VOLUNTEER ROLE: Check in and Chat Volunteer

As people get older, some may find they spend more time on their own. This can sometimes feel lonely, boring and lacking in social interaction.

Our volunteer Check in and Chat service is for older people so they can enjoy chatting with someone over the phone, all from the comfort of their home with a weekly 30-minute chat at a time which suits both volunteer and older person.

You will be matched with a person who has similar interests to you.

As a Check in and Chat volunteer you can make a difference to the wellbeing of an older person's life.

Hours: 30 minutes a week at your convenience at an agreed time with your elderly telephone friend

Supported by: Befriending Team

Location: Surrey

Main Duties: Making time for a 30-minute call at a mutually agreed day and time each week. Being kind and respectful to your telephone friend. A commitment to volunteering with us for several months or longer Agreeing to our volunteer terms and conditions.

Personal Qualities: You enjoy a good phone call You have patience, empathy and understanding

Skills: Excellent listening skills Have empathy for older people The ability to value and respect others’ opinions and beliefs

References/ID: The role requires two references. Please provide a copy (or equivalent) of your photo-driving license (or equivalent) via scan/i-photo with your volunteer registration form via email to Volunteer Lead / Volunteer@ for minimal ID purposes.

To find out more, click on the "Fill in an Application" box and I will get back to you.

Debra

Clockhouse Volunteers Role Profile – Clockhouse Café Volunteer

Location: Chapel Lane, Milford, Godalming GU8 5EZ

The Clockhouse is a social day centre, located in Milford, providing a range of activities for those pre & post retirement – we rely on the help of volunteers in these roles –

Note: all Volunteers have a Discount on food at the Clockhouse Cafe:

General:

Volunteers report to the Clockhouse Manager on site

A Basic DBS will be registered at no cost to you

You are able to apply for more than one volunteer role

You will be supported and guided by the staffing team

You will be invited to an online Induction with Age UK Surrey

Please click on the “Fill in an Application Form” box to register your interest

Our Practical Conservation Group Volunteers make a real difference to their local environment. Without them, many threatened butterflies and moths could be lost forever.

At Butterfly Conservation, we want to create a world where butterflies and moths are enjoyed by everyone, forever. Our Group Volunteers help ensure that their local site is a haven for wildlife and the people who enjoy it. Working with other volunteers doing hands-on, practical work, they make sure the site is right for butterflies by cutting, raking or digging.

There’s often a bonfire and refreshments, too!

You will enjoy physical work and have the chance to see the results of your efforts both on the day and in the following spring and summer when the butterflies and moths return. You don’t need to know anything about butterflies or moths to get started, but will have the chance to learn about them and other wildlife.

As part of our Volunteer Team you will receive regular updates and training, opportunities to attend our events and be rewarded with the appreciation of our clients for whom this may be an essential lifeline.  As part of a team of drivers, you will provide transport for older attending our monthly Community Lunches either at Hale or Farnham Town Centre.  All help gratefully received whether once a month or once a year. All our clients live within 3 miles of Farnham Town Centre.  Expenses will be offered for mileage.

Key skills & attributes: You should be a  car driver holding full UK licence, with own car insurance cover.  Safeguarding training will be organised together with a DBS check.

For further information please follow the 'Fill in an application' link.

Guildford Opera is seeking volunteers to help with our productions (and more)!

We have a range of roles to suit different skills, interests and time commitments. Whether you’d like to get involved just once or on an ongoing basis, we’d love to hear from you.

Our next production is in May 2026, but there are opportunities to get started throughout the year. We’re flexible, and we’ll work with you to fine-tune your role. Current opportunities include:

• Stage Management / Stage Crew – a few days a year

• Costume Coordinator – a few hours a week, starting by February 2026 (earlier if possible)

• Front of House Volunteers – a few evenings a year

• Fundraising Volunteer – ad hoc/a few hours a month

We’d also love to hear from people with other skills, such as carpentry or general handywork, who might be happy to help out on a casual basis. For most roles, no prior experience is necessary.

No need to commit long-term – you can try a role and see how it goes! To let us know you're interested in volunteering with us, please scroll to the top of this page and click on Fill in an application form (on the right-hand side of this advert). We look forward to hearing from you!

Are you an organised, reliable individual, with a few hours a month to help Joyfull Greens remotely and flexibly.? 

Joyfull Greens is a fairly new Community Interest Company, we are still in our first year.

We need help with general admin.  So if you are good at word, email, telephone calls, you are the person we are looking for.  We use Google Docs, so experience with that is helpful.  

Qualities

• Friendly, reliable and professional. 
• Excellent computer skills, admin skills etc.  
• Ability to communicate clearly

You would benefit from complimentary invites to cooking sessions and helping to make a lasting difference to your local community. 

Are you a corporate fundraiser and networker?  Have you experience to interacting with corporate organisations and local companies to fundraise?  Just a few hours a month need to help Joyfull Greens remotely and flexibly.

Joyfull Greens is a fairly new Community Interest Company, we are still in our first year.  This is a new role, so you can shape things for the future. 

We need help with developing corporate fundraising and yearly partnerships (often called charity of the year partnerships).   We use Google Docs, so experience with that is helpful. 

We expect developing partnerships with food, cooking, health and sports organisations, etc. 

The role may incorporate finding items for raffles and cooking sessions and creating sponsorship agreements with corporates.  

Qualities

• Friendly, reliable and professional. 
• Excellent computer skills, admin skills etc.  
• Ability to communicate clearly

You would benefit from complimentary invites to cooking sessions and helping to make a lasting difference to your local community. 

Joyfull Greens would like a Governance Volunteer, to ensure that we are carrying out our operation legally and safely, incorporating a monthly risk register.

Just a few hours a month need to help Joyfull Greens remotely and flexibly to write some of their first applications.  

Joyfull Greens is a fairly new Community Interest Company, we are still in our first year.  This is a new role, so you can shape things for the future.   

Qualities

• Friendly, reliable and professional. 
• Excellent computer skills, admin skills etc.  
• Ability to communicate clearly

You would benefit from complimentary invites to cooking sessions and helping to make a lasting difference to your local community. 

Are you organised and love running events?  As a new CIC we will be setting up some events for the future for fundraising, awareness raising and networking.  We are in the early stages of this process, so an experienced and reliable person would be perfect to add to our team.  Perhaps you specialise in planning events or perhaps you prefer being a person standing behind the table at events, being the friendly face of Joyfull Greens.   

Just a few hours a month, every now and then to help Joyfull Greens would make a lasting difference to the community interest group, which is still in its first year.

 Qualities

• Friendly, reliable and professional. 
• Excellent computer skills, admin skills etc.  
• Ability to communicate clearly

You would benefit from complimentary invites to cooking sessions and helping to make a lasting difference to your local community. 

Are you a people person?  Friendly, organised, reliable individual and definitely flexible, with a few hours a month to help Joyfull Greens remotely and flexibly.? 

Joyfull Greens is a fairly new Community Interest Company, we are still in our first year.

We need help with managing and recruiting volunteers.  General record keeping, ability to communicate and encourage volunteers, interview skills and basic management of volunteers.  This may include co-ordinating some training in things such as food hygiene etc.  So if you are good at word, email, telephone calls, you are the person we are looking for.  We use Google Docs, so experience with that is helpful.  May involve attending the occasional external volunteer meeting (optional). 

Qualities

• Friendly, reliable and professional. 
• Excellent computer skills, admin skills etc.  
• Ability to communicate clearly

You would benefit from complimentary invites to cooking sessions and helping to make a lasting difference to your local community. 

Are you a people person?  Do you love food, healthy and sustainable eating?  Are you friendly, organised and reliable?  Can you offer a morning or afternoon every now and then to instruct a session of 12 participants?  Classes run from 11-1:30pm at the moment, but may progress to afternoons and evenings in the future. 

You will need to demonstrate and cook a dish, giving instructions to the group to copy.  In addition, you will make a salad or two as side dishes to accompany the main dish.  There will be Assistant Class Hosts to help you set up, welcome guests, provide drinks, organise and clear away. 

Once cooked everyone sits and eats the finished product and takes home any left overs.  We currently  have one Cooking Instructor / Class Teacher, but we are looking for additional cooks/chefs, either on a regular basis or special appearance.  We need to add variety, so different cultural food, basic food, seasonal foods, man with a pan, budget cooking etc. 

Joyfull Greens is a fairly new Community Interest Company, we are still in our first year, however, we are having great success. 

Qualities

• Friendly, reliable and professional. 
• Excellent cooking/chef skills etc.  
• Ability to communicate clearly

You would benefit from complimentary invites to cooking sessions and helping to make a lasting difference to your local community. 

Are you an skilled marketing and communications person with a few hours a month to help Joyfull Greens remotely and flexibly.? 

Joyfull Greens is a fairly new Community Interest Group, we are still in our first year.

We need help with everything at this point in time.  We are able to make several roles or one big role.

We need help with producing a newsletter, advertising on Eventbrite, press releases, publicity, leaflets and other collateral and possibly social media (although we are advertising for social media volunteers separately).   

So if you like doing a particular thing in marketing and communications please get in touch.   

 Qualities

• Friendly, reliable and professional. 
• Knowledge of website maintenance and updating.  
• Ability to communicate clearly

You would benefit from complimentary invites to cooking sessions and helping to make a lasting difference to your local community. 

Bring your personality and friendliness to Joyfull Greens.  We need reliable, helpful people to help us run our classes.  As part of the team delivering the class, we would like you to help set up the room in advance of the class with dishes, glasses, food and utensils and to help tidy up afterwards.  Y

You will welcome people into the venue, register their names and give out name badges and aprons, offer a welcome drink and show them to their seats.   

During the class, you will assist and may be asked to help individuals with chopping, peeling, mixing etc.  We will have a professional chef instructing everyone, so you don't have to be a qualified chef!   

After cooking, we will need you to help by clearing the tables, and taking dirty plates and utensils to the kitchen.  Then you will need to re-set the tables ready to eat the gorgeous food that everyone has prepared.   

After eating, help clear away and then either place items in the dishwasher or wash up. 

You too will be able to enjoy a free meal with the other members of the class and some conversations throughout the session.  Great fun, relaxed and friendly. 

We will have a list of session dates and times and you would be able to select the ones that are convenient to you. 

Oakleaf are looking for volunteers to run activities with clients. 

Oakleaf Enterprise is a Mental Health Charity based in Guildford.  We support adults with their ill-mental health. We do this through three main pathways: work-related training, wellbeing activities and counselling.  

We are continuing to expand our activity offerings and would love to recruit some volunteers to help us run them.  If you have an hour a week, and a skill/passion you think our clients would benefit from let us know!

An understanding and compassionate nature towards ill-mental health is essential and a DBS check will be required. 

If you'd love the chance to share your skills, interact and help our clients then please do get in touch for more information. 

Client Services: Client-Services@Oakleaf-Enterprise.org

We currently have vacancies for volunteer receptionists to assist us with an immediate start.   

Full reception training will be given and appropriate safeguarding adults and GDPR training. 

We will require an Enhanced DBS check which Oakleaf will arrange.

Overview:

Provide general reception support for Oakleaf overseen by the client services manager.

Greet visitors and clients to the building, assisting with general enquiries and directing them to the correct service or department.

Ensure visitors sign in and sign out of the building so that Oakleaf are aware who is in the building at all times.

Monitor visitor movements whilst they are on site.

Receiving external telephone calls and transfer to appropriate staff member, message taking and provide  information regarding Oakleaf services.

Monitor staff Outlook calendars for whereabouts.

Being aware of and promoting Oakleaf services to new visitors and handing out promotional literature where appropriate.

Keeping hard copies of Oakleaf referral forms on reception to hand out to visitors enquiring about becoming an Oakleaf client, for them to take away and complete a daily appointment schedule for client activities, counselling appointments and maintenance visits is available each morning on reception.

Take card payments for services such as counselling and record each transaction.

Keep the reception folder updated with changes to staff and extension numbers.

Keep the reception area clean and tidy.

Monitor the car park to prevent blocking in.

Assist with adhoc administrative tasks.

Replenish supply of activities calendars in reception.

General:

Ensure maintenance of a safe and efficient working environment in accordance with current Health and Safety legislation including the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, COSHH Regulations, Environmental Health and EC Directives.

Operate robust and safe levels of practice in regard to lone working.

Perform any other reasonable duties as may be requested by the chief executive.

This job description is an indicator of general areas of responsibility and will be amended in accordance with the changing needs of the organisation in consultation with the post holder.

The Digital Team is responsible for the digital content for Rainbow

Trust. 

We are looking for an intern to work with us for 2 or 3 days per week, to

support our Digital Team in our head office in Leatherhead.

The Digital Intern will help support the Digital Team to include content

update for the website, Facebook updates, supporting email content and

supporting graphic design work.

Your role may include:

•  Scheduling content for social media
•  Editing photographs in Photoshop
•  Making edits to the Rainbow Trust website 

We’re looking for people who are/have:

• Experienced in Adobe packages to include photoshop and premier.
•  Passionate and interested in Digital Marketing
•  Have a basic level of understanding of photo editing.
•  Good written English.
•  Energy and enthusiasm and a pro-active approach

Your commitment:

Duration: 2 – 3 months

Hours: Flexible – 2/3 days per week

Training and Support

• A dedicated member of Rainbow Trust staff will guide and support you in

your work

• You will receive a full induction to the charity and a programme of training

relevant to your role, to help you get the most from your time with us

• Training will cover areas such as safeguarding, health and safety, confidentiality and GDPR, as well as our IT systems
• All volunteers will receive regular opportunities for informal and formal catch ups with their manager

Why choose Rainbow Trust?

• We are a Sunday Times Top 100 Not-for-Profit organisation and a leading

charity for children and young people

• Professional training and opportunities to develop your skills and knowledge
• The enjoyment of becoming part of our friendly and welcoming team, knowing you are making a valuable contribution to the lives of the families we support
• A calendar of social events for volunteers, including Christmas events and celebrations for Volunteers’ Week
• We will reimburse your out-of-pocket travel expenses up to £10 per day and up to £4.00 per day for lunch

Ready to apply?

• Get in touch by clicking the ‘fill in an application’ button.

Selection process:

• Enrolment form, informal interview, references.

If you have ever wanted to make a difference for the environment but not known how, volunteering with Zero Carbon Guildford  is one of the best things you can do.

There are many different ways you can get involved as a volunteer; you could become one of our speakers helping us to spread our message, help with our Saturday town centre outreach, you could join one of our projects such as the library of things, water rangers or the community fridge.  Or if you have limited time available for volunteering you can become one of our supporters and help us champion our work.   No prior experience or knowledge is needed as we will give you training, but you do need to be passionate about the environment and want to help us achieve our aim of helping Guildford reach carbon neutrality by 2030.   

To find out more about how you can get involved, fill in our application form and we'll be in touch soon. 

Minimum age for volunteering is 14 and Duke of Edinburgh students are welcome.