MHA
Donate
Lady care home resident reading with a befriending volunteer

Volunteering opportunities

Use our role finder to discover volunteering opportunities near you.
Join MHA today and help make a meaningful difference in your local community.

Volunteering opportunities

You have 235 volunteering opportunities to choose from

Filter

  1. 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
  2. Birmingham

    The aim of social and activity groups is to help improve the quality of life older people who are socially isolated and may only get out to this a

    Thursdays 9am – 1pm
  3. Wells

    An activity group leader may run their own stand alone sessions, or specific activities within a larger group.

    Mondays 10.30-11.30am
  4. Whitstable

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

    Monday-Sunday: flexible. 2 hours a week
  5. 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
  6. East Sussex

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

    Monday-Sunday-10am-12pm and/or 1.30pm-4pm 2 hours a week
  7. As an admin volunteer, you will be helping out in a busy office with a range of tasks such as creating newsletters, photocopying and producing welcome packs.

    Days are Flexible Minimum of 1-2 hours per week
  8. Nottingham

    As an admin volunteer, you will be helping out in a busy office with a range of tasks such as archiving, photocopying and calls.

    Monday's -1-2 hours per week
  9. Leeds

    Flexible Monday - Friday
  10. Birmingham

    Monday - Friday Flexible
  11. Harrogate

    In this role you will provide support for the home with administrative tasks and responding to enquiries.

    Tuesday and Thursdays 10:00 - 14:30
  12. Scarborough

    In this role you will provide support for the home with administrative tasks and responding to enquiries.

    Monday - Friday
a woman with long, dark hair, smiling and laughing while talking on her phone

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.

More about telephone befriending

Other ways to help