Come and volunteer for us at Grace Care Centre!
Volunteering with The Orders of St John Care Trust: Volunteers help us in so many ways; supporting activities, befriending, keeping our gardens looking beautiful, helping our residents to continue with their interests and hobbies and so much more! Volunteers really make a difference and can help our residents to live well and feel fulfilled.
If you’d like to know more, click below to email or just pop up to the home!
Whitebridge Gardens, Thornbury BS35 2FR
Tel: 01454 549400
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Held every 3rd Thursday each month, 10.30 – 1pm, Helping Hands Bereavement Coffee Morning Group offers a space where we can relax from some of the pressure points in life; our goal is to promote wellbeing after loss. You can enjoy a hot or cold drink and connect with others, giving you the opportunity to talk, share or just listen to others' experiences of losing a loved one. This will be a monthly event to help you on your grieving journey and the chance to meet new people.
After the loss of someone we can often feel isolated, not able to talk within friendship circles about our loss, this can have a negative impact on wellbeing, sometimes we might struggle with practical things like cooking, simple DIY or gardening, and there are others just wanting to connect with others on the grieving journey in need of sharing skill sets and stories.
If you are able to help, making drinks or washing up please contact Del on 07796 190794 or by email below. We are aware not everyone wants to share their grief but just being a part of something can help. Please pop in and ask for details.
We are not a counselling service provider; this is a volunteering group to help facilitate and support bereaved people within the community. Please respect others' privacy in the group, by keeping any conversations shared strictly confidential. We want everyone to feel safe, relaxed, and able to talk freely in this space.
L W Clutterbuck Funeral Directors, 45 High Street, Thornbury BS35 2AR
www.lwclutterbuck.co.uk/
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We aim to deliver high quality, relevant programming to Thornbury and surrounding villages. We support development of our community through frequent on-air mentions, sponsorship and campaigns. Unlike other stations, scarcely 10 minutes will pass without you hearing the word "Thornbury" or something else that is locally relevant!
Musically we are far more diverse than other stations on the dial. In contrast to most commercial stations that playlist only 300-400 songs, our playlist has over 5000 songs, and that excludes the music we play in specialist shows!
Listen 24 hours a day on 105.1 FM and 107.5 FM, online via the link below, on mobile using the dedicated iOS and Android apps and on internet radio players.
www.thornbury.radio/
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Our increasingly busy Village Shop needs new volunteers to help it run smoothly.
Are you a young person keen to make a positive impact in the community or a new resident who would like to get to know people and establish links in the village?
Do you have a couple of hours a week that you could spare, or maybe would you prefer to cover holidays and sickness?
If you can help, we would love to hear from you. Email below, phone the shop or pop in.
Itchington Road, Tytherington GL12 8QE
Tel: 01454 417618
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Swan Advocacy
Much of our work depends on volunteers and we are always looking for more people to join our busy team. Examples include Mental Health Advocate Volunteers and Relevant Person’s Representative Volunteers.
Please find more information about our current volunteer opportunities below.
Age UK South Gloucestershire relies on volunteers to help us offer vital services in the local community. Would you like to lend a hand?
Tel: 01454 411707
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Tel: 01443 484400
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We are looking for volunteers to help run our breastfeeding groups in Yate (Tuesday 11:30-1) and Thornbury (Tuesday 1-2:30).
Volunteers will offer valued support to existing Peer Support volunteers and Group Coordinators. As a volunteer you will welcome parents and carers to one of the groups, help them settle in and make refreshments.
You will support the breastfeeding support team to take information from families who attend as well as assist with setting up and clearing the room. Your contribution will be invaluable in creating a supportive and nurturing environment for new mothers and carers. The time commitment is approx 2 hours at least fortnightly.
For more information and to apply please click below.
One Year- 2 Hours a Week
Are you a woman living in South Glos. wanting to help change somebody's life?
Our befrienders provide specialist trauma-informed support to women who have experienced trauma relating to sexual violence and/or domestic abuse. You will meet your befriendee weekly for one year, providing emotional and practical support, enabling her to manage the challenges she is facing whilst engaging in enjoyable activities.
Becoming a befriender means meeting the woman you are supporting every week for 2 hours for one year. During this time, you will build a relationship by getting out and about, meeting for a coffee or a walk, and fostering trust. While this may seem like a simple ask, your support will have a big impact on her life.
Before you start, you will receive 3.5 Saturdays of in-person training, plus additional home study, to ensure you are well-prepared for the role and have a network of like-minded women for support.
The women we support in our befriending service have experienced trauma relating to sexual violence and domestic abuse and are often very socially isolated. As a befriender, you will provide a safe space for your befriendee to talk about her struggles, model healthy relationships, and help her feel safer in the world. After a year of support, you will have helped a woman become more confident, independent, and expand her social networks.
The befriending role can be challenging and emotionally demanding at times. Therefore, we need befrienders who have adequate life experience and feel emotionally robust and resilient enough to take on the role. We welcome volunteers with personal experience of mental health and other relevant issues but will require you to have at least a one-year period of stability and ideally to have received professional help like counselling in your recovery.
If you have further questions about this role please email using the address below.
You can apply on our website via the link below.
Closing date: Rolling
Womankind, 3rd Floor, Brunswick Court, Brunswick Square, Bristol BS2 8PE
Tel: 07510 165154
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Poole Court, Poole Court Drive, Yate BS37 5PP
Tel: 01454 865205
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Have your got spare time on your hands? Want to help in the local community? Then become a volunteer driver/leaflet distributor.
We provide transport to those members of the community who, for whatever reason, cannot use existing transport services.
Crossbow House, 58 School Road, Frampton Cotterell BS36 2DA
Tel: 01454 250500
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Girlguiding are seeking Leaders and Assistant Leaders across South Gloucestershire. If you’re someone with a sense of adventure looking for a rewarding challenge then Girlguiding could be for you.
Help girls to realise their full potential and share some unforgettable moments along the way.
Click the link below to register your interest or call, text or email Development Worker Jo Fletcher if you would like to have a chat about how you could get involved. She is also available on Whatsapp.
Tel: 07774 640229
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JIGSAW Thornbury is a charity that works with children and young people aged 0-25 with additional needs or disabilities, and their families. Our work changes lives and enhances community inclusion. Without our amazing team of volunteers JIGSAW Thornbury couldn’t exist.
If you would like to join us and help JIGSAW by volunteering your time and expertise, we would love to hear from you! It may be that you could help run an event or become a regular volunteer for one of our key services.
Volunteering is a rewarding experience and a great way to give back to your community. Check out our current volunteer roles on our website where you can complete an expression of interest form.
15/17 St Mary Street, Thornbury, Thornbury BS35 2AB
Tel: 01454 567508
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Love Thornbury are organising a series of community events to be held along Thornbury High Street on the first Saturday of most months. If you want to help make a positive change to our community, the volunteer organisers would love to hear from you, especially if you're a handyman happy to work outside, or can offer communications or marketing support. Just a few hours to spare? We always need help on the day... Please click below to find out more and get in touch.
The National Garden Scheme is proud to say that 80% of money raised through opening gardens goes to health charities.
In our area, Somerset, Bristol, South Gloucestershire and Bath there are almost 40 gardens to choose from, all described in the local 'Yellow book.' In South Gloucestershire 7 very different gardens open to visitors providing 'Great Gardens, Great Cakes!' Some will open for groups, at a time to suit you, 'By Arrangement'.
Details of all the gardens can be found on the National Garden Scheme website below, or you can download the smartphone app. On both you can search for gardens opening within the distance you are prepared to travel. So why not go ahead and plan the gardens you would like to visit?
The huge benefits of gardens and gardening to health and well being are now well recognised. You may feel you would like to become involved in this inspiring organisation. It's possible to volunteer in a small way by helping with serving teas, or you may even feel that your own garden could be enjoyed by others. Seeing the pleasure on visitors' faces and sharing your endeavours with others, whilst helping the NGS charities, has a huge 'feel good factor.'
To find out more, contact the County Organiser, Su Mills by phone or email.
Tel: 01454 615438
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Oldbury on Severn Community Shop is a volunteer-run shop. Its sole purpose to provide a much needed service to the local Community and, subject to its continued success, provide donations to local good causes and local charities.
We currently have around 25/30 volunteers but always need more people to help us and importantly ensure the shop's future is guaranteed. Our volunteers come from the local Parish and from Patchway, Thornbury and Sharpness. It’s very friendly and a great place to make new friends and importantly give a little bit back to the Community and good causes.
If anyone is interested in joining please phone Chris Awde on the number below. Volunteer slots are generally only 2 hours and there is absolutely no pressure in terms of commitment, in that the volunteer picks when they want to work and this can be 2 hours a week or 2 hours a month. Basically the volunteer makes the decision when he or she wants to work.
Tel: 01454 418619
Thornbury Community Permaculture Project, which is part of Sustainable Thornbury, invites volunteers over 16 years old to help out at developing and maintaining a new Permaculture Garden at Alexandra Way retirement home. Tools and guidance will be provided but please wear suitable clothing for gardening and the weather.
Permaculture is a design system that can be applied to gardening to incorporate more nature led planting.
We meet weekly, every Tuesday morning 9.30 to 11.00am, and monthly, on the second Saturday of the month 10 to 11.30am.
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We’re on the lookout for a new Treasurer and a new Publicity Manager to help us keep the magic of Christmas alive in Thornbury!
If you’re good with words or numbers, organised, and want to make a real difference in bringing festive cheer to Thornbury, we’d love to hear from you!
Be part of a fantastic team that brings joy to the community every year. Interested or know someone who might be? Drop us a message on our social media or email below.
Tel: 0117 235 8105
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Great Western Air Ambulance Charity (GWAAC) has a brand new charity shop in Thornbury and we’re looking for volunteers to join our friendly shop team and make a lifesaving difference in the local community!
Many people are unaware that we are a charity and that every year we need to raise over £4 million to stay operational. We receive no day-to-day government funding and rely on our local community to keep the helicopter in the air, so our team can keep saving lives.
Volunteering is open to everyone, no experience is required and you will volunteer alongside a wonderful team of passionate, friendly people! We have a role to suit everyone:
• Serving customers and working the till
• Sorting through donated items and pricing stock
• Creating window and shop displays
• Keeping the shop tidy, clean and well organised
• Encouraging people to support GWAAC!
If you are interested in joining our retail team, then please get in touch by emailing below, calling our office or popping into the shop.
14 High Street, Thornbury BS3 2JH
Tel: 0303 4444 999
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We provide a lifeboat search-and-rescue service on the Severn Estuary between Gloucester and the Severn Bridges – one of the most challenging waterways in the UK. We need a volunteer fundraising crew who can give some of their weekend time, working alongside the operational lifeboat crew to collect the essential donations that keep the lifeboat station running.
If you are 18+, enthusiastic, willing to tell our story to the public – and able to give at least 20 hours a year of your time, then this volunteering opportunity could be just right for you.
In return, we will introduce you to the work we do, give you occasional opportunity to go out on one of the lifeboats, give you a uniform, and involve you in the life of the lifeboat station. Suitable volunteers may also be able to progress to full operational crew in the future.
Please contact Hugh Inwood for more information about this role, or click on the link below to apply.
Tel: 07774 260429
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Thornbury Arts Festival, one of the longest running multi-arts festivals in the country, is looking for volunteers to join its committee to fill both key and supporting roles.
Entirely run by volunteers, the Festival is an established part of the Thornbury calendar and the organising committee is also responsible for the annual Thornbury Eisteddfod, and the Severn Vale Art Trail, which showcases the work of local artists.
If you would like to find out more, please get in touch.
Thornbury Carnival is organised by the Thornbury Carnival Community Interest Company (C.I.C.). If you would like to join the committee in any capacity and help plan the next Thornbury Carnival, please make contact as soon as possible.
There are lots of ways to get involved, many of which do not require Committee work, and can be done in small groups and spread throughout the year.
No experience is necessary, just a friendly approach, resourcefulness and reliability.
Thornbury parkrun happens largely because of our fantastic volunteers, who help on a Saturday morning. The weekly team is led by a small group of parkrun enthusiasts who form what we call the 'core team'. They make sure the event is setup and packed away each week, the results published, the tokens resorted, event reports written and so much more.
We're very grateful to the help provided by everybody, both now and in the past, who've helped make Thornbury parkrun happen. Please click below if you'd like to join us and get involved!
Every week across the UK thousands of young people, aged between 10 and 18, get involved in Sea Cadet activities. To make this happen we need the help of volunteers. We have lots of roles to match your skills from instructional staff to unit management.
Instructional opportunities range from sailing to marine engineering, navigation to catering, first aid to adventure training. Training for would-be cadet instructors is available so anyone interested should not be put off because they don't know anything/much about a particular subject. Unit Management opportunities include marketing and PR, asset management (buildings or boats or equipment), organizing events, recruitment (adult volunteers and cadets).
Please get in touch to find out more using the details below.
Tel: 07803259511
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We help people find something worthwhile to do in their local community whilst having fun and making friends. We have volunteering opportunities for every age, gender, disability, skill level and time available.
We have opportunities for those interested in volunteering with all age groups and opportunities in conservation, fundraising, driving, befriending, admin, IT, craft and much more. Most of these require no specific experience; just a willingness to help others. Any amount of time that you are able to spare would help, once a week or month or maybe just a few hours as a one-off can make all the difference.
Click here or visit our Facebook page to find out latest vacancies.
If your group or organisation needs volunteers we can publicise these opportunities.
For more information please call in 10.30am-12noon Monday-Friday, phone us or click below. You really can make a difference!
The Town Hall, 35 High Street, Thornbury BS35 2AR
Tel: 01454 413392
www.volunteer-thornbury.co.uk/
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Tortworth Forest Centre is a not-for-profit Community Interest Company which aims to improve lives by reconnecting people with nature, through conservation, wellbeing programmes, outdoor events, courses and volunteering opportunities.
The Centre is based at Tortworth Arboretum, a historically and culturally rich woodland. There is huge potential to bring this unique place back to use and to share it with people who want to learn about woodlands and develop outdoor skills - so get in touch if you want to be a part of it.
Tortworth Arboretum, off Tortworth Road, Tortworth GL12 8HH
Tel: 07717 201 329
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Tytherington village hall is the hub at the centre of village life. As a Committee we are currently looking for several people from within the village to join us on the committee. In addition the committee are also looking for someone who is willing to take on the role of treasurer.
These are obviously voluntary roles providing the ideal opportunity to support and drive community engagement by ensuring the effective management of such a vital landmark.
If anybody would be interested in joining a friendly and proactive committee please do not hesitate to contact Richard Williams on 07971 492438.
The Woodchester Mansion Trust have a number of opportunities available only to volunteers aged over 18. The Mansion opens to the public on Good Friday, 3rd April and will then be open 11am-5pm every Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holidays until Sunday 1st November. The opportunities are:
• cleaners needed on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays to support staff with cleaning duties at the beginning of our Open Days or before events, making sure kitchen and toilets are clean, sweeping, dusting and vacuuming etc;
• office admin/filing volunteer needed on Wednesday mornings (3-4 hours). Tasks will include filing, shredding, stock taking, printing and preparing booklets and entrance labels. You must also be prepared to pitch in with keeping the working areas clean and tidy. Must have good IT skills (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams) and be well organised.
• bat guide volunteers with an interest in bats to give evening talks about the roost and the study facilities. As dusk falls, visitors move into the house to see the bats flying through the corridors and Gothic chapel and going outside to forage;
• children's activities volunteers who have worked with children aged 3-18 years are needed to organise and compile a schools & kids programmes. A successful school holidays programme used to be held and it is hoped to to reinstate it;
• a fund-raising and marketing volunteer to help raise funds for conservation - organising and selling raffle tickets, updating local press about current events, selling merchandise at Christmas Fairs or similar. Would suit volunteers wishing to work from home;
• maintenance volunteers, ideally with skills in building, carpentry, general DIY, gardening, and outdoor work such as mowing grass and pruning undergrowth. Working parties are arranged throughout the year, mainly on Mondays;
• mini-bus drivers are needed at weekends between April-October to ferry visitors from house to car park, assist visitors with buggies, children and dogs and to explain the tour options. As the house is on private land there are no special driving licence requirements, although you must be aged over 25;
• reception and ticket desk volunteers needed for Open Days. These volunteers welcome visitors, sell admission tickets to the house and direct people to the tearoom etc;
• tour guides to show visitors round an historic house. The house is open on Fridays to Sundays, Bank Holidays, some school holidays and for some pre-booked private tours during the week. You will need email access at home so you can sign up for the days that suit you on the organisation's flexible online rota.
Nympsfield, Stonehouse GL10 3TS
Tel: 01453 861541
www.woodchestermansion.org.uk/
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