Local volunteering ideas
Current opportunities in, around and between Easton and the city centre
Feeding people
Food Cycle – serving free sustainable meals on Wednesdays, for anyone, Lawrence Hill
https://foodcycle.org.uk/location/foodcycle-bristol-easton/
A number of different roles from welcoming guests, cooking up a storm in the kitchen, helping collect surplus food, managing regional social media pages or making weekly phone calls.
BS4 Food Bank Outlet Assistant, Wednesdays 12pm to 2:30pm, volunteering at is St Barnabas Church, Daventry Rd, Bristol, BS4 1DQ.
BS4 Food Bank Outlet Assistant | Foodbank Network Volunteering (trusselltrust.org)
You can be part of helping keep them running. We are in need of volunteers on Wednesdays 12pm to 2:30pm at our foodbank which is part of Bristol and Severn Vineyard Churches. You will be greeting clients between 12.30 and 2pm and providing them with their food parcels.
Mental health and fitness
Good Gym, various locations, various times
GoodGym – Do Good, Get Fit | GoodGym – Do Good, Get Fit
Run, walk, and cycle to help local community organisations and isolated older people by doing practical tasks.
Plant trees at the local park, Sort cans for a foodbank, Clean up a community centre, Help an older person with maintenance around their house, Do some gardening, Move furniture for an older person.
Bristol Drugs project, Youth group volunteer, City Centre / St Pauls
Volunteer at BDP – Bristol Drugs Project
Gain experience of working in a front-line service which offers a well-trodden route into education, training or work. Development of inter-personal skills – benefiting relationships all round. A positive contribution to Bristol at large and some of the city’s most marginalized communities
BDP has a long and proud history of working with volunteers. They strongly value volunteers’ contribution to their services and have been accredited with Investing In Volunteers since February 2009.
Woman kind, Helpline, befriending, admin, digital marketing, St Pauls / City centre, various times, city centre / St Pauls Volunteer – Womankind Bristol
An opportunity to gain experience and understanding of issues such as mental health, domestic and sexual abuse, get Training, Support and Supervision with Social events and an opportunity to make new friends. And Out-of-pocket expenses covered.
Football
Help Mark coach a team with players who have down syndrome, St Pauls, Sundays 10.30am. Start your Sunday mornings positively by volunteering with this fun group. No experience necessary, just a desire to help. Contact Mark on 07786890091.
Bristol Central Youth Football Club are looking for volunteer coaches. An award winning local inner city football club based at City Academy School, Bristol Central YFC are already linked with the Cowfolk as a number of our players are coaches and/or have children playing in their teams. They currently have lots of kids wanting to join in different age groups, and there are sessions waiting for them, but a lack of new coaches is stopping this from happening. No coaching experience necessary – the club will put you through your FA intro badge and fully support you – just a love of football and commitment to running a weekly training session. Speak to Kev or Chris Pearcy for more info, or contact Bristol Central direct on https://www.bristolcentralfc.com/coachingenquiries . It’s really fun and extremely rewarding.
Outdoor stuff / The environment
Tree planting, various times and locations.
To volunteer, email onetreeperchild@bristol.gov.uk to book your place on our events.
Helping maintain Eastville Park, Friends of Eastville Park
www.eastvillepark.org.uk / Friendsofeastvillepark@gmail.com, www.facebook.com/groups/eastvillepark/
If you love Eastville Park then you are a friend of Eastville Park! We hold an open meeting 2-3 times a year to meet with other residents. This gives you a chance to meet other park users, chat about what you love or don’t love about the park, and how we can tackle problems together.
Bristol Bike Project, Easton, volunteer nights – Tues and Weds, 6.30 – 9.30pm
Fancy learning bike mechanics, being part of a great team and giving back to your community in the process? Come and volunteer with us!
Helping homelessness
‘Move on volunteer’ at St Mungos (Thursdays afternoons, 2 – 4 hours a week, Bristol and Kingswood)
https://www.mungos.org/volunteer_vacancy/move-on-volunteer/
Feed the homeless are alwways looking for volunteers. You can be very ad hoc and commit once or twice a month (ideally). It’s Fridays and Sundays in Champion Square from 6.30 to 8pm.
Teaching / Mentoring
Borderlands, Teaching and mentoring, BS5, Mondays, Tuesdays (daytime) Volunteer | Borderlands
We love our volunteers’ commitment, expertise and energy to welcome and support refugees and asylum seekers. Our volunteers come from diverse backgrounds including professionals, retired people, students, refugees and asylum seekers.
Reconstruct
Independant Visitors for a young person in care. It is a monthly (2-3 hours) long-term commitment but very rewarding.