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We train up rescue dogs so that they can make a profound difference to veterans who are suffering from PSTD. We need safe, loving foster homes where our rescue dogs can settle into life and begin their training, before being matched to the right veterans.

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Our Macmillan Buddy service provides a lifeline for people with cancer, offering them weekly support from someone who understands what they’re going through.

We need Buddies to support people by phone and in person.

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The Independence Project needs volunteers to help young adults with additional needs to enjoy gardening, dancing, and socialising!

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We are a group based in Writtle looking for people to join our association to help plan events for the local community.

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We are in urgent need of volunteers who would like to help with daily admin tasks. Helping in the office booking members in and out and handling payments.

You will also be preparing scooters for Shopmobility members by manoeuvring them from storage for collection.

You will need to be friendly with a cheerful personality, non judgemental and patient.

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We need a kind, compassionate volunteer with a sense of humour to help us support the elderly and less-able members of the Royal Air Force Association in Chelmsford.

You will check in on the veterans who we know are struggling, and help to connect them to support services, charities, and other sources of help.

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We need you to join our friendly  team of volunteers in the Library, welcoming customers, supporting them to use the library, and enabling them to make full use of the services available.

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Community Speed Watch Groups consist of volunteers from their local community, who all share the same concerns about speeding through their local villages. These volunteers are from all walks of life, with a variety of skill sets and knowledge, who give up their free time to assist with reducing the number of fatalities and serious injuries on our roads.

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We are currently recruiting male volunteers (18+) to train as reading mentors in local Primary Schools in the Basildon area.

Reading mentors build relationships by talking about how the mentees are feeling, their interests, reading aloud to their mentees, listening to their mentees read, talking about books and being positive and consistent.

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The Seniors Luncheon Club at St Mary’s Church has been running every Tuesday for over 40 years, and welcomes local older people in for a hot meal, and a warm conversation. We need to add some more friendly, reliable volunteers to our lovely team.

You would be helping us to prepare and cook the meals, tidy the kitchen, serve food, and greet and chat to our elderly visitors.

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Do you have Counselling qualifications and skills you want to put to good use?

We are looking for volunteers with experience of counselling at level 2 and above to support our Emotional Support programme.

Our six-week support service gives participants the chance to talk through feelings, thoughts and emotions during difficult times on a one-to-one basis with an advisor.

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Trustees play a crucial role in guiding charities, helping make plans and decisions, and making sure they stay on track. It is a fantastic opportunity to make real difference to the organisation you volunteer for. You don’t need prior experience, just enthusiasm and dedication.

Trustee meetings are usually just 4 times a year, so this is a great role for people with busy lives who still want to help.

We are currently recruiting for: Age Concern; Farleigh Hospice; Millrace Furniture, Essex Youth Build; Interact; Essex Community First Aid; Support 4 Sight; RAF Association; Chelmsford Education Foundation; Essex Community Foundation; Santcus Homeless Charity; Cool to Be Kind.

Please call the Volunteer Centre for more information.

Are you a good listener? Can you give calm, thoughtful advice and assist people accessing information?

This role is assisting clients by phone to help resolve their practical issues/problems.
By using questioning and listening skills to gain as much detail as possible, you will help worried clients decide what the next best steps are.
This could be by researching and providing them with information; signposting to other organisations; referring clients to other services and charities, or arranging for the client to receive full advice from one of our experienced advisers.

You will receive full training, constant support and advice. You are not expected to know all the answers! Just to be able to listen, ask questions, and use the resources we give you. You can either work from our office or this role can be done remotely from the comfort of your own home.

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These fun-packed rhyme and story sessions take place in libraries during school term-times.

As a volunteer at baby and toddler rhyme times, you will deliver rhyme sessions, and support the development of children by sharing your enjoyment of books and rhymes.

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We offer riding and driving to130 disabled children and adults 6 days per week. Many of our riders have severe and complex needs and may require up to 3 volunteers to help them enjoy the benefits from their ride.

We need volunteers to walk alongside, and lead the horses, and make sure all the children are comfortable, safe and enjoying themselves.

We also need people who can help with the stables, the grounds, and gardening/ maintenance around the farm.

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Do you have1 hour spare a week?

Could you support someone by calling them for a chat, or meeting them for a walk or cup of coffee?

Just a small bit of your time could make a world of difference to someone who has no one else.

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Can you spare a couple of hours on your Tuesday lunch break? Are you kind, patient, and able to drive?

We need cheerful, helpful volunteers with their own car to safely drive elderly people to and from a weekly lunch club in Great Baddow, Chelmsford.

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Read Easy is a nationwide charity that helps adults learn to read.

New groups are starting in Chelmsford and Harlow, and they need a team of people behind the scenes to help get things going! Please enquire for a chat about what you can do.

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Kids Inspire are looking for dedicated volunteers to help run their stall in Chelmsford indoor market.

The stall sells donations of books, bric-a-brac, music, art, clothes – everything you’d expect to find in a charity shop, but in a market stall!

All you need are a warm coat and a smile!

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Would you like to get involved in a brand new community garden?

Meadowcroft Garden Centre have donated a beautiful piece of land for local people to grow flowers, harvest vegetables, learn new skills, and enjoy being with friendly people in a lovely location.

The sessions are supported by an expert from the RHS.

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We are looking for kind and caring volunteers who are good listeners, IT savvy and want to make a positive difference to people’s lives in the local community.

Farleigh Helpers is a brand new online and telephone support and befriending service which will be based from home and supported by volunteers.  The service will provide support to patients, families and clients known to Farleigh as well as helping others in the community who may be ill, lonely, isolated or bereaved.

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Mid-Essex Family Centre have an exciting opportunity to work with children from 0-12 years in our 2 hour creche sessions.

No qualifications or experience is necessary, but bundles of enthusiasm, and enjoyment for interacting with children is required!

18+

10am-12.00, weekdays.

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This Chelmsford-based community group sews reusable sanitary pads and works with partners around the world to distribute them to women, girls and people who menstruate who are suffering extreme period poverty.

Do you have some time to spare?

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Come and join the fun….

We need friendly, outgoing people to assist at our monthly group meetings in Chelmsford.

Our members really enjoy getting together each month to have a good chat and a catch up. For many, it provides a much needed opportunity to get out and to meet and make new friends in a safe supported environment. Our Chelmsford group meets on the 1st Tuesday of every month from 11.00 – 2.00pm with plans to open an additional monthly group in the area.

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Sanctus Homelessness Charity need dedicated and empathic volunteers to help out at the Homeless café on Broomfield Road.

This role may complete tasks from a long list including food preparation, cooking, serving, washing up, cleaning and tidying and sorting donations. The volunteers will be part of a team that supports each other to make the environment welcoming and supportive.

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Could you help a family improve their health and wellbeing in your local community?

We are looking for volunteer mentors to work with Community360 and the Essex Child and Family Wellbeing Service to engage and inspire families who need support.
You would be working with families and children (aged 8-19) to take part in new activities, develop new skills and build their confidence.
As a Family Mentor volunteer you will:
• Learn new skills & meet new people
• Make a difference to young children & families
• Be part of a team and support the local community
The project will support each family for up to 10 weeks, meeting with them at least once a week.

Full training and support given.

Home-based

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The Wilderness Foundation provide opportunities for people to directly experience the wilderness, both as a positive force for social and environmental sustainability and as a forum for personal growth and change.

PR Volunteer:

We need someone to help us develop a marketing strategy to promote the charity’s events and projects by using different marketing tools,  e.g. via website and social media.

Gardening/ Groundskeeper:

Help is needed with a 400 acre site at Chatham Green, midway between Chelmsford and Braintree. You would be helping to look after a young tree project, maintenance and supervision of woodland area.

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Kids Inspire work to help children who have suffered trauma, or whose families are going through traumatic times. We need empathetic, reliable and encouraging volunteers to be mentors for young people all accross Essex.

A volunteer mentor is a “professional friend” who guides a young person by building trust and modelling positive behaviours in a fun an caring environment.

Please click HERE to apply