The Volunteer Centre
Our most recent vacancies
The opportunities below are our most recent ones, or those most in need of volunteers! Click here for the full listing of all opportunities available in the Harrogate area.
Back Care Harrogate and District Support Group
Contact Lin Tippey 01423 865946 or email keithandlin2@btinternet.com
Back Care urgently needs a secretary who is prepared to make a small time commitment to ensuring the monthly meetings are properly advertised to reach as many people as possible in the local community.It is also the role of the secretary to organise and attend committee meetings 3-4 times a year, take the minutes and distribute them to the committee members. Most of the work can be done from your own home at a time to suit you.
Harrogate Advocacy
Contact Alison Carter 01423 547500 or email harrogate.advocacy@ntlbusiness.com
Receptionist/Admin assistant required - primary role will be to answer the phone so an excellent telephone manner and great people skills are required. However, there are times when the office is quiet, so there may also be some filing / photocopying to help with. The amount of time required is flexible to suit you and you would be based at their offices in Harrogate. This role would require a CRB check, which Advocacy would carry out on your behalf.
Harrogate Library
Contact Ann Garman 01609 536653 or email sue.proctor@northyorks.gov.uk
The library need a craft co-ordinator for the Children's Library. Ideally this would be someone with artistic/craft skills who would also like to help out with our regular story times. We are building up a portfolio of simple craft templates for under 5's and if someone just wanted to come in to the library to work on this at a time to suit we would be very happy.
Harrogate Railway Football Club
Contact David Shepherd on 07816986733 or email mail4rail@ntlworld.com
Harrogate Railway are urgently looking for a match day physio. They can afford a modest sum for expenses for the right person, who can be male or female with some sports physio experience preferred. They should ideally be available Saturday afternoon and most Tuesday or Wednesdays.
Harrogate Skills for Living Centre
Contact Stephanie Kirkman Meikle 01423 536211 or email learning@harrogateslc.org.uk
Harrogate Skills 4 Living Centre provides adult education activities including crafts courses for people with learning disabilities.
We are looking for a talented craft producer, with skills and experience working with textiles, wool, fibres, weaving or spinning to join us as Artist/Craftsperson in residence. You will work with our clients and tutors to guide and direct the production of high quality pieces of work which will be sold to generate income for people with disabilities.Our facilities include training rooms, spinning wheels, drop spindles, a floor shaft weaving loom, IT equipment and multiple craft resources.
We are looking for a talented craft producer, with skills and experience working with textiles, wool, fibres, weaving or spinning to join us as Artist/Craftsperson in residence. You will work with our clients and tutors to guide and direct the production of high quality pieces of work which will be sold to generate income for people with disabilities.Our facilities include training rooms, spinning wheels, drop spindles, a floor shaft weaving loom, IT equipment and multiple craft resources.
In return you will be part of a growing community enterprise and a valued member of our friendly, supportive staff and volunteer team. You will also have access to our facilities for your own craft making, outside our planned teaching time.
Minimum 1 day per week, 10-3pm Mon-Friday flexible.
Minimum 1 day per week, 10-3pm Mon-Friday flexible.
Harrogate Town Football Club
Harrogate Town Football Club has a number of exciting roles for volunteers to be involved, from stewarding, car park attendants, serving refreshments, PA announcements - the list is almost endless! To find out more, please contact Tad as above. In return for your time, there will be opportunities to enjoy the matches at their ground in Harrogate.
Knaresborough Feva Festival
Contact Harrogate Volunteer Centre on 01423 509004 or email volunteer@harrogatecvs.org.uk
An opportunity to become involved in Knaresborough's Arts Festival (feva) held every August. The festival is run by a small team of volunteers, supported by residents, traders, local organisations and visitors to the town.
The duties are not onerous and include: compiling agendas and taking minutes; corresponding with feva 'Friends'; arranging coffee mornings for volunteers; matching volunteers with required tasks and other administrative support.
Volunteer will need to attend at Knaresborough House once a month on the second Tuesday of the month for committee meetings (in evening). However, for the majority of the time they will be working from home. Estimated one hour per week- plus the committee meeting. However, most of this time falls within the months of May, June and July. Preferable, but not essential, to be available during the feva festival (10 days in August)
Missing People
Contact Tina Firthlock 07872 601681 or email tina.firthlock@missingpeople.org.uk
Missing People offers a lifeline for the 250,000 people who run away and go missing each year. For those left behind we provide specialised support to ease the heartache and confusion, and help search for their missing loved ones.
Missing People has historically operated from a single central office, but are now enlisting the help of regional volunteers to co-ordinate the search in the local area; raise awareness of the crisis services available and raise money to fund our vital services.We need to mobilise local communities to join the search and fundraise for some of the most vulnerable people in our society.
This will be a position that is both home based and community based - volunteers will have support from Local Coordinator and other volunteers in their area - attending meetings and local events. This is a flexible opportunity so anytime of the week - although most events will probably arranged on evenings or weekends. The exact nature of your role will depend on your interests, skills and experiences.
This will be a position that is both home based and community based - volunteers will have support from Local Coordinator and other volunteers in their area - attending meetings and local events. This is a flexible opportunity so anytime of the week - although most events will probably arranged on evenings or weekends. The exact nature of your role will depend on your interests, skills and experiences.
Muscular Dystrophy Campaign
Contact their volunteer hotline on 0845 872 9058 or email volunteer@muscular-dystrophy.org
Muscle disease causes muscles to waste and weaken making it hard for those affected to do even the simplest task. It doesn't just affect the muscles in the arms and legs but the heart and respiratory muscles too. Mobility is affected and most conditions lead to some sort of disability. More than 70,000 babies, children and adults in the UK are affected. Muscle disease is life limiting. There are no cures. They have a number of exciting volunteering roles including marketing, PR, event planning and fund raising, speaking and researcher.
NYCC Day Services
Contact Dorothy Willis on 01423 887461 or email Dorothy.Willis@northyorks.gov.uk
Can you bring a book to life - could you make a difference to the lives of physical and learning disabled people?
Meadow bank is a service supporting learning and physical disabled people to have daytime opportunities and lead a fulfilling life. Some of the people who use this service would really benefit from having an enthusiastic story reader to read stories or poetry to a small group of people.
This would be for a one hour session either once per fortnight or monthly depending on how often you wish to volunteer. This opportunity would be to capture a group of people with your enthusiastic reading skills. People in the group are supported by staff and the role would be solely to read to the group. This would be every other thursday, from 10.30-11.30 at 68A high street, Starbeck.
Meadow bank is a service supporting learning and physical disabled people to have daytime opportunities and lead a fulfilling life. Some of the people who use this service would really benefit from having an enthusiastic story reader to read stories or poetry to a small group of people.
This would be for a one hour session either once per fortnight or monthly depending on how often you wish to volunteer. This opportunity would be to capture a group of people with your enthusiastic reading skills. People in the group are supported by staff and the role would be solely to read to the group. This would be every other thursday, from 10.30-11.30 at 68A high street, Starbeck.
Not found your ideal role? Click here to search the rest of our listings - or contact us on volunteer@harrogatecvs.org.uk or call 01423 509004 to discuss your ideas further.
Your Contact at the Volunteer Centre:
Should you wish to discuss any of the above opportunities with us, please don't hesitate to contact us:
Caroline Shead
Volunteer Centre Manager
Harrogate & Area Volunteer Centre
Community House
46-50 East Parade
Harrogate HG1 5RR
Tel: 01423 509004
Fax: 01423 502126
e-mail: volunteer@harrogatecvs.org.uk
