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  1. Volunteer Fundraiser

    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.
  2. Volunteer Gardener
    Bedford

    As a Volunteer Gardener you will support a busy Care Home. Tasks may include tidying beds, weeding, lawn mowing and other gardening jobs as required.  You may also work with residents helping them to enjoy the care home gardens eg utilising raised beds for planting.

    Monday-Friday 9am-4pm (minimum 2-4hours/week) This role is suitable only for those aged 18 and over.
  3. Volunteer Gardener
    Oxford

    Monday-Friday 9am-4pm (minimum 2-4hours/week) This role is suitable only for those aged 18 and above.
  4. Volunteer Gardener
    London

    Your role as a Volunteer Gardener will be to help the care home maintain or develop their garden space.

    Monday-Friday 10am-4.30pm. 2 hours a week
  5. Volunteer Gardener
    Workington

    Your role as a Volunteer Gardener will be to help the care home maintain or devleop their garden space. Tasks may include tidying beds, weeding, lawn mowing and other gardening jobs as required. You may also work with residents helping them to enjoy the care home gardens eg utilising raised beds for planting.

    Mon - Sun
  6. Volunteer Gardener
    Huddersfield

    Your role as a Volunteer Gardener will be to help the scheme maintain or devleop their garden space. Tasks may include tidying beds, weeding, lawn mowing and other gardening jobs as required. You may also work with residents helping them to enjoy the scheme gardens eg utilising raised beds for planting.

    Mon - Fri
  7. Volunteer Gardener
    Blackpool

    Your role as a Volunteer Gardener will be to help the care home maintain or devleop their garden space. Tasks may include tidying beds, weeding, lawn mowing and other gardening jobs as required. You may also work with residents helping them to enjoy the care home gardens eg utilising raised beds for planting.

    Mon - Sun
  8. Volunteer Gardener
    Bradford

    Your role as a Volunteer Gardener will be to help the scheme maintain or devleop their garden space. Tasks may include tidying beds, weeding, lawn mowing and other gardening jobs as required. You may also work with residents helping them to enjoy the schemes gardens eg utilising raised beds for planting.

    Mon-Fri
  9. Volunteer Gardener
    Chippenham

    As a Volunteer Gardener you will help maintain and improve the gardens of MHA’s care homes and/or retirement living schemes. A volunteer gardener also assists the residents and members to enjoy the benefits of nature and gardening.

    Monday-Friday anytime between 9am-4pm - From 1 hour per week
  10. Volunteer Gardener
    Nottingham

    As volunteer gardener, you will help us to upkeep our gardens for residents use.

    Monday's -1-2 hours per week
  11. Volunteer Gardener
    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.

    Tuesdays and/or Wednesdays 10am-1pm. 3 hours per week.
  12. Volunteer Gardener
    Milton Keynes

    As a Volunteer Gardener you will support a busy Care Home. Tasks may include tidying beds, weeding, lawn mowing and other gardening jobs as required.  You may also work with residents helping them to enjoy the care home gardens eg utilising raised beds for planting.

    Monday-Friday 9am-4pm (minimum 2-4hours/week) This role is suitable only for those aged 18 and over.
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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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