Volunteering is a fantastic way of gaining work experience, as well as learning new skills and making new friendships.
To hear the benefits of volunteering please read Caroline’s story. Check out the current volunteering opportunities we have available below.
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A group of volunteers called Friends of Fallowfield came together to save Fallowfield Library from closing. One Manchester offered Friends of Fallowfield support in order to transform the library into a community asset and a sustainable enterprise going forward. For volunteers this is an exciting time to get involved and become part of something which has become a vital community asset within Fallowfield.
We require volunteers who have a good level of English speaking and can speak either Bengali, Cantonese, Urdu, Somali or Lithuanian
We are looking for volunteers to run the digital workshops in our Moss Side, Rusholme, Gorton or Clayton shelter scheme. You will be required to develop the content for the session.
The Movie club is an exciting new project which has been set up following a request from the residents. The aim is to bring the residents together to provide them with some entertainment and time for socialising.
Big Life and our third sector partners have volunteering placements to suit everyone. We have around 400 volunteers at any one time, working in our services across Greater Manchester.
The Aquarius Centre is looking for Board Members who possess the skills, expertise and enthusiasm to provide strategic direction, supporting the development of the business and helping it on its journey to becoming a sustainable, community asset.
We require volunteers to help children and young people to learn and have fun with arts & crafts!
The Brunch club is an exciting new project, following the success of a weekly ‘tea and toast’ club at other shelter scheme locations. It is aimed at bringing the residents together and providing them with a simple breakfast each week.
One Manchester are committed to offering a range of different opportunities for our customers to get involved and help us to deliver on our mission and inspire social innovation across Manchester. Our Scrutiny Panel is a group of our customers and members of the wider community whose role is to challenge us to be the best we can be and act as an independent customer focused driver for continuous improvement.
The panel is made up of 11 members who have been through an application and interview process before receiving specialist training from an independent trainer covering all aspects of the scrutiny process. We are now recruiting for 6 new members, who can be One Manchester tenants or local community members.
The choir are now looking for a volunteer pianist who is comfortable and confident in their abilities to join them for several performances a year.
We require volunteers to help us to achieve our goal of providing packed lunches for local children, to ensure they still have a meal throughout the school holiday. As a volunteer, you will help to make sandwiches ready to pack up and send off to locations in the city.
The groups aim is to have a safe and happy environment for Dementia sufferers and their carers. It’s an opportunity to meet regularly with other people with memory problems and a chance to exchange experiences and to give and receive emotional support. Activities include bingo, quiz, exercise, dancing and much more.
