Volunteers
Volunteers
Whether you’re keeping someone company, helping to run a community activity, giving someone a lift to the day centres or just being there for someone who needs a friendly face, you’ll be using your own unique abilities to make a positive difference.
The difference with volunteering with Age UK Herne Bay and Whitstable is as we have a whole variety of roles, to enable us to match your talents and skills with the roles that suit you best ensuring that your experience is as meaningful and enjoyable to you as it is to the people you help.
There are hundreds of ways to get involved and our job is to make it easy for you, to give you all the support you need, and above all to make sure you enjoy the experience.
Why Volunteer with Age UK Herne Bay and Whitstable?
- To make a difference
- To have fun
- Help to get involved with the local community
- To learn new ideas from others
- New skills & valuable work experience
- Making new friends
- Better physical & mental health and wellbeing
- Giving something back
- Improving your confidence
- Sense of connection to others in the community
- Improve how things work for the better
- Show your commitment
Volunteer Roles
At Age UK Herne Bay and Whitstable, we have an amazing team of over 200 dedicated volunteers who regularly give their time to help us.
Our volunteers assist us in a variety of ways, helping us to provide services and support to the older people of Herne Bay, Whitstable and surrounding areas. We certainly could not operate without their dedicated, talented and enthusiastic support.
We have many different volunteering roles available, in the centre or in the community, here is a small selection:
Volunteer opportunities include:
- Trustee’s
- Befriending
- Delivering hot meals to an older person’s home
- Assisting in our Day Centres as a Tea Bar Assistant, or Delivering Activities
- Filling out Attendance Allowance Forms
- Helping in the kitchen
- Assisting with Dementia outreach events and Cogs club (Cogs club is a structured activity day for people with mild to moderate dementia)
- Driving clients to and from our centre
- Shed Heads helping to deliver woodwork-based activities in our Men’s Shed
- Gardening
For all volunteering roles training and induction is an integral part, this helps volunteers to settle in and feel valued. Mileage and out of pocket expenses are reimbursed.
We are always looking for new volunteers to join us, if you have a little time to spare and would like to make a difference. We can use your help. Please complete the form below, by clicking on the link, alternatively please email contacts@ageukhbw.org.uk or Phone 07809 736713.
Please email contacts@ageukhbw.org.uk instead of Charley as stated in the video.