Volunteers, Trustees and Team at our Thank You Volunteer Cream Day, July 2024,
Volunteering is an opportunity to meet new people, improve connections and confidence, or perhaps gain valuable new skills or indeed use your established skills to contribute to the wellbeing of someone in your community. We want all volunteers to feel valued and supported and to feel rewarded by their role. Everyone is welcome and everyone has something to offer, from befriending, offering practical support or helping with our admin, IT or publicity. We support hundreds of people each year because we have a wonderful Volunteer Team. On this page you can find out more about the volunteer roles we have available and complete our volunteering enquiry form.
We know that people volunteer for a variety of different reasons. You may be looking at this page because you want to:
- learn something new or build skills and experience
- meet new people and be more social
- stay active or improve your wellbeing
- give something back to your community
Moorland Community Caring is extremely proud of our amazing Volunteer Team. We currently have around eighty volunteers across the three towns from all walks of life, all ages and backgrounds. We are always looking for people to join us.
Here are some descriptions of our volunteer roles – click to read in full.
- Visiting or Phone Befriending Volunteer Role Description – build a supportive relationship with one of our clients. This can include visits, phone calls, trips out, walks.
- Practical Support Volunteer Role Description – practical support with small tasks on a regular or one off basis. This can include shopping, dog walking, prescription pickups.
- Social Activities Volunteer Role Description – support us in organising our Moor Social and Memory Cafe. This can include making reminder calls or tea and sandwiches, helping set up activities and tidying away or helping with transport.
- Digital Champions – mentoring and empowering people over 50 to have better access to IT
- Admin Support Volunteer Role Description – support our small staff team and volunteers with the administration of our services and project.
- Finance Volunteer Role Description – support our Treasurer, our Manager and staff team with some of the weekly finance tasks
- IT Support Volunteer Role Description – make our IT systems run smoothly and provide ‘help desk’ style support.
- Trustee Role Description – play a vital role in making sure we carry out our charitable purpose and oversee the management and administration of the charity. This includes setting out our strategy. We always welcome new trustees with skills and/or lived experience relating to our field of work. We are currently seeking to fill the role of Treasurer and Secretary.
What our volunteers receive
- Induction and training on different themes
- Volunteering guidebook
- Ongoing staff support and supervision
- The opportunity to attend volunteer gatherings and community social groups
- Some wonderful experiences with our diverse and fabulous clients
If you can spare some time and would like to volunteer please complete this very short form. We’d love to hear from you!
We guarantee, whatever role you choose, will make a huge difference to the well-being of clients, often amazing people with a wealth of experience and an abundance of stories to share. Our work reconnects them with their community. It is also often deeply rewarding and enjoyable for those that generously offer their time. Our connecting community approach aims to give something back at a time in a client’s life when they may feel vulnerable or isolated. Thank you for considering volunteering with us!