How volunteering can help you?

For a full list of current volunteer opportunities

go to our dedicated page:

Click here


Volunteering has lots of benefits for individuals, communities and organisations. People who volunteer gain confidence, learn new skills and develop a real sense of belonging to their communities whilst helping to improve the quality of life for local people. Organisations benefit from the skills, enthusiasm and time of a diverse volunteer workforce.

Volunteering gives you the chance to:

  • ·       Learn new skills
  • ·       Participate in training
  • ·       Gain experience and confidence
  • ·       Use and improve skills
  • ·       Become involved with something new
  • ·       Meet new people and make friends
  • ·       Help and support people
  • ·       Make a difference as you are involved in something worthwhile
  • ·       Feel good about yourself improve your mental health
  • ·       Contribute to your local community

We are working closely with local charities so we can try and find the perfect volunteering role for you.

Search below to see a selection of roles available, to find out more about any of the roles listed please contact Gill Ball gillball@alphacharityconsulting.co.uk or phone 07774958706

Not all roles are listed, if you can’t find anything please don’t despair, contact Gill Ball who will be happy to try and find something for you.

What is Volunteering?

Our Vision

Our vision is that the people of Tenterden are inspired and supported to volunteer, enhancing both their lives and the lives of others. 

Our Values

  • We believe that everyone has the right to offer their time to volunteer and every effort should be made to find a suitable volunteering opportunity for them
  • All volunteers should receive a rewarding and enjoyable volunteering experience
  • Volunteers’ voices should be heard and they must never be a replacement for paid workers
  • We are honest and transparent
  • We are inclusive

For a full list of current volunteer opportunities

go to our dedicated page:

Click here


Volunteering has lots of benefits for individuals, communities and organisations. People who volunteer gain confidence, learn new skills and develop a real sense of belonging to their communities whilst helping to improve the quality of life for local people. Organisations benefit from the skills, enthusiasm and time of a diverse volunteer workforce.

Volunteering gives you the chance to:

·       Learn new skills

·       Participate in training

·       Gain experience and confidence

·       Use and improve skills

·       Become involved with something new

·       Meet new people and make friends

·       Help and support people

·       Make a difference as you are involved in something worthwhile

·       Feel good about yourself improve your mental health

·       Contribute to your local community

We are working closely with local charities so we can try and find the perfect volunteering role for you.

Search below to see a selection of roles available, to find out more about any of the roles listed please contact Gill Ball gillball@alphacharityconsulting.co.uk or phone 07774958706

Not all roles are listed, if you can’t find anything please don’t despair, contact Gill Ball who will be happy to try and find something for you.

How can we help organisations?

We provide infrastructure support to any charity / group that needs help to recruit volunteers, we share experience and good practice and we are always on hand when a volunteering need may arise.

We enable communities and people to connect to allow the power of volunteers to impact the community in the most effective way possible.

We provide a brokerage service matching prospective volunteers with the most suitable volunteering opportunity.

We can also organise bespoke recruitment campaigns targeted to you volunteer requirements.

How it Works

We understand that trying something new can be a bit scary, feeling apprehensive and unsure is a normal reaction. So, when it comes to volunteering, we try to help you throughout the process by offering advice and support. We have time to talk about volunteering with you, in order to help you to achieve your personal volunteering objectives.

We are working with many local charities and have a range of different volunteering opportunities that we are happy to discuss with you. Hopefully we can find something rewarding and enjoyable for everyone.

Please explore our database to see some of the opportunities that are currently available or alternatively please contact Gill Ball for a chat and some more information:

Please note that some roles will require an up-to-date DBS certificate and possibly references relating to previous experience, assistance with both these can be provided if needed.

email gillball@alphacharityconsulting.co.uk

Or phone 07774958706

Remember

·      It is important to find the right volunteering role for you, so it is okay to explore several different roles before making a decision.

·      Only commit to the amount of time that you know you can manage easily. In most cases it would be possible to do more hours, if you want to, however it is more difficult to reduce your hours if you find you have over committed.

·      Volunteering should fit in with your existing commitments

Current Opptunities

Tenterden Repair Cafe

A volunteer repairer who can repair domestic electrical and mechanical items, or are a good sewer and could assist with clothing repairs, good with IT repairs, able to repair small furniture, or ornaments and simple jewellery? Meet and greet volunteers to help with...

Demelza House

Tenterden Charity Shop Assistant To assist with sorting, pricing and preparing donations to sell and / or assist customers to help them find the right item.

Tenterden Wildlife

Secretary for Board of Trustees. Organising meetings, booking rooms, circulating documents and taking apologies. Preparing agendas for meetings (in consultation with the Chair). Taking the minutes at each monthly meeting and circulating them afterwards. Ensuring...

Woodchurch driving group

To assist at their driving sessions, (They run between April and October) by helping with a range of different tasks: for example, meeting and greeting, helping to load and unload the carriages, admin, information disseminating etc. Helping to look after the horses at...

1st Cranbrook Brownies and Rainbows

Are looking for helpers to assist with Rainbows or Brownies on Friday evenings. As part of a team of volunteers, you will plan and deliver a programme of awesome activities.

Kent & East Sussex Railway

Has a wide range of both maintenance and operational roles at the station. Maintenance roles include: Painters, Carpenters, Upholsterers, Metal Workers, Engineers, Track Workers, Forestry and Conservation, Ground Works, Signalling, Gardeners, Plumbers, Builders,...

Ashford Borough Citizens Advice

The Friends of Ashford Borough Citizens Advice require new committee members to bring fresh ideas for fundraising events and generally helping with these occasions. They are a friendly group that meet about four or five times a year. They organise events like: A...

Tenterden Memory Cafe

Café Helper To assist at the Memory Café on Fridays 1.30pm – 4pm, helping to set up and to serve refreshments. To assist at Musical Memories on Tuesdays 10.30pm – 12 helping to set up and serve refreshments.

Kent Community Health

Companion Volunteer West View West View is a 30-bed community hospital that focuses on recovery and rehabilitation. Companion volunteers are extremely valuable in helping patients to become more involved, by offering friendship, encouragement and a little help when...

EC30

Coffee Shop Helper To assist with food and beverage preparation and / or serving customers / taking orders and / or clearing tables and wiping tables and / or washing up.