Location: Helping from Home

Friends of St James’ Park (FoSJP) is looking for new trustees. Do you have some time to spare and would be willing to serve as a trustee for St James Park? Do you have some good ideas to support the local community and would like to help shape what happens in the park? We are a Registered Charity looking for new trustees to join our Management Committee. Our aim is to enhance the lives of both the local and the wider community in Southampton by the provision of recreational facilities. Prior to the current crisis, we ran various support groups...

  Are you looking for a rewarding voluntary position that will really help shape the future of services for the local community? If you have knowledge and expertise to share and are looking for your next challenge, then consider becoming a Trustee for Yellow Door.   We are looking for Trustees to join our dynamic and fast-paced organisation that really makes a difference to the lives of those living with the impact of abuse. Yellow Door is a registered charity working across Southampton and Western Hampshire in response to, and prevention of, domestic and sexual abuse. We offer free specialist...

We have recently taken on a traditional wooden sailing boat. She is a gaff rigged Brixham Sailing Trawler built in 1908. We are getting her ready in a boatyard on the Hamble so that people can sail her next year. She is all wood! We need help with conserving her and are looking for volunteers to help with maintenance. There will be lots of painting to do, scrapping off antifoul, removing ballast, varnishing, applying wood oil etc. Lots of maintenance! Great opportunity for someone that enjoys working with wood or on boats. And great opportunity for someone looking to start...

The Hampshire Healthy Families 0-19 service is a partnership between Southern Health Foundation Trust and Barnardo’s. We are looking for enthusiastic and creative people to support us in our work throughout Hampshire. Our volunteers are highly valued members of our team, supporting us and health visitors in the delivery of services and workshops to families, providing better outcomes for more children. Our Role Our Family Support – Group Helper volunteer role is diverse and flexible and will suit a range of personal skills and preferences. Our volunteers can: Support families during Child Health Clinic sessions, creating a welcoming, friendly and...

Activities and information to help you develop new skills, build confidence, and make connections. Our resources can help you build confidence and cope with loneliness. At times, life can feel overwhelming. It can be hard to know where to look for advice or how to reach out to others for support. Our resources and activities are here to give you a helping hand. Follow the links to find tools to connect with others, build confidence, and learn new coping skills. Resources will be updated regularly so there will always be opportunities to learn something new, too. In partnership with the...

The Seafarer Centre in Southampton supports all the seafarers coming into the port of Southampton. Due to the coronavirus some seafarers have been stuck at sea for over a year now. The seafarer centre is a safe location for seafarers to come to. The befriender role is to meet and greet seafarers, make cups of tea, tell them a bit about Southampton and overall be a nice person who can offer a lovely welcome environment, as the centre could be the first place they have come to in many months.

We are looking for those with experience and enthusiasm with a variety of aspects of fundraising and marketing, such as: - Social media support & engagement - Graphic design & content design - Website management - Email communications - Public Relations & copywriting    

We want to help residents stay up to date with the latest advice about COVID-19. To do this, we are looking for COVID-19 Community Champions to be the first to receive the latest updates and guidance from our Public Health team about how to stay safe during this coronavirus pandemic and share with our families, friends, communities and workplaces. Our network of COVID-19 Community Champions is a way to help people in Southampton get clear information on how to stay safe and reduce the risk of getting and spreading the infection, and what additional support there might be to help...

The role of the volunteer is to support vulnerable clients by making phone calls to check in on their wellbeing. The service is open to adults in Southampton who may be disadvantaged by infirmity, learning or physical difficulties, mental illness or social circumstances e.g. poverty, or may be isolated due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Service users will receive calls according to their needs, from weekly through to daily. The hours are flexible, Monday-Friday 9am-1pm. Volunteers should ideally be willing to sign up for a regular ‘shift’ (minimum required 1 hour a week). Volunteers will need to have access to a phone and...

Friendlies is a group run for vulnerable adults 18+ aimed to help people mix with others and engage in friendly activities. Helping to make refreshments, general input to the group for example talking with others and playing games. We are also looking for skills people who offer anything that people could join in with for example- dancing, singing, music sessions, art's and crafts. The joy of giving back is a wonderful thing. All DBS checks are free