Hot Volunteering Opportunities across Solihull (April 2014)

Title of
Opportunity

Location/
Organisation
Brief Description of Opportunity How to apply Hours

Closing
Date

An electronic copy of this volunteering opportunities list can be found at www.SolihullForSuccess.com/Work-Clubs



1

Wildlife
Gardening
Volunteers
North Solihull
Warwickshire
Wildlife Trust
Your Wild Life project programme of fun
and active sessions in parks and green
spaces across North Solihull. Help us
create a wildlife garden at Three Trees
Community Centre. Explore local green
spaces on our guided walks and look for
wildlife on our BioBlitz events. No
experience required!
Please contact Simon Phelps on
0795699314 for more information or
email simon.phelps@wkwt.org.uk
2hr
sessions
AM or PM
on various
dates

April to
June 2014
Customer
Assistant
Solihull Shop
Mobility
Drury Lane &
Touchwood
Assisting customers who have come in to
the shops to hire mobility scooters and
wheelchairs.
Please contact Patrick Joyce at
0121 711 4231 during the following
hours: Monday, Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday between 10 and
4.30pm or email
pjoyce@solihull.gov.uk

Negotiable

On-going
Counselling
Volunteer
Solihull
Bereavement
Counselling
Service
Providing counselling for adults & children
living or Working in the Solihull Borough
(must have a certificate in counselling
skills (one year course))

Please contact us during office
hours: Monday to Friday, 9:30am
4:30pmTelephone: 0121 424 5103
Negotiable

On-going
Hot Volunteering Opportunities across Solihull (April 2014)

Title of
Opportunity

Location/
Organisation
Brief Description of Opportunity How to apply Hours

Closing
Date

An electronic copy of this volunteering opportunities list can be found at www.SolihullForSuccess.com/Work-Clubs



2

Volunteer
Reading Helper
Beanstalk
Birmingham Office
Helping you to give a child the one-to-one
attention they need to build their
confidence and help them catch up with
their reading. Youll give them a chance to
learn at their own pace and adapt the
sessions to suit them.
For more information please visit:
http://www.beanstalkcharity.org.uk/re
ading-helpers/why-become-a-
beanstalk-reading-helper
90 minutes,
twice a
week at a
local
school,
minimum
one year
On-going
Solihull Support
Service
Volunteers
Bromford
Housing
Solihull
Support clients living in their own homes to
achieve an independent lifestyle. Help
required could include gardening, cooking
cleaning, attend cinema, clubs or local
groups.
Contact Helen Key on 0121 704
9936 Email:
Helen.Key@bromford.co.uk
Further details can be found on the
Do-it Website

Negotiable

On-going
Charity Shop
Warehouse
Welcome
Chelmsley Wood
Helping in all aspects of warehouse duties
and stock maintenance.
Contact Sam Marsh Service
Manager on 0121 678 4730
or email info@welcome-
solihull.co.uk

Negotiable

On-going
Charity Shop
Caf assistance
Welcome
Chelmsley Wood
Helping in all aspects of running a caf.

Contact Sam Marsh Service
Manager on 0121 678 4730
or email info@welcome-
solihull.co.uk

Negotiable

On-going
Maintenance
man / woman
Welcome
Chelmsley Wood
Helping to keep our internal environment
in working order

Contact Sam Marsh Service
Manager on 0121 678 4730
or email info@welcome-
solihull.co.uk

Negotiable

On-going
Hot Volunteering Opportunities across Solihull (April 2014)

Title of
Opportunity

Location/
Organisation
Brief Description of Opportunity How to apply Hours

Closing
Date

An electronic copy of this volunteering opportunities list can be found at www.SolihullForSuccess.com/Work-Clubs



3

Groundsman /
woman
Welcome
Chelmsley Wood
Helping to keep the garden, grounds and
baskets looking good
Contact Sam Marsh Service
Manager on 0121 678 4730
or email info@welcome-
solihull.co.uk

Negotiable

On-going
Support
Workers
Welcome
Chelmsley Wood
Providing support to individuals affected
by substance misuse in a drop-in
environment.
Contact Sam Marsh Service
Manager on 0121 678 4730
or email info@welcome-
solihull.co.uk

Negotiable

On-going
Manager
Around Again
Arran Way Shops
Smiths Wood

Volunteer required for Tuesdays and
Thursdays to support volunteer staff.

Contact Dave Dixon on
07765671899
10 am to
4pm
On-going
Shop Assistant

Around Again
Arran Way Shops
Smiths Wood
Volunteers are required for Tuesdays and
Thursdays to serve customers, handle
monies, sort donated items etc.

Contact Dave Dixon on
07765671899
10 am to
4pm
On-going
1) Healthwatch
Champion,
2) Healthwatch
Volunteer
3) Healthwatch
Authorised
Representative

Solihull,
Healthwatch
Solihull
There are three volunteering roles, all
working to promote greater user
involvement in the provision and
commissioning of Social Care and Health
services in Solihull borough.

Contact Karen Wilson on 0121 770
5434 or email
enquiries@healthwatchsolihull.org.uk
www.healthwatchsolihull.org.uk


Negotiable


On-going
Hot Volunteering Opportunities across Solihull (April 2014)

Title of
Opportunity

Location/
Organisation
Brief Description of Opportunity How to apply Hours

Closing
Date

An electronic copy of this volunteering opportunities list can be found at www.SolihullForSuccess.com/Work-Clubs



4


Support
Volunteer

Solihull,
Fry Housing Trust
Providing high quality support to the
Trusts clients (people with convictions/at
risk of offending), support workers and
schemes in general.

Contact Hayley Doswell on 0121 358
9085 http://fryha.org.uk/articles/326-
Volunteer-placements-up-for-grabs

Negotiable

On-going
Front of House

Solihull Arts
Complex,
Solihull Council

Local residents are being given the
opportunity to working in the front of house
roles at the Art Complex.
Contact the Box Office on 0121 704
6962 or go to the Join In section at
www.solihullartscomplex.co.uk

Negotiable


On-going
Volunteer Walk
Leaders

Solihull,
Solihull Council
Volunteer leaders are needed to support
the Striders and Strollers programme. This
programme offers walks around the
borough each lasting about an hour, lead
by volunteers. Full training will be given to
volunteers.

Contact the Solihull Active Team on
0121 704 8207 or Email:
solihullactive@solihull.gov.uk

Negotiable

On-going

Aspergers into
Volunteering

Colebridge Trust,
Central Solihull
Do you have Asperger syndrome? Are you
18+? Not in Education Employment or
Training? Want to do something
worthwhile or gain work experience?
Yes then volunteering could be for you.

Contact Maureen Shepherd on
07789935212 or Email:
maureens@solihull-sustain.org.uk

Negotiable

On-going
Hot Volunteering Opportunities across Solihull (April 2014)

Title of
Opportunity

Location/
Organisation
Brief Description of Opportunity How to apply Hours

Closing
Date

An electronic copy of this volunteering opportunities list can be found at www.SolihullForSuccess.com/Work-Clubs



5

Gardening
Volunteers
Bluebell
Community
Gardens
Chelmsley Wood
Solihull Council
A variety of opportunities for people to get
involved with from growing their own food
in the vegetable patches, landscaping and
developing area, general garden
maintenance and much more.

Contact Nicola Arrowsmith on
07770 646 832




Negotiable

On-going
Library
Volunteer
Smiths Wood
Neighbourhood
Library
Solihull Council
Based at Smiths Wood Community
Primary School, 8.30am to 5pm during
term time. Volunteers will be responsible
for assisting library users, and stocking
shelves. Full training will be given by
library staff.

Contact Alan Brotherton on 0121
770 3451.


2 hours

On-going
Visiting older
and
housebound
adults in their
home
North Solihull,
Shirley, Solihull
Central and rural
Solihull
Solihull Visiting
Service

Volunteers to visit older and often
housebound adults in their own homes on
a weekly basis, wherever possible, for
about 1 hour.
Contact Norma Todd on 0121 744
3902 and Margaret Benton 0121 733
8645 or Email:
eric.todd4@btopenworld.com


Abt 1 hour
a week

On-going
Hot Volunteering Opportunities across Solihull (April 2014)

Title of
Opportunity

Location/
Organisation
Brief Description of Opportunity How to apply Hours

Closing
Date

An electronic copy of this volunteering opportunities list can be found at www.SolihullForSuccess.com/Work-Clubs



6

Voluntary
Befriending
Scheme for
older people
Solihull
Age UK Solihull
Volunteering scheme for befriending older
people across Solihull. It provides person-
centred support for older people living in
the community in order to promote
individual independence, confidence and
wellbeing.
Contact the Volunteer Befriending
Service through the Volunteer
Coordinator Sue Webb on 0121 704
3361. Web link:
http://www.ageuk.org.uk/solihull/serv
ices-for-you/neighbourhood-care-
scheme/




Negotiable

On-going
Supporting
Children, Young
People and
Adult Projects
Solihull Life
Opportunities
SoLO
Providing support for children, young
people and adults with disabilities by:
- delivering a wide range of projects
- offering accredited training
- preparing volunteers for employment
Contact Janet Down at SoLO St
Andrews Centre, Pike Drive,
Chelmsley Wood, Birmingham B37
7US. Tel: 0121 788 3469. For more
details click this link:
http://solihullsolo.org/volunteering/




Variable
On-going
Support
Services
Volunteers
Dementia Cafs,
(1) The Bosworth
Centre Chelmsley
Wood, (2) Solihull
Methodist Church
Hall Solihull, (3)
Shirley Methodist
Church Shirley
Alzheimers
Society

Proving assistance for service users
by:
- serving refreshments
- putting out buffet lunch
- arranging table & chairs
- engaging with service users

For further information please call:
0121 700 7365/7364 email:
birminghamandsolihull@alzheimers.
org.uk


Normally
10.30am -
12.30pm
Various
days On-going
Hot Volunteering Opportunities across Solihull (April 2014)

Title of
Opportunity

Location/
Organisation
Brief Description of Opportunity How to apply Hours

Closing
Date

An electronic copy of this volunteering opportunities list can be found at www.SolihullForSuccess.com/Work-Clubs



7

Environmental
Champions
Across Solihull
Solihull MBC
Environmental Champions tackle the
environmental issues that affect everyone
in the Solihull borough, graffiti,
littering, cutting back vegetation, pond
clearing, painting play equipment.

For further information please call:
0121 704 8517 Or email
environmentchampions@solihull.gov
.uk Visit
http://www.solihull.gov.uk/index.htm


Variable
On-going
Learn &
Discover
Volunteers
Parkridge Centre,
Brueton Park
Warwickshire
Wildlife Trust
Helping to deliver environmental
education and play activities in the Solihull
area.
For more details of forthcoming
information days please contact
Amanda Evans on 02476 302912 or
e-mail amanda.evans@wkwt.org.uk
Further information can be found at:
http://www.warwickshirewildlifetrust.
org.uk/current-volunteering-
opportunities




Negotiable

On-going
Hot Volunteering Opportunities across Solihull (April 2014)

Title of
Opportunity

Location/
Organisation
Brief Description of Opportunity How to apply Hours

Closing
Date

An electronic copy of this volunteering opportunities list can be found at www.SolihullForSuccess.com/Work-Clubs



8

Nature Tots
Volunteers
Parkridge Centre,
Brueton Park
Warwickshire
Wildlife Trust
Helping to support and deliver fun and
exciting environmental activities at Nature
Tots. Nature Tots is a weekly toddler
group which runs on a Wednesday and
Friday at the Parkridge Centre in Solihull
For more details of forthcoming
information days please contact
Amanda Evans on 02476 302912 or
e-mail amanda.evans@wkwt.org.uk
Further information can be found at:
http://www.warwickshirewildlifetrust.
org.uk/current-volunteering-
opportunities






Fridays
10.00
12.30

On-going
Adventure
Playground
Volunteers
Meriden Park
Chelmsley Wood
Volunteer play worker opportunities,
assisting the Play Rangers to run the
sessions at this well used playground,
after school, Saturdays and during school
holidays A full days training will be given,
certificated at the end. A DBS check is
required at no cost to the volunteer

For further details speak to the play
staff at Meriden Adventure play
ground, or e mail
tchurchard@solihull.gov.uk



Negotiable
Ongoing
Hot Volunteering Opportunities across Solihull (April 2014)

Title of
Opportunity

Location/
Organisation
Brief Description of Opportunity How to apply Hours

Closing
Date

An electronic copy of this volunteering opportunities list can be found at www.SolihullForSuccess.com/Work-Clubs



9

Adventure
Playground
Volunteers
Meriden Park
Chelmsley Wood
Volunteers required for caf. An
opportunity to get involved in the delivery
of refreshments to park users and public, a
DBS check is required at no cost, Food
health & safety and First Aid training will
be given.

For further details speak to the play
staff at Meriden Adventure play
ground, or e mail
tchurchard@solihull.gov.uk


Negotiable

Ongoing