Events

Lime Kiln Lane, Thetford

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

Market Street, Whittlesey, Peterborough

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

Hamblin Road, Woodbridge

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

Market Place, Wymondham

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

Carr Lane East, Liverpool L11 4SF

An event on Bank Holiday Monday 8th May from 12 noon until 5.00pm at the site of La Salle Hotel School & Kitchen Garden next door to Dixons Croxteth Academy, Carr Lane East, Liverpool L11 4SF. An event open to the public to highlight and promote Helping Out in our community as part of a Festival which celebrates local culture and talent in the week that Liverpool is hosting the Eurovision Song Contest. There will be opportunities for individuals and groups to perform on the stage and for others to run a stall to showcase their work and need of volunteers or members. There will be free food prepared in the Hotel School professional kitchen by our Chef working with local young people. Liverpool Food Growers Network will be focusing on how to set up and run a community garden.

Haugh End Lane, Sowerby Bridge

Bridge Community will continue with the work we began last year when we started to clear the completely overgrown graveyard (former St George's Church graveyard, Haugh End Lane). As we did, we discovered so many beautful gravestones and hoped a space was being created which, one day, relatives of those buried there could come and visit and the local community could enjoy. This involves chopping back brambles, pulling out weeds, removing rubbish etc. Everyone welcome to join us in putting a little bit of love back into the land! Bring gardening gloves and any tools which may be useful! There'll be cake and drinks when we've finished!

Highlight House, Saint Leonard's Road, Eastbourne

On the 8th May we will be open in the WayfinderWoman hub to chat to you about how you can get involved in Volunteering with us! We are a Women's Charity who act as a first point of call to any woman in need. We offer free workshops, courses and one to one mentoring and coaching and if we can't help a woman directly we will signpost her to someone who can! We are also a wonderful, nurturing environment and group to be a part of and are a really positive community! Please come along and join us for a drink and a chat!

Galway Road, Grindon, Sunderland SR4 8JZ

Starting from 10 on the 8th of May we welcome all volunteers of all ages, abilities or disabilities to join us in a day of volunteering around Grindon Church Community Project for The Big Help Out. Our to-do list around the buildings and gardens grows every day as our current volunteers are stretched to keep us going. Things to do include mending, painting, crafting, tidying, planting, weeding, building polytunnels plus a lot more!
Refreshments will be on hand and we finish with a celebration picnic to round off the day.
We aim to work from 10-4 but people are welcome to come along for a shorter time too.

Arlingham, Gloucester

We live in a beautiful area, with wonderful views, lovely footpaths, places to walk our dogs, go for bike rides or ride horses and ponies. We have the river Severn on our doorstep and the Gloucester/Sharpness canal nearby. Litter picking makes our environment look better, creates a safer environment for our local wildlife, prevents plastics from being broken down and entering the food chain or being washed into the river and out to sea. 80% of plastic in the oceans enters it from land waste. I am organising a community litter pick around the parish of Arlingham on Monday 8th May '23 as part of The Big Help Out 2023.

St Mary the Virgin, Church, Church Hill, Horsell, Woking

Help us look after our beautiful building and surrounding churchyard. This is a drop-in event. Help for as little or as much time as you can spare.

Volunteers will help us by, depending on personal preference:
 Decluttering the church and St Andrew’s Room
 Spring cleaning the church and St Andrew’s Room
 Gardening in the churchyard

As part of helping, volunteers will get the opportunity to see our historic building and artefacts. Refreshments will be provided and we have toilet facilities available.

The Beonna at All Saints, Main Road, Benington, Boston

As part of the Coronation Celebrations come and join in with volunteering at The Beonna.
A range of jobs and activities to help out with, both inside and out to help us look after our beautiful building and develop future events.
Outdoors: help with gardening, litter picking, planting shrubs and flowers for wildlife, Graveyard mapping.
Inside: helping with history research, and creation of decorations and set dressing such as making poppies and flowers.

Shelley Centre R D A, Shelley Road, Shelley, Ipswich

The Shelley Centre for Therapeutic Riding invite you to come and volunteer at the Riding for the Disabled centre in Shelley. Come and help on the day, or just drop in for a chat about regular volunteering opportunities and find out more about what we do. Refreshments and homemade cakes will be available. No horse knowledge is required, but sensible footwear is recommended.

Dilston Terrace, Amble, Morpeth

We are holding a community day for any one who is interested in making Amble Youth Project a more updated version of its current self. We will make cuppa's and bacon butties for all who lend a hand. If you can paint, replace locks, change a radiators, declutter and or have a chat about the world we live in, send us a message on info@ambleyouthproject so we know your coming,

Brownsea Island Outdoor Activity Centre & Campsite, Poole, BH13 7EE

Come and find out about volunteering at Scout and Guide Trading Post on Brownsea Island. Monday 8th May 10.30am to 4pm Outdoor Activity Centre

The Galleries, Broadmead, The Galleries Shopping Centre, Bristol

Come along and 'play shop' you will get an insight into charity shop life, from sorting and pricing, to sifting and thrifting. Join us at our friendly charity shop for 30 mins to a few hours to learn how volunteering makes a difference in your community and make some new friends.
Money raised at YMCA charity shops goes towards helping transform the lives of hundreds of thousands of young people each year in hundreds of communities across England and Wales.

501 Birmingham New Road, Dudley DY1 4SB

Help to protect our canals from litter and pollution. Over 14 million pieces of plastic alone end up in our waterways each year leading to damage to habitats and endangering our wildlife.
Join our Canal Clean up Crew as we head out on the open water aboard one of our boats collecting rubbish and abandoned treasures littering our canal.

New Road, Ware SG12 7BS

After the success of our Warm Spaces that were funded by EHDC we would like to spend Monday 8th May revamping our café that is at the moment only in minimal use. We hope to change this room and the room next door into a communal café where people of all ages can come together to meet, socialise, maybe try their hand at craft or even play some board games. It has limited use at the moment but we aim to turn it into a functioning café for all to come and enjoy 7 days a week.
We have an outside area that needs some gardening, painting and making look nice and another room next to our café that needs TLC, painting, new lights etc. If you can help we would be so appreciative.

St Stephen's Church, Donisthorpe Street, Bradford

From 11-3 on the 8th of May we would love some help to replant our new raised beds and make this community garden more beautiful. Bring a plant if you can (we want as many edible as possible) and some cake to share and we will enjoy being creative as we care for the world in the way the new King would appreciate!

Newbury Sea Cadets, Craven Dene, London Road, Newbury

We have invested significantly in upgrading the unit, and we need some help giving it a spring clean, inside and out. No previous experience needed! The event will be between 1030 and 1230, followed by lunch, and everyone is encouraged to bring a picnic lunch. Light refreshments will be provided.

Dudley Canal and Caverns, Birmingham New Road, Dudley

Come to our open day to see what volunteering with Dudley Canal and Caverns is all about. Here at Dudley Canal and Caverns we are committed to the advancement of public education in the history, economy, geology and other features of the Dudley Canal Tunnel and inland waterways.
We run narrow boat trips along the canal, into the limestone caverns underneath Dudley's Castle Hill, a unique and exciting experience for all of our visitors, volunteers and staff. We have so many areas you can get involved with; whether you have an interest in telling our stories to our visitors, enjoy working with the public and getting involved with events, or gardening, there is something for anyone who has a passion for protecting our heritage. So if something about what we do catches your eye, come and take a closer look at all the different volunteer roles we have to offer with our Volunteer Open Day!