Welcome to Discovery’s Volunteering page!
Discovery is a social enterprise and is a subsidiary of the Dimensions UK Group.
You can browse our current volunteering opportunities below.
If you would like to apply or have any questions, please get in touch!
Email: volunteering@discovery-uk.org
or call 0300 303 9162 (Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm)
Would you like to make a real difference to someone's life?
Glenda loves her drumming class on a Friday and would like a friendly volunteer driver to help her get to and from her class!
You can either use your own car or drive one of the people we support's vehicle, a Seat Alhambra. Please note that Glenda has a wheelchair which would need to be transported too
Activities will include:
We’re looking for someone who:
A DBS check and two character references will be required for this role.
What you’ll gain from being a Discovery volunteer:
Discovery supports people with learning disabilities and autism, helping them to live more independently at home and in the community.
Our volunteers play a vital role in our work and in return, we support them with:
Want to apply for this role?
If you’d like to be a Discovery volunteer, we’d love to hear from you!
Do you enjoy going to the theatre to see a show or watching a film at the cinema?
If so, this role would suit you. The people we support in the Castle Cary area love nothing more than going out for the evening or an afternoon, they would love some company and to communicate about the film or show they have seen.
Your ticket would be paid for and you can meet them at the venue.
The first stage would be to get to know the people we support and build up a rapport before your first trip.
We’re looking for someone who is:
A DBS check and two character references will be required for this role.
Activities will NOT include: Personal care, medication or financial assistance
What you’ll gain from being a Discovery volunteer:
Our volunteers play a vital role in our work and in return, we support them with:
Want to apply for this role?
If you’d like to be a Discovery volunteer, we’d love to hear from you!
Would you enjoy sharing your love of cooking and getting people started in their cooking journey?
We support a group of people who like to try new things and we know they would enjoy learning some basic cooking skills!
If you enjoy interacting with a wide variety of people, can break down the steps in a cooking task and you would like to experience the satisfaction of seeing people produce a dish, possibly for the first time, this is the role for you.
Our colleagues will be there to support you and we have a modern kitchen facility available for use.
Activities will include:
Activities will NOT include: Personal care, medication or financial assistance.
We are looking for a volunteer who is:
A DBS check and two character references will be required for this role.
What you’ll gain from being a Discovery volunteer:
Discovery supports people with learning disabilities and autism, helping them to live more independently at home and in the community.
Our volunteers play a vital role in our work and in return, we support them with:
Want to apply for this role?
If you’d like to be a Discovery volunteer, we’d love to hear from you!
Help bring our garden to life!
Are you a keen gardener? We're looking to create an enthusiastic volunteer gardening team to maintain our garden, so that the people we support can enjoy it more!
It would be great if you could spend one session a week in our garden, but once every couple of weeks could also work.
Activities will include:
We are looking for volunteers who are:
A DBS check and two character references will be required for this role.
What you’ll gain from being a Discovery volunteer:
Discovery supports people with learning disabilities and autism, helping them to live more independently at home and in the community.
Our volunteers play a vital role in our work and in return, we support them with:
Want to apply for this role?
If you’d like to be a Discovery volunteer, we’d love to hear from you!
Do you enjoy the freedom of driving, and getting out and about? Could you be the person to make a real difference to a person we support?
Rebecca loves going out for fun day trips. She would like a friendly volunteer driver to help her to get to and from the activities and appointments that are important to her!
Activities will include:
We’re looking for someone who:
A DBS check and two character references will be required for this role.
What you’ll gain from being a Discovery volunteer:
Discovery supports people with learning disabilities and autism, helping them to live more independently at home and in the community.
Our volunteers play a vital role in our work and in return, we support them with:
Want to apply for this role?
If you’d like to be a Discovery volunteer, we’d love to hear from you!
Are you passionate about music?
We are looking for volunteers to make a real difference to the lives of people with learning disabilities and autism that attend our day service, by facilitating a space for their musical talents and interests, in partnership with Discovery colleagues.
Generally groups are quite relaxed with an informal structure but you are very welcome to bring your own ideas and plans for the group!
Activities will NOT include personal care or medication
We’re looking for someone who is:
A DBS check and two character references will be required for this role.
What you’ll gain from being a Discovery volunteer:
Our volunteers play a vital role in our work and in return, we support them with:
Want to apply for this role?
If you’d like to be a Discovery volunteer, we’d love to hear from you!
"My name is Steven, I love to go out and about to the theatre, visiting interesting places and listening to classical music.
I also love Liverpool football club and I want to visit the stadium one day.
My other hobby is visiting classic car shows.
I’m a mature man and I like to be independent, I do go out on my own but it would be fun to find a friend to come on adventures with me, someone who shares my interests and I can have a good chat with."
Do you enjoy the finer things in life? Classical music, a trip to the ballet or visiting stately homes?
If so then you might enjoy sharing your interests with Steven by volunteering as an out and about buddy!
We are looking for a volunteer who is:
A DBS check and two character references will be required for this role.
Activities will NOT include: Personal care, medication or financial assistance.
What you’ll gain from being a Discovery volunteer:
Our volunteers play a vital role in our work and in return, we support them with:
Want to apply for this role?
If you’d like to be a Discovery volunteer, we’d love to hear from you!
Do you enjoy the freedom of driving, and getting out and about?
Would you like to make a real difference to someone's life?
Being a volunteer driver gives you the opportunity to do that, as you would be helping the people we support get to and from the activities and appointments that are important to them!
Activities will include:
We’re looking for someone who:
A DBS check and two character references will be required for this role.
What you’ll gain from being a Discovery volunteer:
Discovery supports people with learning disabilities and autism, helping them to live more independently at home and in the community.
Our volunteers play a vital role in our work and in return, we support them with:
Want to apply for this role?
If you’d like to be a Discovery volunteer, we’d love to hear from you!
Discovery supports people with learning disabilities, autism, challenging behaviour and complex needs. We are driven by our values. People with learning disabilities and their families are at the heart of everything we do and we want every person we support to have a great life, with excellent outcomes.
Volunteer with us and help people with learning disabilities and autism to achieve more. We promise you will make a difference. In return, we will offer you the chance meet some great people, to develop new skills and experiences…and to have fun!