What You'll Do:
- Promoting the Crisis Café within the local community
- Visiting community centres, libraries, GP surgeries, faith settings and other local spaces
- Handing out leaflets and displaying posters
- Helping build positive relationships with local organisations and community groups
- Feeding back any insights, questions or community needs to the team
Why You'll Love It:
- Supporting You - You will have a dedicated volunteer supervisor to support you in your role; Quarterly volunteer forums with the central Volunteering team and volunteers across Hestia; References for job applications.
- Valuing You - Valuing You - We hold annual Volunteer Awards, outings, celebration, and social events for our volunteers to get together and have some fun; We reimburse travel expenses and up to £5 for lunch for your volunteering.
What You'll Learn:
- Developing You - You will gain knowledge and insight into issues that impact Domestic Abuse, Modern Slavery and Mental Health; You will have access to our extensive Learning and Development Programme; 40% of our departed volunteers secured a paid role at Hestia last year!
What We're Looking For:
- Friendly, approachable and confident talking to new people
- An interest in mental health, wellbeing and community support
- Good communication skills and a respectful, non judgemental approach
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