Voluntary Action South West Surrey

Volunteer with Haslemere Town Council – Make a Difference in Your Community!

Haslemere Town Council organises a variety of events throughout the year, and we’re always looking for enthusiastic volunteers to help make them a success. From car boot sales and Christmas carolling to marshalling Remembrance Sunday, there’s something for everyone to get involved with.

Volunteering is a fantastic opportunity to connect with your local community, support meaningful events, and work alongside our friendly Council team. Whether you're looking to gain experience, meet new people, or simply give back, we’d love to hear from you.

Council staff will always be on hand to support and guide volunteers, ensuring you're comfortable and confident in your role—no experience is necessary, just a positive attitude and willingness to help.

All events take place in Haslemere, which is easily accessible:

• By car: Haslemere has a variety of car parking options. 

• By train: Haslemere Station is on the mainline between London and Portsmouth.

• By bus: Regular services include:

  • Stagecoach 19 (to Farnham/Aldershot),

  • Stagecoach 23 (to Liphook/Alton),

  • Stagecoach 70/71 (to Guildford/Midhurst),

  • Stagecoach 123/113 (to Alton/Grayshott).

If you’re over 18 and would like to be added to our volunteer list, please apply to register your interest—we’ll be in touch with more information.

Role Purpose

Our Event Volunteer role is vital in ensuring that we can help families of seriously ill children keep moving forward. From Cheer Squads - providing encouragement at cheer points for those participating in challenge events; running stalls at markets and events; helping with bucket collections; attending local events to raise our profile to getting into character as ‘Mo’ our owl mascot. The gift of your time is invaluable to our charity.

What we are looking for in our volunteers

We are looking for enthusiastic, friendly, trustworthy people who enjoy being in a group with other volunteers. Depending on the event, you will need to be able to withstand all weather conditions and be happy to be on your feet… or not! Flexibility, self-motivation and the willingness to motivate others are all great traits for Event Volunteers.   

What’s in it for you?

You will be part of the Momentum team of volunteers and will meet plenty of other like-minded, friendly people at whatever event you choose to get involved in. You will gain satisfaction knowing that you have made a difference to the participants and raised the profile of Momentum at the event.

Hours required

Hours will vary, but it could be anything from 2-6 hours per event. This is an ad-hoc role and we will keep you informed of dates/times that we are looking for volunteer support. We will contact you when we need you and you are under no obligation to accept if you are otherwise busy.

Location

The locations will vary but much of our work and events are based in Surrey, Sussex and South West London.

How we’ll support you

There will be a key point of contact for you from the Momentum office and we’ll give you all the information you need prior to the event, such as meeting points, required resources and points of contact.

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