Make a real difference by volunteering
We are absolutely reliant upon volunteers to change young lives and futures. Your skills and experience and your desire to help are key to the support we can offer. We need all sorts of volunteers and from all ages - peer volunteers and befrienders to mature volunteers with packs of life experience and skills to share.
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“Volunteering for Transitions has been amazing so far. It’s unbelieving how much satisfaction you get from making such an important contribution to someone’s life. Even so, I’ve always felt like I’ve received more than I’ve been able to give through the personal and professional development I’m getting from the work!”
The different ways you can Volunteer
There's lots of different ways that you can Volunteer and support Transitions UK. The most common ones are below. Full training and induction is given and all expenses are payable. A satisfactory DBS check and references will be required.
Mentors and Befrienders
Come and work with the young people we help and support. You will be part of a ongoing support program and you need to be able to offer regular weekly support for at least a year. Depending upon the project that could be an hour or two each week to a 4 hour after schools club session.
You need to be willing to commit to staying involved with these young people for that period because we know that consistent ongoing support is key to developing trust and provides the platform for development. The service is relationally based and you’ll need to give time and commitment to make that work.
Ambassadors
We are keen to recruit people who will represent us in a particular area or region or who have particular contacts who can help us increase our funding, profile and opportunity.
We also want to recruit people who will represent us and the needs of vulnerable young people today within their own organisations. That might be a company or another youth organisation like scouts or guides etc. It might be within your church or faith group. It might be in local politics or in a school, college or elsewhere in the community.
Fundraisers
We would love to hear from you if you would like to help us raise some money from our own or your own fundraising event. You can work across and range of areas and time commitments.
Administration and event organisers
If you have good organisational skills or good people and team leading skills and you have some time to spare, please get in touch. We need admin staff, people to help with life skills, good organisers, collection box collectors, lottery sales people. If you would like to help we will find a place for you if you have the right qualities and share our vision.
Workshop and skills or therapy inputs
We are always looking for individuals or businesses or appropriate therapists who want to get involved helping to deliver a skills workshop or who can do some time limited work with an individual as part of their ongoing mentoring. Issues like personal safety, budgeting and managing money, interview skills, personal organisation, transport and independence skills, setting up a business, team skills and so on…