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  1. Activities Volunteer
    Blackpool

    In this role you will use your skills, knowledge and interests to support, or plan and deliver, activities for residents.

    Mon - Sun
  2. Activities Volunteer
    Nottingham

    As an activities volunteer, you will help us provide a variety of events and activities for older people in our care home.

    Monday's -1-2 hours per week
  3. Activities Volunteer
    Mobberley

    In this role you will use your skills, knowledge and interests to support, or plan and deliver, activities for residents.

    Mon - Fri
  4. Activities Volunteer
    Wells

    In this role you will use your skills, knowledge and interests to support, or plan and deliver, activities for residents.

    Mon to Fri 10am- 4pm
  5. Activities volunteer
    Bedford

    2-4h/week, Mon-Fri, 9am-4pm
  6. Activities volunteer
    Rugeley

    As an activities volunteer, you will help us provide a variety of events and activities for older people in our care homes, retirement living, and community groups.

    30-60 minutes per week, Monday to Friday
  7. Activities volunteer
    Bognor Regis

    An ‘Activity’ may be any part of daily life, done with intention, and appropriate to the resident concerned.

    Monday-Friday 2pm-4pm 2 hours/week
  8. Activities volunteer
    Bristol

    As an activities volunteer, you will help us provide a variety of events and activities for older people in our care homes, retirement living, and community groups.

    1 - 2 hours per week, Monday to Friday
  9. Activities volunteer
    Derby

    As an activities volunteer, you will help us provide a variety of events and activities for older people in our care homes, retirement living, and community groups.

    30-60 minutes per week
  10. Activities volunteer
    Peterborough

    MHA offers a variety of events and activities for older people in its care homes, retirement living, and community groups.

    Various times on weekdays and weekends Between 9-5am
  11. Activities volunteer
    Ellesmere Port

    An ‘Activity’ may be any part of daily life, done with intention, and appropriate to the resident concerned. You may be supporting an individual or you may be running a group quiz, helping on trips, or leading a sing-a-long! You may come to the role with a definite skill you would like to share – flower arranging, crafts, woodwork, music - or you may come to offer general support to whatever is running, and whoever is in need.

    Mornings and Afternoons Mon-Fri
  12. Activities volunteer
    Stafford

    As an activities volunteer, you will help us provide a variety of events and activities for older people in our care homes, retirement living, and community groups.

    60-90 minutes per week, Monday to Sunday
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Make a difference with just a phone call

Brighten someone’s day and make a meaningful connection be becoming a volunteer telephone befriender. By offering regular, friendly chats, you’ll provide much-needed companionship and emotional support to an older person feeling lonely or isolated. Flexible and rewarding, this role allows you to fit calls around your schedule while helping to reduce loneliness and improve wellbeing.

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