment you sign up. Join us in three simple steps:
- Sign up online
- Enter your postcode and pick a time and venue that suits you
- Take to the streets!
Together, we can protect children and prevent abuse.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as the applications come in. Don’t miss your opportunity, apply now!
Our retail stores are the face of our charity on the high-street and in local communities. We have loads of amazing stock donated to us every week, and this all needs to be sorted and put on the shop-floor for sale!
You will assist our customer with buying their perfect wedding items from our collection of nearly new and vintage wedding attire. Making sure our bridal department look fantastic is another task you can get involved with. You may also be required to help out with seasonal displays, but we will show you how that works during your time volunteering with us. We value the contribution of everyone who supports Barnardo’s.
You will be a friendly face of Barnardo’s by volunteering in one of our shops. It would be great if you could volunteer one shift a week (or even more if you want) but we’re always happy to be flexible to work around your availability.
Why we want you
As a Bridal Consultant volunteer you will support our instore bridal department. You will help customer find their perfect wedding attire from our nearly new and vintage dresses, suits and other wedding items.
What you will be doing
- Provide a first class experience for our customers looking to purchase their wedding items from our bridal department
- Work with the visual merchandising volunteer to create appealing and eye-catching displays using our nearly new and vintage wedding attire
- Ensure all health & safety procedures are adhered to
- Collaborate with in-store staff on seasonal campaigns and promotional activity with bridal ideas.
The skills you need
- Friendly and engaging demeanor
- Good communication skills as engaging with customers is a must
- Confident in working independently
- Happy to work as part of a team to achieve goals
- Organised and able to prepare for upcoming events
- Enthusiastic about the work of Barnardo's
What's in it for you
- Have fun and meet people
- Develop skills for your CV
- Make a difference to the lives of children, young people and their families
- Learning and development opportunities
- Volunteering in a fast paced and diverse environment
- In-store discount (20%)
- Access to our internal job opportunities
Location:
Unit 1A, Princess Alice Retail Park, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B73 6RB, United Kingdom
Minimum age: 14