Volunteering Opportunities

V Code is a project that sits within V Team, the largest volunteering group at The SU Bath. This project aims to support young girls to learn more about studying and working in STEM careers. In collaboration with Mighty Girls, we are running a coding workshop for local secondary school aged students, encouraging them to consider a career in tech and STEM subjects by teaching them how to code and offering talks from Women in STEM careers.

What you would need to commit to:

Around 3 hours a week (especially during January/early February)
Have an interest or experience in STEM/Tech subjects
Interested and able to handle budgeting, managing inventory and volunteers
Confident using social media including LinkedIn
Able to attend bi-weekly meetings with Marsha from Mighty Girls
 

V Team are looking for one or two volunteers to lead on a project taking place over Student Volunteering Week.

If you’re keen to spread kindness on campus, are creative and motivated and enjoy marketing and creating promotional content, you could be just the person we need!

The project will involve:

• Building a Tree/Decorating the Blackboard cube.
• Monitoring the project throughout the week.
• Promoting the idea before and during the week, coming up with inventive ways to encourage engagement
• Thinking about “How can we create a domino effect of acts of kindness across campus?”
• Documenting the acts people add and creating marketing content to be shared based on this.
• Writing an article about the project.

Taking part in a Random Act of Kindness is a free and easy way for anyone to get involved in volunteering within the local community and help spread good deeds, wellbeing and positivity on campus and beyond.

Through these small everyday acts of generosity, you can support others around you; it can be as simple as smiling at a stranger, giving someone a handmade gift, taking the time to send someone positive feedback, telling a friend what they mean to you or a donation to a charity. We can create a ripple effect of viral kindness which always has the potential to make a much bigger difference to an someone than we realise. A kind gesture can be the difference between a good and a bad day. A sign of hope and a sense of belonging.

We look to reignite confidence and self-worth in young people, giving them the life skills and opportunities to move onwards and upwards in the world

By putting our hearts and souls into stopping challenged young people feeling judged, crushed or underestimated, we get them on the road to feeling self-assured, hopeful and happy. Every year, we turn around thousands of young people’s lives by being active in their communities, schools, or at our home at the Rec. We want an army of generous people who’ll stand by our side, pledging monthly support to drive positive change, right here in our community. Together, we will make a difference on our doorstep

Almost 10,000 young people in and around Bath are officially classed as vulnerable. These youngsters, mainly from disadvantaged families, feel marginalised and judged. They’re labelled ‘bad’, ‘disruptive’ and ‘difficult’. The system has let them down and they’ve kicked against it. At Bath Rugby Foundation, we’re here to break this cycle. Once and for all. We use classroom learning, along with all kinds of sport and activities, to stimulate and build confidence. We mentor and nurture trust. We teach life skills to foster independence, sociability and to build positive relationships with adults. Young people who once felt helpless get back their hope and aspirations. They are able to tear off the labels society has slapped on them. To face the world with renewed selfworth and confidence

We don’t need governments to change or policies to change. We can be the change.

Bath Rugby Foundation is entirely funded through sponsorships, fundraising and donations.

Taking place during the evening, runners get the chance to do a 5km, 10km or 20km route going via 5/6 checkpoints.  The event is for serious runners and families alike on a warm, summer’s evening.

Runners receive the first checkpoint by text that morning.  They then have to reach the next checkpoint…before getting a text for the next one…and so on.  The runners have to navigate around using their wits!

We are looking for 15 volunteers to man the checkpoints.  The idea is…you sit out in the sun and check people in… then they zoom off.  So it’s a very sociable summer’s job in our beautiful city!

For more information about the event, head to the website here: Secret Run Series | Unlock Your Route | 5k, 10k and 20k Run

Julian House is a charity dedicated to making a difference to the lives of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged people in society. We run several projects and every year we help thousands of people out of homelessness, into employment, away from domestic abuse, and more.

Volunteer Role: Event Volunteers (Bath Beast)

Location: Bath

The Role:

We are looking for volunteers to assist with the smooth running of our events, specifically our upcoming Bath Beast Cycle event. We are looking for individuals who can spare a couple of hours on Sunday 7th July, whether this is marshalling as a designated point along the route or assisting with registration at Bath Uni. Shifts are around 2 hours running across the morning and afternoon. 

Responsibilities include: 

• Registering cycles to ensure they checked in for the event
• Be a positive member of the team 
• Ensure the safety of cyclists throughout designated check points

What's in it for you:

• Working as part of a team 
• Experience working within an event environment 
• Giving back to the community 

Our Ethos

As an Equal Opportunities employer, we have an Equality and Diversity Action plan in place showing our commitment in ensuring continuous improvement in creating an inclusive culture. We also have a committed group of Inclusion & Diversity champions who meet monthly to ensure progress is being made. We invite applications from people from all backgrounds and cultures, especially minority groups that are underrepresented in the workplace. We also welcome applications from those with lived experience. We embrace flexibility and are proud to be a Disability Confident and Mindful employer, as well as an Armed Forces Covenant Supporter.
 
If you have any special access requirements or other support needs throughout the application process (including interview), please contact us so that we can let you know how we can support you.

DBS Checks

We welcome applications from people with lived experience. All applicants working with our clients will be expected to undertake an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. A criminal conviction will not necessarily prevent you from becoming an employee, the decision will depend on the type of offence and its relevance to the role. If you would like to discuss any convictions you may have, please contact the person named in the advert. All information will be dealt with according to our Data Protection Policy. 

Get in touch

If you have any questions about the volunteering opportunity, please get in touch with Dannielle at volunteering@julianhouse.org.uk. We look forward to speaking with you soon!

The Great Western Air Ambulance Charity is actively recruiting people to join our dedicated and passionate team of volunteers in the Bath area! 

We ask for no minimum time commitment - we just ask that you passionately represent us and the work we do. Could you offer a few hours of your time to help us at local events?  You can come along solo, with friends or with family; we’d love to see you more than once but if you’re interested in one-off volunteering get in touch!

We have lots of events coming up that we would love your help with, including Volksfest from Friday, June 7 to Sunday, June 9, Bath Festival of Motoring from Saturday June 15 to Sunday June 16 and many more!

If you're interested in joining our Ground Crew, then contact Sully at ursula.sullivan@gwaac.com or call our charity office on 0303 4444 999 to discuss the number of ways you can get involved.

Why should you be a Healthwatch Community Engagement and Outreach volunteer?
If you like talking and listening to people, this is the right role for you. We have a vital role to play in ensuring people in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES) are engaged, listened to and provided with an avenue to tell us their views and opinions.
By people sharing their experiences with us we can bring these to health and care providers and decision makers in B&NES to influence services to make them better. You will be an essential part of our team in ensuring people’s voices are collected and heard in the right places. We need your help to be the best that we can be.

What will the role involve?
• Working with Healthwatch volunteers and staff team to reach out into different communities to get people’s views on health and social care services
• Planning engagement activities with other volunteers and staff members
• Engaging people using online platforms e.g. Zoom, Microsoft Teams and/or via phone
• Keeping a record of people’s experiences and promptly pass these to Healthwatch staff members
• Holding engagement and information stands in community areas such as hospitals, GP Surgeries and dentists
• Talking to and gathering views of the public and reporting this back to us
• Helping us conduct surveys and consultations with local people
Personal specification/requirements
• Effective communication skills and ability to ask questions and listen well to engage with people
• Enjoys meeting with and talking to members of the public
• Empathy towards people
• Passionate about improving local health and social care services
• Able to separate own experiences from other people’s issues and to faithfully present the views of the people they represent
• Able to work as a team with other volunteers and staff
• Experience of using Microsoft Office, including Word
• Access to the internet/email
• Be comfortable volunteering from home and using online meeting platforms e.g. Zoom or Microsoft Teams (training can be provided in the latter)
• Respectful of confidentiality

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
A DBS check will be required as part of this role
How we will support you?
As well our volunteering handbook, you will have regular contact with a member of the Healthwatch team to provide you with support and guidance throughout. You’ll receive full training including induction to Healthwatch and be part of a team who’ll make sure your volunteering experience is positive.

How much time is involved?
Our volunteering roles are flexible and fit around your schedule. Ideally, our local Healthwatch Volunteers would be able to make a regular commitment to the role on a weekly or monthly basis, but this role can also be ad-hoc to suit your lifestyle.
We will always work closely with you to ensure your volunteering role fits with your other personal and social commitments

Overview

400,000 participants across the UK are limbering up to join the fight against cancer, but they can’t cross the finish line without the passion and energy of Event Day volunteers like you.

Our events raise an incredible £40million each year and this funds our researchers who are working hard to make sure 3 in 4 people survive cancer by 2034. 

Whether you want to help at a Race for Life 5k, 10k or Pretty Muddy event, we’ve got more than 400 across the UK to choose from.

Bring your energy, smiles and passion and let’s beat cancer together.   

What kind of person we are looking for:

We’re on the lookout for individuals and groups who are

• Enthusiastic and willing to get stuck in.

• Willing to get their hands dirty (literally at our Pretty Muddy events but trust us, it’s great fun!)

• Flexible and who can use their own initiative.

• Team players – you’ll be joining a lovely bunch of other volunteers! 

• Good communicators.

At Cancer Research UK we value diversity. We're committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone is able to be themselves and to reach their full potential. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures and believe that a diverse volunteer community will help us to beat cancer.

What you'll be doing

As an event day volunteer, you'll be getting hands-on to help deliver some of our great events and provide a fantastic experience. No two events are the same, but you could find yourself doing some of the below activities, all of which play an important part*:

• Helping set-up and pack down the event  - This might include the course, signage, banners and marquees and getting water to the finish line.

• Support on the course - You could be located at one of our marshal points, cheering and encouraging our participants to keep them going along the course, or at the finish point handing out the well-deserved bottle of water and medal. Perhaps you'll help take some photos for the CRUK social media pages too! 

• Answering queries at our information points - You'll help answer queries from participants and spectators during the event. From simple directions to processing on-the-day entries, swapping t-shirts and replacing runner numbers.

This is just a sneak peak of some of the ways you'll be involved and is not an exhaustive list. No matter what you do you’ll know you are making a huge difference to those taking part in our amazing events. 

What’s in it for you

Volunteering at Race for Life has a host of benefits, including:

• Developing new and existing skills in event management.

• Gaining valuable experience for future roles. 

• Gaining a unique insight into the world of the charity sector.

• Meeting new people and having fun.

• Travel and other reasonable expenses reimbursed, as agreed in advance with your Event Manager. 

• Helping to make our events happen and beating cancer sooner. 

• And last but not least, a fantastic day to remember.

Your commitment and location

• Event season normally runs from May to October, all over the UK.

• You can join us at one or more of our events at locations which work for you.

• Most events take place at weekends.

• Hours vary. Some events have early starts or late finishes but we'll always discuss your availability with you! 

What support we provide

You will be briefed by one of our event team staff when you arrive so that you know exactly what you'll be doing.  You'll then be supported and guided by them throughout the event, as well as the Event Manager. 

We'll also provide light refreshments, a t-shirt and a great atmosphere which you'll be sure to love! 

Accessibility

Our volunteering roles are open for everyone and if you have any accessibility needs or queries, please get in touch via email - supporter.services@cancer.org.uk

At Cancer Research UK we value diversity and we're committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone is able to be themselves and to reach their full potential. We will consider making any reasonable adjustments to support volunteer applications from people with a disability or health condition. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures and believe that volunteers from diverse backgrounds will help us to beat cancer. 

Questions?

If you have any questions about this role, please email supporter.services@cancer.org.uk

As a laundry room assistant, you will support our staff and animals by washing towels, blankets and animal bedding. In addition to this, you will sort through the donated bedding and towels we receive and decide what items we can keep, what can be recycled and what we need to throw away, endeavouring to waste as little as possible. You will also be ensuring that the laundry room is always kept clean and tidy and checking that machines are in proper working order.

Your activities will include:

• Cleaning and drying any laundry that is generated during the daily running of the centre
• Folding and storing clean laundry which will include bedding and towels, toys and vet beds from our recovery suite
• Sorting donated bedding and towels, deciding which can be used, recycled or disposed of
• Keeping the laundry room tidy
• Reporting any issues with the washing machines or tumble dryers to our site maintenance team

About You

This can sometimes be a messy task, so a willingness to get your hands dirty is essential as you will sometimes be cleaning soiled blankets, towels and vet beds used in our recovery suite. There is a manual handling element of the role, so this should be considered upon application.

You don’t need to have any prior experience, you will be given full onsite training on how to use our machines and where everything goes.

Each year 1000s of students vacate their halls of residence and kindly leave their old pots and pans which we then sort through and organise, ready to sell in September!

This role can be completely flexible around you, we will do a big group sort out on the 26th June 10am-4pm and then you can volunteer your time for a few hours here or there throughout the summer to ensure that everything is ready for the start of the new academic year.

If you are interested in this role, sign up here and then we will be in touch about what dates suit you.