Volunteer Applications Open Now!
Friends For Leisure volunteers are at the heart of our organisation and vital for us to be able to continue providing friendship and leisure opportunities for our young people. Our volunteers help at our youth groups and holiday activities, and provide 1:1 friendships to young people who need a friend. Volunteers also can help out with fundraising, office work, or by offering their time and skills in whatever it is they’re good at!
Our aim is for our volunteers to gain skills, confidence, and experience through our programme as well as making a difference to the lives of young people. They can gain volunteering hours for a DofE award, school enrichment/PPD program, or for their own career goals.
Volunteers are also given the opportunity to complete free training courses to help them to make the most of their time with us, and also to equip them for the future.
We’re looking for enthusiastic, friendly, motivated volunteers aged 15 and up to join our team. If you’re interested in becoming a volunteer, please see below for how to sign up!
Please be aware that our volunteering opportunities are not an alternative to work experience.
How to get involved
What you’ll need
What you’ll gain
Volunteer Roles
Youth Groups & Holiday Activities
Support our young people at our youth groups by helping to encourage and facilitate fun and getting stuck into all the activities we do, whether in person or virtually. See the activities page to find out more about our groups.
1:1 Friendship
Volunteer with a young person on a regular 1:1 basis, spend time together doing activities, hanging out, playing sports, getting coffees, basically providing friendship to someone who has been struggling to find a friend.
Virtual Friends
NEW! Similar to our 1:1 friendships via virtual contact, spend time chatting on the phone, on video calls, playing online games together, or by swapping texts or emails.
Trustee
Help us to be the best charity we can be by applying to be on our board of trustees.
Fundraising
Get involved with our fundraisers or create your own fundraising events to help us to continue providing friendship and reducing isolation and loneliness in disabled young people.
Other Volunteering
Got any other ideas how you’d like to help out? Chat to our volunteer coordinator!
