Events

YHA Manchester, Potato Wharf, Manchester

Our disabled access to YHA Manchester is looking a little tired with flaking paint on the railings. When you need to have a firm grasp of a railing for support and balance, then it needs to be in the best condition. And this is where you can help! Join our Big Help Out outdoor painting party to strip down our disabled access railings and repaint them. It is a job that will take a day but will have a huge impact on the thousands of guests that visit YHA Manchester every year.

Weston House, London

If you are interested in volunteering with Childline and want to find out more about the roles available, join a Volunteer Information Meeting! This is a fantastic opportunity to meet with staff and current volunteers, learn more about the application process and volunteer journey, and ask any questions you may have. Childline is a vital service available 365 days a year to support children and young people, whatever their worry or concern. We are currently looking for new Volunteer Counsellors to join the service. Our meetings are designed to help you decide whether you want to apply - there's no obligate or expectation that you'll apply if you attend one. At the meeting, you'll also receive information on other ways you can support the NSPCC.

Pevensey Road Nature Reserve, Feltham

We are a group that meet weekly at Pevensey Road Nature Reserve to carry out work in the reserve led by the local ranger team. We carry out a range of conservation tasks including litter picking, coppicing, meadow management, vegetation clearance and wildlife surveys. Why not join us for the Big Help Out and get involved looking after your local park? Please come dressed for the weather and bring some water. Tea and coffee provided during the break.

Knole Park, Sevenoaks

Join our park walk volunteers on an engaging park walk, exploring our SSSI parkland and its flora and fauna and some archaeological finds. To keep the parkland free of litter to protect the wild deer herd we will litter pick along the route. Families welcome!

Knole Park, Sevenoaks

Can you help us with some citizen science? Would you like to explore a hidden part of Knole? To celebrate the coronation of His Majesty King Charles III and Her Majesty the Queen Consort, we are taking part in The Big Help Out on Monday 8 May. Join us in a special place at Knole to take part in a survey of wildflowers. Led by our parkland survey team, you’ll be exploring an undisturbed part of the park where we keep beehives to help assess how well nature is doing there.

Park Hill Recreation Ground, Kidlington

Cherwell Collective's Big Help Out will bring community members together to do good by participating in a litter pick of Park Hill Recreation ground in Kidlington, Oxfordshire. The Living Sculpture, which will permanently reside at Park Hill in honour of King Charles III and the Royal Family's climate legacy, will also be officially unveiled at this event!

Walton Lodge, Walton Terrace, Aylesbury

Drop into our Head Office or one of our shops and find out all about volunteering at Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity. Volunteers are an invaluable part of our team – your time, skills and knowledge can bring something special to the charity. Whatever your interests and availability, we can find a role for you.

Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity - Furniture Showroom & Charity Store, Broadfields, Aylesbury

Drop into our Head Office or one of our shops and find out all about volunteering at Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity. Volunteers are an invaluable part of our team – your time, skills and knowledge can bring something special to the charity. Whatever your interests and availability, we can find a role for you.

Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity Shop - Haddenham, Stanbridge Road, Haddenham, Aylesbury

Drop into our Head Office or one of our shops and find out all about volunteering at Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity. Volunteers are an invaluable part of our team – your time, skills and knowledge can bring something special to the charity. Whatever your interests and availability, we can find a role for you.

Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity Shop - Winslow, High Street, Winslow, Buckingham

Drop into our Head Office or one of our shops and find out all about volunteering at Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity. Volunteers are an invaluable part of our team – your time, skills and knowledge can bring something special to the charity. Whatever your interests and availability, we can find a role for you.

Trinity St, Bungay

We are running volunteer taster sessions on Monday 8th May. Come and spend a couple of hours or half a day in our wonderful shop to find out what it is like to volunteer with us. You might try: serving customers on the till, sorting and pricing donations or helping to keep the shop looking tidy and welcoming. Our shops are great places to meet new people, learn new skills, and raise vital funds for our important work supporting children, families and young people across East Anglia. Please let us know if you would like to attend our taster session by contacting us at volunteerservices@each.org.uk

Weldmar Hospicecare Inpatient Unit, Herringston Road, Dorchester

Join our team to help with grounds maintenance at our hospice.
• Wood stain 6 wooden posts across the site
• Wood stain 12 benches
• Wood stain main gate to meadow
• Wood stain pergola outside The Orangery
• Wood stain banner frame outside the Inpatient Unit
• Wood stain rail to rear car park
• Clean outside bike shelter
• Pressure wash patio slabs and side path at rear
We are proud to welcome and work with volunteers.
Weldmar Hospicecare values, respects, and responds to diversity and difference of individuals and groups.

London SE21 7HA

Old Alleynian Rugby Club are a volunteer led community Amateur sports club offering rugby for all. Their volunteers undertake grounds maintenance activities around the sides of the grounds, including controlling the ivy & weeds; drainage ditch clearance and general facilities maintenance (this may include some painting and cleaning tasks, if time and weather permits). At this session GoodGym will be supporting the club to maintain this 9 acre site. Tool and gloves are available and for those that are interested an introduction to rugby can be arranged after the session.

Royal Voluntary Service, Cornhill Centre, Castle Street, Banbury

There’s nothing like a coffee, a chat and a bite to eat to keep friends and neighbours connected. That’s just what our community cafés provide. Usually held in a local community centre or hall, they offer good, healthy food at affordable prices, along with weekly activity programmes that cover everything from arts and heritage to healthy living and hobby clubs. They also host social clubs and events, with activities for those who like to take it easy as well as those who feel more energetic. The Cornhill Centre in Banbury is offering volunteering opportunities for a number of different events:

Monday 8th May- Coronation Event including party refreshments and activities such as indoor archery
Tuesday 9th May- Social Dining Event
Wednesday 10th May- Joint Event with Banbury Harvest @ Home- garden tidyup and replanting

42 Curtain Road, London

If you are interested in volunteering with Childline and want to find out more about the roles available, join a Volunteer Information Meeting! This session is a fantastic opportunity to meet with staff and current volunteers, learn more about the application process and volunteer journey, and ask any questions you may have. Childline is a vital service available 365 days a year to support children and young people, whatever their worry or concern. We are currently looking for new Volunteer Counsellors to join the service. Our meetings are designed to help you decide whether you want to apply - there's no obligation or expectation that you'll apply if you attend one. At the meeting, you'll also receive information on other ways you can support the NSPCC.

YHA Ironbridge Coalport, High Street, Coalport, Telford

YHA Ironbridge Coalport will leading litter picking groups along the River Severn in the Ironbridge Gorge.

YHA London Central Hostel, Bolsover Street, London

YHA London Central will be leading litter picking groups across Central London's key sites and parks.

Burniston & Cloughton Village Hall, Burniston, Scarborough

The event is a green event, doing work in the grounds to enhance the area. Clearing Himalayan Balsam from the beck which flows through the grounds. Clearing the edges of the car park which are overgrown with grass. We have a bug hotel to rebuild. We have wood chips to put down on paths. The edging of the rubber mats under the equipment on the under 10s playground. Maintenance of seats and benches. Starting the work on the community garden, raised beds and planting.

Fairspear Road, Leafield, Witney

The Big Help Out at Leafield Community Woodland, on Monday 8 May, 11am - 1pm. We plan to enlarge the wild flower patch in the glade, by removing turf and planting 150 wild flower plugs. We will then use the turf, with some hazel rods from the coppice, to build a hibernaculum which will provide winter shelter for a variety of small creatures. Children must be accompanied by a responsible adult. Spades, trowels and gloves useful, and refreshments provided. Volunteers are also very welcome to join our usual workparties, on the second Saturday of every month, 11am - 1pm, weather permitting - details @LeafieldWood.

Mulbarton Village Hall, The Common, Mulbarton, Norwich

Part of the Big help Out a chance to see what Scouting and Guiding is about and a chance to have a go at fun activities