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Take a scroll to explore our volunteering opportunities. Whether you're looking for a specific type of role or a level of involvement that suits you, each opportunity offers a unique chance to make a meaningful difference in the lives of older people.
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Volunteer Fundraiser - Central Befriending Team
Befriending can help reduce feelings of social isolation and loneliness, improve mental and physical health, increase confidence and self-esteem, and enhance the quality of life of older people. By raising money for the MHA Central Befriending Team, you will be helping the team to continue this vital work, to enable older people to live later life well.
• We ask that you are able to commit time on a regular basis (at least one hour a week) as agreed with your named contact.Volunteer Gardener - Anjulita Court care home, Bedford
As a Volunteer Gardener you will support a busy Care Home.
BedfordMonday-Friday 9am-4pm (minimum 2-4hours/week) This role is suitable only for those aged 18 and over.Volunteer Gardener - Bradbury Grange Care Home, Whitstable
Your role as a Volunteer Gardener will be to help the care home maintain or develop their garden space.
WhitstableMonday-Sunday: 10.30am-12pm or 2pm-4pm 2 hours a weekVolunteer Gardener - Brookfield care home, Oxford
OxfordMonday-Friday 9am-4pm (minimum 2-4hours/week) This role is suitable only for those aged 18 and above.Volunteer Gardener - Kenbrook care home, Wembley
Your role as a Volunteer Gardener will be to help the care home maintain or develop their garden space.
LondonMonday-Friday 10am-4.30pm. 2 hours a weekVolunteer Gardener - MHA Glen Rosa
IlkleyFlexibleVolunteer Gardener - The Herons
As volunteer gardener, you will help us to upkeep our gardens for residents use.
NottinghamMonday's -1-2 hours per weekVolunteer Gardener - The Wilderness, Croydon
As a Volunteer Gardener you will work in a small team to help maintain The Wilderness, a 7-acre heritage garden next to MHA Hall Grange Care home.
CroydonTuesdays and/or Wednesdays 10am-1pm. 3 hours per week.Volunteer Gardener - Westbury Grange care home, Newport Pagnell
As a Volunteer Gardener you will support a busy Care Home.
Milton KeynesMonday-Friday 9am-4pm (minimum 2-4hours/week) This role is suitable only for those aged 18 and over.Volunteer Gardener - Willowcroft
As volunteer gardener, you will help us to upkeep our gardens for residents use.
DerbyMinimum of 2 hours per weekVolunteer Lunch Club Helper - MHA Communities Horsforth
The role of the lunch club volunteer is to support this valuable service, which aims to help improve the quality of life older people who are socially isolated and may only
LeedsTuesdays 09:30 - 12:00Volunteer befriender MHA Cheshire West (Neston and Ellesmere Port)
Volunteer Befrienders provide support and friendship to older people who may be feeling lonely or isolated in Neston or Ellesmere Port.
Monday-Friday: times are flexible 1-3 hours a week
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.
Other ways to help
Do you have a question about applying for a volunteering opportunity with MHA? Search our current opportunities online or contact our volunteering team for more information.
There’s no limit to how you can raise money for MHA. If you need some help finding your perfect fundraiser, we have a range of ideas to suit everyone. Whatever you do, we’ll be there to support you to reach your fundraising goal.
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