New Volunteering Opportunities for April 2025
Creative Volunteers
A Newbury-based charity offers a whole host of creative activities to young people and adults with learning disabilities. Volunteers are being recruited to help with the facilitation of the sessions. Activities include drama, dance, music, physical movement, art, film-making and life skills training. Could you support participants whilst they make their own movies or enjoy being part of a residential theatre company working alongside professional actors?
Classes run on weekdays from 9am – 3pm, and also on Monday and Thursday evenings. Time commitment can be flexible. The role would suit patient and kind volunteers. Perhaps you have a specific creative skill or would just like to be hands on to support the team.
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Warehouse Volunteer
A local organisation provides model making activities for former and current Armed Forces and emergency services personnel. It also promotes model making hobbies as a way of improving wellbeing and mental health.
They have a warehouse and storage container in Newbury for their stock of donated model kits (tanks, aircraft, ships, submarines, artillery, figures, cars and trucks and tools).
A volunteer is needed to restock the shelves which are 6ft high with cleaned complete model kits, moving models from the warehouse and storage container and back. You could also be providing administrative support to the organisation where needed and other general duties.
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Fundraising Team Volunteer
Join Volunteer Centre West Berkshire’s fundraising dream team! As a volunteer fundraiser, you’ll be making great things happen – you could be involved in planning and creating fundraising campaigns, assisting at events such as coffee mornings, finding new sponsors and donors as an ambassador for our charity or helping track donations and preparing thank you letters and reports.
Time commitment is 5-10 hours a month (including a regular fundraising meeting and you would need to be available for some weekend events). You don’t necessarily need to be able to do everything here; we will tailor the role to suit your strengths and interests. The role would suit volunteers with great communication skills who enjoy being part of a team. Previous experience of event planning, marketing or fundraising would be preferred.
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Club Members
The world’s largest service club organisation has a branch in Newbury and would welcome new members who would like to volunteer their time to help humanitarian causes in their local and global communities.
Whilst service is the club’s main function, for example through putting on fundraising events, it also offers networking, social activities and monthly meetings. Members from all backgrounds and with different skills and interests are welcome – the club believes everyone has a contribution to make!
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Guide Assistant Leaders
Help ensure that as many girls and young women as possible get the chance to experience the fun and challenge of guiding. Volunteer Girl Guide Assistant Leaders are being recruited for groups in the Pangbourne area.
The role would suit those with an ability to relate to young people, and there are various groups ranging from ages five to eighteen. Training will be provided.
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Boat Crew
If you would like to spend some time on the local canal, then this is the opportunity for you! Volunteers who love being outdoors and meeting people are needed to crew boat trips for the public that run from the Newbury Wharf on Thursdays and at weekends during the season, as well as themed trips and private charters at other times.
All crew receive training, and help make trips as enjoyable and safe as possible. There are opportunities to undertake roles such as helming the boat, skippering trips and helping with engineering and maintenance. Volunteers with no, little or a lot of experience of the canal and boats are welcome.
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For information about these and more than 350 other volunteering opportunities please contact Volunteer Centre West Berkshire via vbase@vcwb.org.uk or call 01635 49004