We run direct intervention groups with children from 2-25 years on a variety of days at our rooms in Maidstone (currently Tuesdays and Saturdays) during term time. We also have 3-day speech and language camps during the Easter and Summer school holidays. We are always looking for volunteers to support our experienced education team and speech and language therapists in these sessions. 

We also run one-off events throughout the year, where we look for volunteers to support in a variety of ways - manning stalls, running games for the children, setting up tombolas etc.

Volunteering with us would suit anyone who is a friendly, patient, people-person who enjoys getting stuck in. Our children are incredible, and we want to make sure that with the right support, they fulfil their potential and get a great start in life. 

We can offer you new skills and experiences to add to your CV, as well as working alongside a great bunch of people. We also have part-time, paid vacancies become available from time to time and volunteering with us would be a great way to see if it's a role you might be interested in.

At 6th Ramsgate Sea Scouts we have 3 differnt sections all ran by volunteers which offer a varied and exciting programme!

Beavers (ages 6 to 8)

Cubs (ages 8 to 10.5)

Scouts (ages 10.5 to 14)

During the year we all work to completeing differnt badges, theese include a varity of differnt activities, from air activities, mechanics, chef and cyclyst. When we are not doing badges we are hiking, camping, kayaking,canoeing. Offering adventure to young people which would never be possible otherwise! thees can only be ran by the generous time given by the volunteers.

Volunteering with Action Tutoring is a rewarding way to make a difference to the lives of young people living in your community. You will be directly supporting disadvantaged young people to build their confidence and help ensure they leave school with the grades needed to build a bright future.

As an English or maths tutor, you will choose one of our partner schools and work with one or two pupils for an hour a week across the course of a school term. Sessions are either delivered on the school premises or online, at the same time each week. We provide all of our tutors with training and workbooks to use in sessions, and we will also process a DBS check for you. 

Beach Creative is a vibrant centre for creativity and wellbeing in Herne Bay with a truly inclusive community focus established in 2012

We are a vibrant creative hub, right in the heart of Herne Bay where you can try new
things, meet new people, share your ideas and talents, and have fun.
We support people on their creative journey, give artists and makers space to create
and show their work and bring people together through creative activities.
Our exhibitions, events and learning opportunities make a real difference to people’s
lives in Herne Bay

Beach Creative, over its ten-year history, has adapted and changed to the needs and interests of local people. Energised by strong community
involvement, Beach Creative has inspired local people of all ages, all backgrounds and all abilities to share their talents, exchange ideas and try new things through courses, events and exhibitions. Everyone is warmly welcomed.

Beach Creative CIC also provides spaces and opportunities for local artists and makers to develop and deliver their creative services

We support local people on their cultural explorations and our busy meeting rooms and workshop are used by peer support groups, writers, musicians and tutors with art and craft expertise delivering exciting courses and educational opportunities.
Beach Creative’s exhibitions and event programmes have brought many people together delivered many memorable experiences and played a huge role in strengthening the profile and identity of Herne Bay. As a CIC, all of our profits are put back into projects at Beach Creative and in the wider community and maintaining the facilities. 

ABOUT BEYOND THE PAGE LTD 

 Beyond The Page (BTP) is an innovative teaching organisation located in Thanet, east Kent. Our vision is to build strong, flourishing communities in which women of all backgrounds can fully participate. Our work focusses on building speaking confidence and inter-cultural friendships, combining teaching English as an additional language with a holistic and creative approach. Our core programme, “United Mothers”, provides free weekly women-only spaces for safe and friendly English language learning for all ages and abilities. We work closely with service providers to develop their potential to work confidently in a multi-ethnic community. 

 The United Mothers programme is a long-term commitment by BTP; it is offered free and without registration criteria of any sort to all Thanet women, although our work focusses on language learning for minority ethnic women with English as an additional language. Our intention is to remove as many barriers as possible to their engagement and ability to participate. Groups are based in local community centres. Our unique approach combines ESOL teaching with a strong ethos of equality and community-building.   

 http://www.tinyurl.com/unitedmothers 

 For more information about us and our work, please see: www.beyondthepage.org.u

Bookmark Reading Charity has a very simple vision: we want every child to read. Currently, more than 1 in 4 children leave primary school unable to read well. This disproportionately impacts children from disadvantaged backgrounds, who leave primary school on average a year behind their peers.  

Through delivery of one-to-one reading programmes, Bookmark aims to meet the needs of children who face the greatest barriers and for whom the benefits of reading can be most transformative. 

You can help ignite the joy of reading and change a child’s story.  

Bright Shadow’s mission is to enable people living with dementia, and those affected by it, to live well and to thrive. Join our professional Bright Shadow artists in delivering stimulating two hour Zest sessions being creative together. We will sing, get moving and making, share
stories and laughter, in award winning sessions shown to boost wellbeing. Volunteering with us is a wonderful opportunity to make a tangible impact on the lives of our participants by enabling them to continue engaging with our trademark Zest sessions in Canterbury, Whitstable, Hythe and Dover.

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. 

Zest timings:

Canterbury Zest - Tuesdays 9:30-12:15 at Thanington Nighbourhood Resource Centre

Whitstable Zest - Tuesdays 1:30-4:15 at Whitstable Umbrella Centre

Dover Zest - Thursdays 9:30-12:15 at The Harmonia Hub

Hythe Zest - Thursdays 1:30-4:15 at Hythe Sports Pavilion

Since 2007 the Canterbury & Herne Bay Volunteer Centre has been supporting, promoting and developing volunteering opportunities within the Canterbury District. As technology continues to evolve, people are looking for new ways to volunteer in a non-traditional way keeping up with the new technologies and trying to better time-manage their lives in this busy world. We consider it a privilege to be able to help, and we are stepping up by developing a Virtual Volunteering project to enable everyone to find the volunteering roles that fit in with their lives

The opportunity we currently have is for students to be volunteers assisting the Canterbury UNESCO Tour. This tour is a new addition to the portfolio of tours available in the city and comprises guided tours of the three sites making up the Canterbury UNESCO World Heritage Site. The tour lasts for 6 hours and volunteers are welcome to enjoy the whole tour if they wish to do so.

The specific volunteer role we are currently offering is to marshal the groups between sites and hand over to the guides at each site.

We would like a minmum of two marshals at all times and all necessary training and induction will be provided. There are 13 tours in 2022, dates available on request.

We are a voluntary organisation working to improve Canterbury as a tourist destination. This will have a beneficial effect on the economy of the city. We are currently engaged in three projects: a major statue of Aphra Behn, the world's first female professional writer whop was born in Harbeldown; a working model of Whitstable Harbour in 1924; working with the Canterbury's Tales of England Project.

C4U organizes several regular and ad hock activities in partnership with other voluntary and statutory organisations. Among such activities are:

• Supporting local sponsors and Ukrainian refugees at all stages from application to Home for Ukraine scheme, including matching support, to settling in a new place in the UK, including applications for the Universal Credit, English classes, schools, etc
• Weekly drop-in sessions for Ukrainian and local sponsor families – ‘Welcome Hub’ coordinated jointly Kent Together and Canterbury Umbrella Centre
• Bespoke advice and signposting for individuals, including translation and interpreting support, and advocacy to access welfare support and services.
• Signposting to psychological support for local sponsor families, including support for conflict resolution
• English language classes jointly with Canterbury Christ Church University
• Community, social and educational events
• Canterbury Ukrainian Choir
• Fortnightly Young Ukrainians Hub
• A social club for older age Ukrainians "Young at Hearts"
• Ukrainian literature section at the Beaney Library
• Distribution of free SIM cards
• Ukrainian as a foreign language class

We support those who have, for many reasons, fallen through the gaps in society and feel they have nowhere else to turn.

The Student Green Office is a team led by current student staff members putting on events and campaigns and running a term-time blog and social media pages to engage students with sustainability both on and off campus.

Christ Church Sport and Active Health aims deliver a high quality, progressive and inclusive, sport, health and fitness service that extends opportunities for engagement, that builds active communities and has impact on individual wellbeing and development.

The Students’ Union is run led by elected students, supported by staff and of course your voice through various committees and working groups.

Communigrow is a horticultural and educational charity based in East Malling, Kent. We reconnect people to places where their food comes from. We invite the local community to join us and learn how to grow food using sustainable methods. We also offer field-based education sessions to local special educational needs school students, community groups and individuals, working in partnership with local organisations to improve wellbeing of communities. Communigrow field is an outdoor community resource where everyone is welcome. It is a place to learn and develop inspiring communities.

Deafblindness affects everyone in different ways. Some people might have mild sight and hearing loss whereas others can’t see or hear anything. It can be isolating and lonely and it’s far more common than many people realise. Around 400,000 people are affected by sight and hearing loss in the UK.
 

Volunteer Digital Champions 

Why not join our Digital Champions network to support and improve the digital skills of individuals within our communities. Our Digital Champions are volunteers and can be anyone who is willing to support someone with their digital skills and help build confidence. You do not have to be a technical genius, but be patient, understanding and a good communicator. 

A Digital Champions may support their colleagues, their friends and family or members of the community in a variety of ways. 

Express your interest to become a Digital Champion

It is a voluntary position with a heap of reward! All we ask that you undertake and record two interventions during the first year of joining the network to keep your membership acitve, you can of course do much more should you have the time

We appreciate all our Digital Champions are doing this on a voluntary basis. There are several ways you can provide support to others. 

• 1:1 support through the phone, email, virtual or face to face.
• Group presentations/training sessions virtual or face to face. 
• Create resources to go on our website that can be accessed at any time.

This is a great opportunity to build your skills and give something back to the local community,  you can be very flexible in the amount of time you wish to commit and how you wish to engage. As a volunteer you will be given a full induction and mandatory Basic DBS check, you can then join our network and decide how you want to engage with the network of Digital Champions across the county!

Further information is available on our website: Digital Champions Network (digitalkent.uk)

Our mission is to provide opportunities for adults and children with a learning disability, enabling them to achieve the things they want out of life and to be valued, treated equally, listened to and included. Our programme of activities and social events is open to anyone with a learning disability. We also offer information for families and carers.

Our Kent Cluster includes Walmer Castle an Gardens, Dover Castle, Deal Castle and Richborough Roman Fort and Ampitheatre.

Family Action has been a leading provider of services to disadvantaged and socially isolated families since its foundation in 1869.  Family Action is a nationwide charity committed to building stronger families and brighter lives.

We believe a family’s life chances should not be determined by circumstance, so we provide practical, emotional and financial support and services to over 60,000 of the UK‘s most vulnerable families through a network of national programmes, financial grants and some 200 community-based services.

We tackle some of the most complex and difficult issues facing families today and work holistically with whole families whenever we can, to help them find solutions to problems - no matter how difficult - so that they become safer, stronger and more optimistic about their future. Volunteers play a vital role in our organisation and are valued team players in the work that we deliver and the communities we serve.

Current Volunteering Opportunities

Our new service in Medway provides support to pregnant women and families with babies aged 0-3 who maybe experiencing low to moderate mental health challenges including anxiety, low mood, postnatal depression or social isolation.

There are two ways in which you can volunteer, as either a Child and Family Support Volunteer or a Perinatal Befriender in Medway.  You can read more about these roles here:

https://www.family-action.org.uk/volunteer-role/child-and-family-support-volunteer-medway/

https://www.family-action.org.uk/volunteer-role/perinatal-befriender-medway/ 

If you are interested in becoming a Volunteer in either of these roles, please complete the expression of interest on the links above, or alternatively you can email us at medwaypregnancytothree@family-action.org.uk

Once we have received your completed forms we will contact you again to discuss the role.

What happens next?

You will be invited to attend six training sessions to ensure you are fully trained and supported in your volunteering role.  

Before you start volunteering, Family Action will seek two references. Please provide the details of two referees on the application form. At least one of them must be someone who can comment on your suitability for volunteering (they must not be a family member or friend).

As the role involves working with children and/or vulnerable adults, we will arrange an Enhanced DBS check. This is standard procedure for everyone who works with young people and/or vulnerable adults, but does not usually rule out anyone who has committed unrelated offences in the past.

Do you have an understanding of the problems experienced by parents who misuse drugs or alcohol, or have you experienced trauma or abuse? Are you a parent or do you feel you could help others to overcome these issues?

The team and Court are based in Maidstone, Kent, but work kent wide.The team provides treatment, support and assessment to families who are involved with the court. This is also provided for some families, who are not at court, but are in pre proceedings.

FDAC are looking to recruit volunteer mentors to support parents through their recovery process.

The role of a Parent Mentor is to:

Engage with and support the parents who are involved in the FDAC process.

Guide and encourage parents to engage with treatment.

Encourage parents to engage with the FDAC team, who along with the mentor will be there to offer support and guidance during any times of crisis.

To provide information to the team regarding the family’s progress.

If you feel you have the experiences, skills, and qualities to help others and are interested in becoming a volunteer parent mentor then  please contact us.

Priority will always be given to those who have lived experience of substance and alcohol misuse. This can be successful FDAC parents, families, adult children or friends who understand the affects substance and alcohol misuse has on people and their families. Also, anyone who has experience or understands the affects trauma such as domestic or sexual abuse has on people. However, anyone who has or who can learn the skills and qualities needed to support people without forming judgement can also volunteer as Parent/Peer Mentors. This includes students who may be looking for volunteering opportunities to aid their studies and parents or grandparents who have a few spare hours and would like the opportunity to support others in their recovery.

Training and ongoing support, guidance and supervision will be provided.

Who can volunteer?

The Rainbow Centre values diversity and encourages volunteers from all sections of the community.
Our only restriction is that you will need to be over 18 to volunteer with us.

How much time will I have to give?

When you apply to volunteer we can tell you about the volunteering vacancies we have available and as a volunteer, you can choose something that meets the level of commitment you can afford to give.

What volunteer opportunities do you have?

We have a wide variety of volunteering opportunities across a range of services, so there is something for everyone.

• Rainbow Food Warehouse
• Homeless Support Service
• Rainbow Shop
• FoodStop
• Family Contact Centre
• Rainbow Club
• Shepway Foodbank
• Folkestone Churches Winter Shelter
• Money Matters

Depending on the service for which you volunteer, you could be manning our reception, handing out soup to homeless people, serving in the shop, helping children with activities, sorting food, helping people follow a budget, or even making the tea!

All volunteering roles will require references and some also require a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. This will be completed at no cost to you.

We provide a family support service to support parents/carers of children with disabilities with information and guidance.

The Family Support Officers (FSO’s) run regular coffee mornings , drop in services at Greenbank’s and the Community advice hub (Thanet) and Orchards (Sittingbourne) children’s centres, where children engage in play activities, while parents/carers are able to obtain information and support from an FSO.  We provide the following support: -

1. Support/information when trying to gain a diagnosis

2. Improving relationships with schools and teachers including advice/guidance on the education and health care plan process

3. Support for siblings/young carers

 4. Support and advice on managing behaviour that challenges.

 5. Support with accessing local activities and events. We run after school, weekend and school holiday events for children 0-25 at local venues and places of interest that are accessible to all such as horse riding, visits to local attractions, autism friendly cinema screenings and private hire of soft play Centres.

For Us Too is a membership charity and this ensures that those who use our services directly influence how the charity operates and the work that we do. We constantly evaluate our service provision and listen to the views of all disabled children, young people and their families.

Did you know that every 90 seconds someone in in the UK is admitted to hospital with a brain injury? In an instant a person’s life has changed forever…

Headway Kent offers a support, guidance and reablement to anyone affected by a brain injury. We have our reablement hubs in Canterbury, Ashford, Folkestone and Thanet. In these safe spaces we support with relearning lost cognitive skills as well as offering an environment where people can just be themselves and don’t have to explain their behaviour or brain injury.

As one of our service users said “ I love coming to Headway, it’s the one day of the week that I don’t have to apologise for being myself”

As well as our hubs we offer 1:1 support, run “Living with Brain Injury” workshops, carer support and guidance, visit patients on the neuro’ wards to discuss life after hospital with a brain injury and raise awareness of brain injury to the wider community.

At Hestia we support adults and children in times of crisis.

We deliver services across London and the surrounding regions, as well as campaign and advocate nationally on the issues that affect the people we work with.

Last year we supported 14,007 men, women and children.

This includes victims of modern slavery, women and children who have experienced domestic abuse, young care leavers and older people. From giving someone a home, to helping them to get the right mental health support, we support people at the moment of crisis and enable them to build a life beyond a crisis. We are supported by nearly 950 volunteers across London who provide specialist skills such as art therapy, yoga, IT, gardening and cooking, as well as befriending and fundraising.

We are proud to be the home of UK SAYS NO MORE, bringing together a diverse coalition of individuals, charities, businesses and public sector organisations to campaign for an end to domestic abuse and sexual violence.

We are looking for new volunteers to join us, we have a variety of roles available.  We pay mileage, provide free training and food and refreshments.  We ask volunteers to have a driving licence and vehicle. 

We hold bereavement support weekends in Sittingbourne, Sevenoaks, Broadstairs, Sheppey and Bexley.  We ask all new volunteers to commit to atleast 3 weekends a year with us.  

The volunteer roles we have available are working 1-1 with a bereaved child aged 6-17 years, general duties volunteer, fundraising volunteer, Parent/Carer support group volunteer, kitchen volunteer and driver volunteer.  Please email caroline.norman@holg.org.uk for more information. 

Home Visiting Volunteers support families with at least one child under the age of 5 in the home. They provide emotional and practical support and encouragement to families. A Home-Start volunteer has a good understanding of the challenges of family life and will be kind and level-headed. Volunteering with Home-Start is ideal work experience for students doing courses in Childcare, Early Years, Social Work or other family related subjects.

All volunteers must attend a comprehensive preparation course prior to their volunteering which consists of 5-7 sessions held during school hours. The course covers topics such as safeguarding and confidentiality so that volunteers feel confident in their ability to support families. All volunteers have access to regular supervision, both formal and informal as well as regular optional training opportunities and social events. Home-Start can provide references for volunteers following a year of volunteering. Volunteers must be 18+ and will need to complete an enhanced DBS check.

In addition we help voluntary and community sector organisations operate more effectively by offering a range of information, advice, resources, training and support

Inclusive Sport is a physical activity provider with inclusion at the heart of its ethos.

We believe in the power of physical activity to transform lives.

We specialize in working with specialist populations and vulnerable groups because we believe everyone is entitled to access sport regardless of their backgrounds, needs and ability.

We work with children , adults and a wide rnage of organisations.

Volunteering is a wonderful way for your employees to step out of their normal working environment and try something different, learn new skills, enhance their talents and help the community.

If your company has a volunteer programme, or is looking to give back to the local community by setting one up, then please read on.

We are looking for volunteers for a role which provides insight into a world that few people see.  Our members are a team of ordinary people doing an extraordinary role: independent monitors in prisons and immigration detention. All our members are unpaid public appointees, appointed by Ministers.

Once appointed, our members have unrestricted access to the facility they monitor and can talk to any prisoner or detained person, out of sight and hearing of members

This provides an opportunity to report on whether individuals are being treated fairly and humanely and whether prisoners are being given the support they need to turn their lives around.

We are looking for people who share our values and commitment and are keen to give back to their community. A person will need to: be a good listener; always act with integrity; be committed to equality, diversity and inclusion; be able to analyse observed events and behaviour, make decisions and apply common sense. They will also need to work within a team, be a good communicator and have basic computer skills.

Above all we are looking for people with a non-judgemental and open-minded approach.

Although this is an unpaid role, we pay travel and subsistence expenses, childcare/carer costs and, in certain circumstances, contributions towards loss of earnings.

PLEASE NOTE: To volunteer four our charity you must be studying a health-related degree. If you are unsure if your degree would be suitable then please send us an email!

Keep Talking Services was set up initially as a project during the first lockdown. Loneliness has always existed and plagued our nation but COVID made things worse.

What started off with 1 student calling 2 people has grown into working with over 70 students with 1000+ calls made to our local community. We work with a wide range of clients from the elderly to individuals suffering from depression and other forms of mental illness.

We are now a registered Charitable Incorporated organisation with a dedicated team and board of trustees all with the agreement to create a service that changes lives while giving students real life experiences and a chance to develop their interpersonal skills.

We take referrals from local authorities, care homes and medical practices all of which we do our best to not judge and not to discriminate. We will do all we can to support anyone as we have 1 vision and that's to KEEP TALKING

Students joining get a variety of benefits including:

- Join a family of like-minded healthcare students from different fields, break down the barriers of healthcare, this is no us and them there is just us!

- We deliver training opportunists to all our students, this can range from mental health training to other unique opportunities such as training from Samaritans and other sectors all of which will help you develop your knowledge in the world of healthcare!

- Your chance to be noticed! we aim to offer opportunities for publication through the charity in a way in which we recognise and praise participation. 

- Meeting your calls and making that difference can be rewarded in the form of gift vouchers

- Stand out to your employers! when you finish university by being part of a charity makes you stand out and shows your employer that you are a kind and giving individual who wants to make a difference.

- Take part in fundraising and events! we plan to do a variety of fundraisers such as bake sales, sponsored sleeps, Christmas fairs and so much more! why not be a part of it?

- Free DBS checks

- A detailed induction, handbook and regular supervision to help you thrive in our organisation.

Volunteering is not for everyone, if you are able to spare an hour a week and want to shine light in the darkness of someone’s life then we want to hear from you!

Our vision

Our vision is a future where Kent’s coast communities improve their quality of life – through the power of volunteering and social action.

KM Charity Team is a registered charity that delivers literacy, road safety and walk to school initiatives to support schools, families and children. The charity also supports the charitable sector by staging collaborative fundraising events, such as the KM Bike Ride, KM Colour Run and the KM Big Quiz.

Our libraries are not just place to take out textbooks, but places to be and learn with a variety of facilities to suit different working styles. We support students throughout their journey, to navigate collections and identify the information that they need. Specialist support is provided by a team of dedicated subject librarians and academic and study skills advisors who provide one-to-one tutorials, workshops and tailored resources. Our Department is committed to deliver an outstanding and enriching library and learning experience.

Everyone deserves the right support at the end of life

Whether you have months, weeks or days left to live, we're here for you with clinical and emotional care, supporting you to be comfortable, free of pain and other symptoms, and able to live the best life you can to the end.

We're all unique, and what matters most to you matters most to us. We'll care for you at home and in our hospices, and give you practical and emotional help over the phone and online. We're here for the people closest to you too, right now and in the future.

How we can help

Information and support

Marie Curie has free information and support about dying, death and bereavement, online, in print, and over the phone. From first questions after a terminal diagnosis, or information about accessing services, to experiences shared by carers, guidance on planning for death, and support for grief.

Hospice care

We provide expert hospice care wherever it's needed – either in a hospice or within the comfort of your own home.

Our nurses, healthcare assistants and other healthcare professionals bring the nursing, clinical and emotional help you need to you, in your home. And we offer support to the people close to you too – from reassurance and practical information to letting them take a break.

Our hospices help people with any illness they're likely to die from, and the people close to them, receive the support they need. From medical and physical support to psychological and emotional care, whatever your illness, at whatever stage of the journey, we help you to live the best life possible, right to the end.

Companion volunteers

Companions offer free emotional and practical companionship for people at or approaching the end of life, and those close to them. They focus on what's important to you. It might be accompanying you to appointments, being there to listen to how you're feeling without judgment, or stepping in so family or carers can take a break. 

We want to enable people to offer their money, skills, time, or prayer, to help those suffering the effects of extreme poverty. Mary’s Meals is a grassroots movement with minimal staff. Volunteers are central to what we do as we enable more and more people to get involved in the most effective way for them.

We are recruiting community volunteers to pro-actively raise awareness of the work of Mary’s Meals. We want to give students the opportunity to gain valuable experience in the charity sector whilst reaching out to other students and their local communities to raise awareness of Mary’s Meals. We believe in providing the independence and freedom for students to develop their own ideas and fundraising initiatives for their own personal development. Yet, we also will ensure guidance where needed to encourage the shared vision of Mary's Meals and facilitate training for those who wish to take part in speaker events, communications or group leadership.

Our core services include:

Asylum Support

Those seeking asylum in the UK can come to us to seek help with applying for accommodation and financial support, to report issues with asylum accommodation, and any other advice needed during their asylum journey. We also provide support during the post-decision period, whether the decision has been positive or negative.

Victims of Slavery and Human Trafficking Support

We provide specialist support and accommodation to victims of human trafficking and modern slavery, and their dependants. Our dedicated casework teams provide safe accommodation, develop support plans and facilitate access to key services in order to empower clients as they recover from trauma. Our aim is to reduce the risk of re-trafficking and help the survivors to move onto a positive new chapter in their lives.

Refugee Resettlement

In September 2015, the Government committed to bringing 20,000 vulnerable Syrian refugees into the UK under the SVPR scheme by 2020. We work alongside local authorities in East Kent to assist refugees resettled in the area. We support the individuals and families as they settle into their new communities, helping them to cope with trauma with the help of specialist services, learn English and access healthcare, education, employment opportunities and other key services.

EU Settlement Scheme

EU citizens living in the country must apply for settled or pre-settled status to guarantee their rights after the UK leaves the European Union. We are committed to advising and supporting vulnerable people in this process, including those who are part of Gypsy, traveller or Roma communities, homeless, elderly, disabled, adults who have left care or victims of domestic abuse, modern slavery or human trafficking.

Hong Kong Welcome Programme

Our Hong Kong Welcome Programme assists Hong Kong British Nationals (Overseas) who are settling in the UK. Our aim is to provide Hong Kong British National (Overseas) with support and access to education, training, and employment opportunities to help people feel confident and prepared to settle into your new live in the UK. Our dedicated team offers free advice and support focussed on employability.

Clear Voice Interpreting Services

Clear Voice offers high-quality interpreting and translation services throughout the UK and is the only social enterprise service of its kind. All of Clear Voice’s profits are donated back to Migrant Help to support our work.  

Fortunate enough to find ourselves in a unique position to help, we also strive to influence positive change to policy and practice, as well as demonstrate the value that migrants bring to the UK in order to address the rising hostility from some parts of the population.

We believe that everyone deserves to be safe, respected and treated equally, and we strive to ensure this through committed partnerships, innovation and excellence.

The Motor Neurone Disease Association is the only national charity in England, Wales and Northern Ireland focused on improving access to care, research and campaigning for those people living with or affected by MND.

Our Mission

We improve care and support for people with MND, their families and carers.

We fund and promote research that leads to new understanding and treatments, and brings us closer to a cure for MND.

We campaign and raise awareness so the needs of people with MND and everyone who cares for them are recognised and addressed by wider society

The National Trust has been looking after places of natural beauty and historic interest since 1895. Our 21st-century ambition is to play a major role in the fight against climate change, meet the needs of an environment under pressure, and the challenges and expectations of a fast-moving world. Underpinning this is our renewed commitment to diversity and inclusion and playing our part to create a fair, equal society, free from discrimination. 

Palm Bay Primary School is located on the Kent coast over looking Palm Bay and the North Sea between Margate and Broadstairs.  It is a Local Authority (LA) maintained school catering for boys and girls in the primary phase of education, from 4 -11 years of age. It opened in September 1995 and has had five highly successful Ofsted inspections and reports.

There are 13 classes. The number of children on roll is approximately 420.

Our main project for 2020-21 is a spoken memory project, WWII Dover remembered   Funded by the Community Fund.

Covid-19 means that we have been unable to conduct face to face  interviews with our memory sharers mainly in their 80's and 90's Because we think it important to keep in touch with this group who are suffering greater social isolation because of the lockdown and social distancing We are looking at other ways to keep listening to and gathering their stories.

We need volunteers for the following tasks

1. Voicing

Voicing short extracts from our memory sharers written memoirs . This we find works well as although now mostly in their 80's and 90's our memory sharers are describing events that took place when they were young . We also seek people to voice short concise bits of historical background information.and extracts from WWII public information leaflets 

2. Interviewing

If you  have a family member or family friend who grew up in WWII Kent. Interview them on your mobile phone and send us the audio file.If you would like to do this get in touch and we will give you advice on conducting an oral history interview .

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Pilgrims Hospices provides specialist care, support and services to those living with incurable diseases within the east Kent community. Throughout the year we have a range of volunteering opportunities such as; supermarket collections, fundraising events, marshaling and many more exciting opportunities to get involved in.

East African Playgrounds give children their childhoods back through play. The Uganda Volunteer Project provides an ethical overseas experience, seeing the difference you're making by putting it there yourself. As a volunteer you will experience four incredible weeks; living and volunteering within a local community to help transform a community school by building an amazing new playground from start to finish with a team of trained Ugandan builders and welders. You will also assist on our creative play programme to inspire children at a school to learn, explore and develop themselves.

At Porchlight, we help people who have nowhere to go and no-one to turn to; some people are homeless, others are struggling to cope with the pressures in their lives and need our support to keep on track. As a charity working across Kent, we help vulnerable and isolated people get support with their mental health, housing, education and employment. We provide young people and adults with the advice, guidance and skills to live independently in the future, to play an active role in their local community and to fulfil their potential.

Our vision is of a society that understands justice as a process of restoration and healing, that uses prisons sparingly and as places of learning and rehabilitation, and that values the innate dignity and worth of every human being. We work for the common good of Society, taking a public health-based approach. We work at the intersection of criminal justice, child and family welfare, mental health, wellbeing provision and health and social care. 

You can find our volunteers and staff in courts, prisons, probation services, and in communities across England and Wales. We are a diverse, inclusive, modern, and collaborative charity. We build effective partnerships and sustainable solutions based on our well-established understanding of the systems in which we work, and on our historic values and ethos developed through our 120+ years of service delivery.

Red Zebra Community Solutions was established through a series of mergers between existing local charities which had been providing services to East Kent communities for many years. The charity took its present name in 2015.  Red Zebra’s mission is to help to create stronger, healthier communities by supporting people and organisations. We are passionate about working in partnership to develop and improve services, increase access to services and promote parity of opportunity. 

Red Zebra provides a variety of services enabling people to be involved and active in their communities and to remain independent in their own homes. These include social prescribing, helping socially isolated people to reconnect with their community; a volunteer transport service enabling people to attend essential appointments and a ‘Roma in the Lead’ project, which aims to address issues Roma migrants face around integration and difficulties in accessing services.  

We support local Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector organisations, helping  people to set up new groups and helping established groups in a number of areas including applying for funding, developing necessary policies and procedures, promoting their work, networking with other groups, and accessing training for their staff and volunteers. 

Renaissance the Gentle Gym is a community-led service overseen by stakeholders who are also service user. We are a not for profit organisation. 

Introduction to the Rising Sun Domestic Violence & Abuse Service

Rising Sun is a charity in Kent working to end domestic abuse and improve the lives of survivors and their children suffering from its effects.  We have an ambitious vision for a world in which women and children live free from actual or threatened domestic abuse and all forms of violence.

Established in 1978, we represent, campaign for, and support the delivery of specialist domestic abuse and prevention of violence against women and girls services in Kent, as part of a UK network.

We have been at the forefront of shaping coordinated community responses and practice in Kent, by campaigning for change and providing advice, support and training to deliver programmes and services for survivors, families and communities.

As a part of the Women’s Aid national federation, we ground our work and campaigning, as well as our training and advocacy, in delivering our local specialist services. We found our success on making sure the experiences and needs of survivors are central to all we do.

Rising Sun provides an integrated and holistic service addressing the needs of survivors and their children from the point of crisis through recovery and onto independent lives. Our key underlying principle is to work holistically alongside survivors in their recovery from the trauma they have experienced; helping to build resources through a strengths-based approach so that survivors are able to build safe and independent futures.

Vision and Mission

Our vision is a world in which women and children live free from actual or threatened domestic abuse and all forms of violence.

Our mission is to provide specialist support to women, children and anyone affected by domestic abuse across Kent. We aim to:

• Prevent domestic abuse.
• Provide specialist services for survivors of domestic abuse which are survivor centred, trauma informed and gender responsive.
• Work in partnership with survivors and other services to provide a holistic and meaningful response to bring about lasting change.
• Advocate for survivors and provide a platform for their voice to be heard.

Charity working to end domestic abuse. We provide a journey of support to women which can include 121 support, counselling, group programmes and support at court. We also support clients through volunteering opportunities.

Our work with young people is via both 121 support and group work programmes.

SeeAbility specialises in supporting people with learning disabilities and autism, who may also have sight loss, to realise their goals each and every day. We encourage people with disabilities to challenge what they expect from life, from themselves and from wider society. 

SNAAP is unique: there are no other local organisations which provide the extensive range of services to children with every kind of disability, aged from 0-25 years, in partnership with parents. The focus of the services is upon all of the child's needs including educational, social, developmental and emotional. We focus upon the whole family and not just on the child with disabilities.

We are always looking for energetic and enthusiastic volunteers to join our busy and exciting activities.

Our schemes provide fun play, leisure and sport activities for disabled children and young people with a wide range of impairments.

Your role as a volunteer will be to assist in the delivery of these.

If you are interested in Volunteering with SNAAP, please click on link below to apply

https://form.123formbuilder.com/form-6268013/volunteer-application-form

OR Email volunteer@snaap.org.uk

Who are The Literacy Pirates? 

Through our term-long, after-school programme, we develop the literacy, confidence and perseverance of children aged 9-13, who are falling behind in class and have fewer opportunities in their personal lives, so that they can succeed at school and beyond. 

Approximately 20 children from different schools attend one after-school session per week via our specially created online platform to practise their reading and writing. We also professionally publish their work so that every Young Pirate finishes the programme a published author. 

About Together Talks (Flexible and remote volunteering)

Together Talks Telephone Befriending Service is looking for people who would like to join us in helping to provide support to as many people as possible during challenging times. Telephone Befriending has the potential to be an important aspect of the overall approach to helping the most isolated and lonely individuals in our society. Telephone Befriending can also benefit the volunteer befrienders who are similarly able to reengage with their community and may derive health benefits from regular volunteering.

Our aim is to alleviate feelings of anxiety, loneliness and isolation that may be experienced by many people across our communities, by contact from a volunteer befriender.

If you’re a friendly person who likes talking to people, then this is the role for you.

What does a Volunteer Telephone Befriender do?

This is an exciting new service and we expect the following to form the main part of the telephone befriending role:

• To telephone Befriendee’s at their home for around 10 -30 minutes. You will arrange the exact times of your future calls direct with the Befriendee’s. This could range from once a day to once a week, but individual needs will be matched with your availability (From 6 to 10 calls).
• To provide a telephone conversation, a listening ear and chat about interests and hobbies, helping to alleviate loneliness and feelings of isolation.
• To provide companionship and human interaction at a time when this may be limited.
• To provide an update after each call to the Together Talks support Team. This is so we can keep a track of the amount of befriending calls each volunteer is undertaking, the type of support being offered during these calls and if there is anything further required.
• It is important to note telephone befriending is not counselling or therapy and other services must be sought if this is required.            

?Benefits

• You will gain new and transferable skills. We offer support for you to increase your own job-readiness and personal development, by offering training opportunities, volunteering experience and detailed references.

Additional Information

• We will assist you with a FREE DBS.
• The exact amount of time you choose to commit is up to you, but all calls are to be made Monday - Friday, between 9:30am and 4:30pm only.
• Unfortunately, we are not able to provide expenses for telephone calls made. Ongoing volunteer support and guidance will be provided by the Telephone Befriending Support Team.

Unfold is a mentoring organisation who offer 1-2-1 mentoring for the community of Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea and the surrounding boroughs.Our  Broadening Horizons programme offers a person centred, holistic approach of mentoring for children and young people between the ages of 10-25. Within this programme we also offer mentoring for Asylum seekers and have partnerships with two Pupil Referral Units, where we also provide mentoring for their students.

Trained in positive psychology and coaching style techniques, mentors work with their mentee to empower them to navigate and identify the many challenges that are often faced during the stages of transition from childhood to adulthood. Their mentor will support them to make changes they want to make and get them where they want to be. This is done through achieving our programme aims of boosting Confidence, building lasting Independence and Connecting mentees with 1 or more organisation, this could include more targeted support service like CAMHS, Kooth or Young Minds or organisations can be for recreational purpose for example afterschool clubs, gyms and youth clubs.

We provide bespoke in-house training to our mentors and all are supported by a designated Programme Officer from onboarding to the end of their mentoring journey with us. We also hold compulsory group supervision session providing a safe space for mentors to share skills and ideas around mentoring and support each other with challenges they may face.

VS Kent Welcome Applicants from Canterbury,  Medway And Thanet locations

What will I be doing?

• Contacting victims and clearly explaining the role of Victim Support and empowering victims to overcome the emotional, psychological and practical effects of crime.
• Helping people explore how their experience of crime has affected their lives and identifying ways to enable them to recover from the experience by helping them to identify their individual needs and helping them to choose options they feel are right for them.
• Identifying situations where we cannot directly meet the needs of the victim and working with the client and the manager to make appropriate referrals.
• Liaising with staff to arrange practical help for victims.
• Giving information about other agencies and their procedures.
• Report writing and contact with Case Manager to ensure the best support is delivered to the victim.

What skills do I need?

• Approachable and non-judgemental manner.
• Good listening and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to problem solve.
• Basic IT skills.
• Ability to volunteer within our values, policies and procedures.

How much time am I expected to give?

• Ideally you would volunteer for an average of 6 hours per week for a period of at least 12 months so that you can get the most out of the role and to provide some continuity to the victims and witnesses that we support. 

What does the training involve?

• Foundation - this is eLearning that will take an average of 12 hours to complete over a 2-week period.
• Multi-crime - this is a combination of 6 workbooks and participation in 2 workshops. This will take an average of 8 weeks to complete.

What are the benefits?

• Full induction, one-to-one support for the role, and opportunities for excellent training and to develop new skills.
• All volunteers have access to the Employee Access Programme which provides free, confidential assistance with any work, personal or family issue.
• Rewarding sense of having made a positive difference to people’s lives.
• Learn about the work of criminal justice agencies.
• All volunteers have free access to a wide range of e-learning opportunities.
• Progress by specialising in supporting victims of specific crimes (such as domestic abuse or hate crime).

What opportunities do I get?

• Join a team of like-minded people.
• Contribute to our valuable work.
• Ability to engage with the Victim Support Volunteer Panel.
• Opportunities to join in team projects and influence development throughout the organisation.

Please only apply Via the website: Volunteer - Victim Support  and search  our Current Volunteering opportunities  https://recruitment.victimsupport.org.uk/volunteering-vacancies.html

This opportunity is available to all applicants aged 18 and over. This role requires references and internal safeguarding checks. Volunteers will be asked to provide all relevant documents for VS to carry out these checks. All volunteers must have an active email address that they use regularly and be willing to engage in our electronic means of communication, keeping up-to-date with information on our intranet, maintaining personal details on our database, and engaging in two-way communication.

Walk the Walk is the UK’s largest grant-making breast cancer charity that is dedicated to not only raising money and awareness for vital breast cancer causes, but to also encourage women and men to become more aware of their own potential for fitness and wellbeing. We organise the famous MoonWalk overnight power walking challenges and are immensely proud to have raised over £133m, which has been granted to research into breast cancer and to improve the lives of people living with cancer now.

Pyxis was born from the belief that young people who experience difficulty with social situations can improve them if given the right support. We believe that this contributes to them having independent lives, successful relationships and fulfilling careers. 

Over time, we have come to the view that the best way to support these young people is to create spaces where they feel that they are safe and supported. Our focus has become about creating spaces for connection with other young people and professionals, in order to learn about themselves, each other, and the world around them. We think that supported by these relationships, young people can navigate what often feel like confusing and unmanageable challenges.

You can find out more about the projects we run at www.pyxis.life.

We organise weekly volunteer tasks to do practical conservation work at a number of nature reserves.  For more information or to join our friendly team please contact us.

wHoo Cares aims to provide support for anybody on the Hoo Peninsula or within the ME3 postcode.
Where we are not able to be there for you personally, we will provide you with information of other services and organisations that can assist you and help you on your ‘journey’.

Within our organisation, we are always looking at new ways to support people, alongside trying to bring services that do not yet exist on the Peninsula to the Peninsula.

It is also our aim to speak out for those who can’t on the Peninsula and help their message be heard.

We are a Scout Group in Wincheap, Canterbury we have approximately 180 young people across the ages of 4-18, across 8 sections (Squirrels, Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Explorers) We are looking for additional volunteers to support our team of leaders. Full learning and support available to any new volunteers.

As Scouts, we believe in preparing young people with skills for life. We encourage young people to do more, learn more and be more. Each week, we help over 180 young people at our Group, aged 4-18 enjoy fun and adventure while developing the skills they need to succeed, now and in the future.