
Make a Smile Oxford
Make a Smile Training Officer
If you are looking to create an impact this year, and be part of an amazing charity, Oxford Make A Smile needs you. You’d be on the Oxford committee as a training officer, which mainly involves running training sessions for new volunteers. You would also attend committee meetings and help with the running of the chapter. However, you can also get dressed up as one of our characters and get to see first-hand the impact of our work!

Make a Smile Oxford
Make a Smile Imagineer
Imagineers don't attends events but they help keep everything running behind the scenes - e.g. helping with admin, organising events or sorting out costumes. They can also get involved in various innovation projects (e.g. robotics).
Teenage Cancer Trust
OCU Dinner Event support
Could you help us raise vital funds to support our work? Be the face of Teenage Cancer Trust and You will assist with the raffle and auction at the OCU Dinner. The evening is being held on Friday, 24th October 2025 in the The Queens Hotel 2023 City Square, Leeds LS1 1PJ

Kidney Research UK
Community Ambassador Volunteer for Kidney Research UK
If you have a personal connection to Kidney Research, help spread awareness within your community with the support of a friendly and welcoming team.

Guide Dogs
Volunteering Champion - promote our volunteer opportunities
Volunteers are essential to the services that Guide Dogs provide. Recruiting volunteers will mean we can help more people with sight loss. With a Volunteering Champion Pack, you can promote volunteering as and when it suits you.

Guide Dogs
Look after a Guide Dog Mum
If you have space in your home and heart, for a guide dog mum who will be bringing the next generation of guide dogs in the world, then this could be the role for you! A role where you can care and nurture for a guide dog mum and plenty of little puppies when they arrive. This role is available in areas of Berkshire, South Buckinghamshire, and Oxfordshire.

Guide Dogs
Foster a trainee guide dog
Are you a dog lover with room in your home to look after a dog during evenings and weekends? This could be the perfect role for you! As a training dog fosterer, you'll be giving a dog in training a loving home whilst they embark on their journey to become a guide dog. You'll get to see the progress your furry companion is making in their training and be a vital part of their journey, without the commitment of looking after a dog full time.

Guide Dogs
Puppy raiser
Are you a dog lover? Do you have the time to help raise a life-changing puppy? Would you like to make a difference to someone's life? If you've answered yes to these questions, then this role could be perfect for you! As a Puppy Raiser, you'll provide a 6-8 week-old puppy with the vital foundation for its future role as a guide dog. You'll be looking after a puppy for 12-16 months and will guide him or her through training, socialisation, the introduction of new environments and experiences while providing a loving home. There might be the odd chewed slipper along the way, but nothing beats the rewarding feeling of loving and raising a puppy who will go on to make an enormous difference to someone living with sight loss.

Palmed Academy
Web Designer
Palmed Academy is seeking a talented web designer to volunteer with us in building a new website. This is a great opportunity to showcase your creativity, build your portfolio, and contribute to an educational initiative that makes a real impact.

Palmed Academy
Marketing & Fundraising Coordinator
We're seeking a passionate and proactive Fundraising and Marketing Coordinator to help us grow our impact. If you're a creative communicator with a talent for building relationships and securing support, we’d love to hear from you.

Hire Purpose
Chair of Trustees
Sight Concern Bedfordshire has supported people with sight loss to live full and independent lives for over 25 years. They are now seeking a new Chair of Trustees to guide their next chapter, strengthen governance and shape their strategy as they modernise and grow. This is a unique opportunity to bring purposeful leadership, champion inclusion, and help amplify the voice of blind and partially sighted people across the charity's communities.

CatsProtection
Fundraising Volunteer - Stafford area
As a charity we are able to help thousands of cats each year thanks to the generous donations we receive from members of the public. Our fundraising volunteers use their passion for cats and people to raise the vital funds needed to help more cats and kittens in need. As a fundraising volunteer we want to support you to fundraise in whatever way suits you best, whether that’s organising a fundraising event, promoting fundraising activities on social media or supporting the development of new fundraising ideas! Whatever your skill set, this could be the role for you!

CatsProtection
Fundraising Volunteer - Ayrshire
Cats Protection is the UK’s leading feline welfare charity, and our vision is a world where every cat is treated with kindness and an understanding of its needs. Cats are at the centre of everything we do, and our objectives are homing, neutering and educating people about cats

Deafblind UK
Community Fundraising Group Volunteer
Would you like the opportunity to volunteer with a national charity raising awareness and funds for the thousands of people affected by dual sensory loss in the UK? We are looking for friendly, outgoing people with good communication skills to join our Community Fundraising Team.

Trailblazers Mentoring
Volunteer ETE Mentor Bicester
Trailblazers’ mission is to reduce re-offending and inspire new futures for young men leaving prison. As a volunteer mentor, you’ll help someone reconnect with their community, rebuild relationships, and access education, training, or employment—offering hope and a fresh start. We welcome volunteers from all backgrounds and skill sets. All we ask is that you bring a genuine passion for social change and can commit to supporting at least one young man for up to 12 months—providing the consistency and encouragement that many of our mentees have never had.

Family Friends
Family Befriender
Our Family Befrienders support parents and families; volunteers will aim to help families/single parents to discover their strengths, build confidence, and resolve difficulties. Volunteers meet with their family weekly or fortnightly for a period of 6 to 12 months.

Family Friends
Big Buddy Befriender
Our Big Buddies support young people, aged 10-18, in the boroughs Kensington & Chelsea, Hammersmith & Fulham and Brent, for a few hours weekly or fortnightly over a period of 6 or 12 months. With encouragement and support, volunteers will aim to help young people to discover their strengths, build confidence, and resolve difficulties.

Culture Leicestershire
Culture to You - At Home Volunteer
Support our pilot of Culture to You in the Oadby and Wigston area! Deliver and explore collections of art, museum handling objects and cultural activities with people unable to get to our heritage and library sites, in their own homes.

Breadwinners
Volunteer Mentor for Young Refugees
Could You Help a Young Refugee Find Their Path? Are you passionate about supporting young refugees and asylum seekers as they begin their journey into the UK workforce? Become a Volunteer Mentor with Breadwinners!

Bylines Network
Writer
Researching and writing news articles, features, reviews or interviews. Working with editors to refine them. Engaging with the publication team to explore potential areas of interest and develop new story ideas.

Make a Smile Training Officer
If you are looking to create an impact this year, and be part of an amazing charity, Oxford Make A Smile needs you. You’d be on the Oxford committee as a training officer, which mainly involves running training sessions for new volunteers. You would also attend committee meetings and help with the running of the chapter. However, you can also get dressed up as one of our characters and get to see first-hand the impact of our work!
About the Role
Full responsibilities:The Training Officer will work to ensure that training sessions are as good as possible. They will make sure everything they need to work is organised such as a room, a tutor, an attending committee member, any resources and a plan. They will work to encourage members to attend these and emphasise the use of them. Every week they will make sure members are given at least 7 days' notice of new training sessions and will seek feedback following each session. Each year, the...