Available
Opportunities

Our friendly team of Active Travel drivers help increase mobility and independence especially for vulnerable, elderly and less mobile residents of South Derbyshire. They offer practical support, friendly company and a safe journey to and from their essential and or social appointments.

Could you be one of them? You would be taking clients from their homes to their essential appointments and back, using your own vehicle and accompanying them at the destination if necessary.

It’s a sad fact that many people within our community experience food poverty; that’s why our Food Hub strives to make sure that no one has to go hungry and we endeavour to reduce the stigma attached to people accessing a Food Bank.

In order to keep our Food Bank well stocked we urgently need local volunteers to pick up food donations from collection points across South Derbyshire and deliver them to our service centre which is located in Swadlincote.

To support vulnerable adults in South Derbyshire who are socially isolated or lonely.
Volunteers provide confidential, one to one support via home visiting or telephone; helping to reduce the feeling of loneliness and isolation and improve wellbeing.

Our shop volunteers are helping us beat cancer right now.

In 2019/20, 14,000 volunteers gave 3.1 million hours of their time and sold items totalling £15million. These funds are helping us start new clinical trials and research treatments as we speak.

If you volunteer at a Cancer Research UK shop, you too could make a real difference to what we can achieve. Nothing we do would be possible without amazing volunteers like you.

You’ll also gain valuable skills to help develop your CV and experience. And you’ll volunteer alongside a wonderful team of passionate, friendly people who will support you every step of the way.

Volunteering is open to everyone and no experience is required. So, if you’re looking for a new challenge, we’d love to hear from you.

By joining our team of volunteer Leaders you would be making a positive impact on the environment and on people’s lives as they benefit from volunteering in lots of ways. Leading groups of volunteers (individuals and corporate groups) on basic site maintenance and corporate tasks.

Help us with site maintenance projects, tree work, habitat creation, conservation and wildlife surveys. There is always something to be done around the site, to keep it well maintained for the general public and enhance Rosliston Forestry Centre for our wildlife.

By joining in with gardening activities you can increase your fitness levels, help us with the garden and learn some basic gardening skills at the same time. We have all the tools you will need, but bring your own gloves. There are various areas that require general garden maintenance: Wildlife, Sensory and Herb gardens.

All sessions are free and we are grateful for your help.

We’re looking for people with different Repairing/ Fixing skills who want to make a difference and are committed to reducing waste. People who like to help others and enjoy working out how to make something work again.

We’re also keen to meet people who are happy to engage with visitors, work out which ‘expert’ they need to see and co-ordinate general repair café activities before and during the events, take donations from happy punters and liaise with the Repair Café maestros at Circularity (based at Woodville Library).

By joining in with gardening activities you can increase your fitness levels, help us with the garden and learn some basic gardening skills at the same time. We have all the tools you will need, but bring your own gloves.

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We’re looking for people with different Repairing/ Fixing skills who want to make a difference and are committed to reducing waste. People who like to help others and enjoy working out how to make something work again.

We’re also keen to meet people who are happy to engage with visitors, work out which ‘expert’ they need to see and co-ordinate general repair café activities before and during the events, take donations from happy punters and liaise with the Repair Café maestros at Circularity (based at Woodville Library).

A Local Group is a team of people who share our passion for livelihood creating tools and get together to collect tools from their area. Many also arrange tool collections at local supermarkets, DIY stores and garden centres. Many also offer talks to local community groups and even speak on local radio. Some groups sort the tools before arranging collection and some even do some refurbishment, such as grinding off rust and fixing loose handles. To start you need somewhere to store tools, such as a vacant garage or big shed and the enthusiasm to gather together likeminded friends. Our local groups have a great community spirit and are a huge support for TWAM.