Volunteer: Occasional/Regular Volunteer, Glow

Volunteer posts available:

 N/A

Registered Charity number:

 701376

Volunteer Provider:

 Glow

Date Opportunity posted:

 December 2024

Closing date:

Opportunity description:

 At Glow, we offer refuge and community accommodation for individuals fleeing or at risk of domestic abuse. Additionally, we provide housing advocacy and support through our Recovery Hub.

 As our refuge and community housing services expand, we are seeking volunteers to assist with various services across our locations in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Stoke-on-Trent, and Staffordshire Moorlands.

 We are looking for volunteers to provide a wide range of regular or occasional support to our Refuge and Community Housing customers.

• Sourcing, collecting and processing donations of food, clothing or other items
• Helping to prepare rooms and properties for new customers
• Providing practical and/or emotional support to customers who are moving into one of our refuges, community properties or their own homes.
• Supporting customers with finding and accessing services in the local area.
• Helping to plan and run events and activities, preferably on 1x weekly basis
• Providing peer support if you have lived experience.
• Organise and arrange regular 1 x weekly social events such as a walking group.

Training:

 You do not need any specific skills or experience or an existing knowledge of domestic abuse as we offer full training and ongoing support.

Skills and development:

• Event participation/organisation. 
• Further development of interpersonal skills.
• Signposting services and document processing for donations.
• Opportunity to play a part in shaping future growth of services.

Further information:

 For further information please email volunteering@findtheglow.org.uk, or visit www.findtheglow.org.uk/volunteer/