Do you want to make an impact on issues you care about? Would you like to gain new skills or experiences?
Then Volunteer Centre Wiltshire can help. Whether you’ve got a few hours a month or a day a week there’s a volunteering opportunity out there to suit you. Any time you give can make a huge difference to the organisations, the people they work with and the community you live in.
One such volunteer said, “Volunteering gives me a sense of being useful, lets me meet different people and makes me feel part of the working world.”
Here are just a few opportunities within the local area:
Jamie’s Farm Music Festival: Jamie’s Farm organises an annual music festival to raise money for the charity. To enable this to happen they need a team of energetic, creative and committed volunteers.
Conservation Volunteer: Carry out practical environmental conservation tasks to help improve green spaces for people and wildlife. Tasks include: hedge laying, scrub clearing, coppicing, woodland management, fence building and path construction.
Lacock National Trust Visitor Welcome: Be the first point of contact for visitors to the National Trust site in Lacock. Visitor Welcome volunteers provide a warm welcome for all visitors, answer any immediate questions, help them orientate themselves and generally ensure they have the information to have a comfortable, enjoyable and memorable visit.
Pets As Therapy: Volunteers are needed to visit a nursing, residential home, hospital, day centre, hospice, school or club on a regular basis with their qualified Pets As Therapy dog or cat to bring companionship and therapy to service users resident or visiting the establishment.
Volunteer Centre Wiltshire also have details of various gardening, environmental, befriending, mentoring, administration, IT and many other roles.
Are you looking for a one off or short term volunteering opportunity? Why not take a look at the list of groups that are looking for volunteers for one off or urgent opportunities by visiting the website www.volunteercentrewilt shire.org.uk
If you’d like to start volunteering get in touch and an adviser can help find the best role for you. Visit the website: www.volunteercentrewiltshire.org.uk or call the volunteering adviser on 0845 521 6224. Volunteer Centre Wiltshire is run by Develop Enhancing Community Support.
