Volunteer
VOLUNTEERS.
Age UK North Craven wants to say thank you, to its volunteers. You are all amazing!
But we love to welcome new volunteers as well and there are many volunteer roles to choose from such as helping in the shops, digital inclusion, driving minibuses, catch up calls, or helping with the admin to name a few.
If you would like to find out more please contact us on 01729 823066 or email: info@ageuknorthcraven.org
We appreciate that people volunteer for a variety of reasons, bringing with them unique skills, experience and attributes. If you are interested in volunteering, we would love to hear from you!
You could volunteer:
- As an individual
- As part of a group
- On a long-term basis
- For a one-off project or event
Volunteering has lots of great benefits. As a volunteer with Age UK North Craven, you could experience all these great benefits:
- Make new friends
- Develop new skills
- Be part of a fun and caring group of people
- Use your skills to help others
- Support older people in your community
- Build up your confidence
- We love to celebrate our volunteers and their hard work
Please contact us on 01729 823 066 and we will be happy to meet with you to discuss our current opportunities and the sort of commitment you are able to offer. You can also apply to volunteer online.
Current volunteering roles with Age UK North Craven
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Catch Up Calls
Our telephone catch up volunteers provide a regular telephone call to older people who enjoy a friendly chat. The calls are usually weekly, from either your own home or from our offices. You need to enjoy sharing experiences and offering a supportive listening ear.
For more information contact us on 01729 823066
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MONDAY LUNCH CLUB
Would you like to join our friendly team of volunteers at our Monday lunch group at the Royal Oak in Settle. We are looking for someone who likes to socialise and make friends and has a couple of hours to spare on a Monday once or twice a month or more if you can. If so we would love to hear from you.
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COURIER
As a volunteer courier you will be supporting the minibus drivers and customers who use our trasnport services, helping them to get to where they need to go
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CAR DRIVER
Using your own car, you'll provide essential door-to-door transport for older people who have difficulties using public or other forms of transport.
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MINIBUS DRIVER
This role supports our local shuttle service and day trips, helping older people get around and enjoy days out.
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Furniture Re-use & Recycle Volunteer
To work alongside the retail team to prepare / repair donated goods for sale in our shop.
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Retail Assistant Furniture Shop Volunteer
To work as part of the retail team to promote sale of donated goods through our shop.
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UNSURE
If you are unsure of what you want to do or haven't seen a volunteer role that suits you. Or you have some skills that aren't mentioned in the current list. Please ring us to and chat.
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What our volunteers say
"I was new to the area and through my volunteering with Age UK North Craven I've met so many new people."
"I love what I do ... you get so much back."
Read about our annual volunteer celebration
