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  • We will be joining volunteers from Growing Together Stoke Heath, helping to weed and create a beautiful new community space.

     

    Date: Wednesday 6 May
    Time: 12:30pm-15:30pm
    Location: Heath Road, Stoke Heath, Coventry
    Transport provided to and from campus

    Tools and gardening gloves will be provided.

    Drinks and snacks will be provided. Please let us know of any food allergies or dietary requirements we need to be aware of volunteers@warwick.ac.uk

    Please wear warm waterproof clothing and sturdy footwear that you don’t mind getting muddy.

    There is nowhere safe to store belongings so please don’t bring valuables with you.

    We encourage you to get in touch if you have any specific access requirements, or need more information about the content and delivery method of a specific volunteering opportunity. If you have any requests related to a disability, please email volunteers@warwick.ac.uk giving at least two working days’ notice if possible.

    • Type of VolunteeringAnimals, Conservation and Environment, Community, Health and Social Care
    • Location of VolunteeringOn Campus, Warwick
    • Communication
    • Intercultural Awareness
    • Teamwork
  • Join us for a fun-filled community craft session at Tile Hill Library! Together, we’ll bring creativity, colour, and smiles to local children and families. It’s a wonderful chance to make a real difference, sharing joy through arts and crafts while connecting with the local community.

    Date: Saturday, 18 Apr 2026

    Time: 1.30pm to 2.30pm

    Venue: Tile Hill Library, Canley

    All materials will be provided, transportation from campus is also provided and bus fares can be reimbursed. Just bring your enthusiasm and a smile!

    We encourage you to get in touch if you have any specific access requirements, or need more information about the content and delivery method of a specific volunteering opportunity. If you have any requests related to a disability, please email volunteers@warwick.ac.uk giving at least two working days’ notice if possible.

  • Helping with our Social Supermarket or Food Bank to support the local community and help those in need. Are you organised, friendly and approachable? Can you communicate with people using a non-judgemental approach?

    Our food support role concentrates on supporting the local community and helping families in need.

    This is a diverse role; you will get to meet lots of different people and experience a busy working environment.

    Key responsibilities include bringing in deliveries, setting up and organising our social supermarket, date checking and rotating stock, picking and packing bags of groceries, handing out food parcels, and communicating with people to understand their needs.

    You will need to be friendly, approachable and be able to provide a good customer service to all of our clients. All training will be provided for the role.

    If this sounds like something you would enjoy then please apply.

    • Type of VolunteeringAdvice and Support, Community, Crisis and Poverty
    • Location of VolunteeringCoventry
    • Communication
    • Critical Thinking
    • Ethical Values
    • Intercultural Awareness
    • Organisational Awareness
    • Problem Solving
    • Professionalism
    • Self-awareness
    • Teamwork
  • Do you enjoy working outside? Would you like to contribute to the maintenance of our garden and allotment? If you have an eye for gardening and maintaining green spaces this is the perfect role for you!

    Here at St Francis Employability we have a large green space that needs maintaining throughout the year. The garden is an important space where people go to relax and enjoy the healing power of nature.

    Within this role you will be required to work outside and contribute to the maintenance of our greenspace, this will include clearing any litter from the garden area, getting rid of weeds, sweeping the garden paths, mowing the lawns, trimming the hedges and harvesting vegetables from our allotment.

    You will need to be a friendly and approachable individual that can interact with lots of different people.

    If this sounds like something you would enjoy then please apply. You will be provided with all the training you need before you start, so don’t worry if you feel that you don’t meet every requirement

    • Type of VolunteeringAnimals, Conservation and Environment, Community
    • Location of VolunteeringCoventry
    • Communication
    • Intercultural Awareness
    • Organisational Awareness
    • Problem Solving
    • Self-awareness
    • Sustainability
    • Teamwork
  • Do you have a passion for cooking and love interacting with people? Then our kitchen role may be the perfect opportunity for you! In our kitchen role you will be cooking simple tasty meals for our local community and volunteers. It is a diverse role; you will get to meet lots of different people and experience a busy working environment.

    The key responsibilities in this role include serving breakfast, making cups of tea and coffee, cutting vegetables, cooking and serving lunch, washing up and cleaning our kitchen area.

    Our breakfast is a buffet style breakfast where people help themselves, but you will need to be on hand to inform people of the different breakfast options and make sure that the buffet remains filled up. You will also be responsible for making cups of tea and coffee and serving these to customers within our café area.

    Additionally, you will be required to prepare and cook lunch. This will involve preparing vegetables and cooking a tasty lunch. You will be given food which has been donated and asked to cook any dish of your choice, so you can get creative!

    All of our meals are vegetarian so you won’t need to worry about handling any meat, this is so that all of our meals can be inclusive of people with different dietary requirements.

    Lastly you will be expected to wash up all the plates, cups and cutlery and make sure they are all clean and put away. You will also be required to clean our café area, this involves sweeping and mopping the floors, cleaning down all surfaces and tidying everything away.

    You will need to be a friendly and approachable individual that can interact with people from all different walks of life!

    If this sounds like something you would enjoy please apply. You will be provided with all the training you need before you start, so don’t worry if you feel that you don’t meet every requirement

    • Type of VolunteeringCommunity, Crisis and Poverty
    • Location of VolunteeringCoventry
    • Communication
    • Organisational Awareness
    • Problem Solving
    • Professionalism
    • Teamwork
  • Do you have an interest in teaching? Would you like to use your knowledge to aid in the learning development of students here at St Francis Employability? If you have a good knowledge of IT, the teaching assistant role could be perfect for you.

    Here at St Francis, we run lessons for anyone to engage in, there is no specific eligibility criteria, this is to minimise restrictions and engage as many people as possible with varying abilities.

    Within this role you will be required to give 1-1 support to students to ensure their progress within lessons so you must be patient and willing to communicate with people from a variety of backgrounds. 

    You will need to be a friendly and approachable individual that can interact with lots of different people.

    If this sounds like something you would enjoy then please apply. You will be provided with all the training you need before you start, so don’t worry if you feel that you don’t meet every requirement.

    • Type of VolunteeringCommunity, Mentoring, Technology/Social Media
    • Location of VolunteeringCoventry
    • Communication
    • Digital Literacy
    • Information Literacy
    • Intercultural Awareness
    • Problem Solving
    • Professionalism
    • Teamwork
  • Do you have a passion for helping the local community? Would you like to use your communication skills to help people? This could be the role for you! In our reception role you will be the first point of contact for people when they walk through our doors. You will be welcoming customers, making sure that that sign- in, showing them to appointments, and providing them with any information they may need to help and support them.

    This is a really important role so you must be enthusiastic and willing to speak to lots of different people. Strong communications skills are a bonus but if you would like to improve your communication skills then this role could be a good start.

    The key responsibilities include welcoming people into the building and ensuring that they have signed-in, then inputting sign-in data onto the computer to capture the length of time people spend here and the services that they access. You will also be showing people to their appointments to ensure that they attend in a timely manner.

    If this sounds like something you would enjoy then please apply. You will be provided with all the training you need before you start, so don’t worry if you feel that you don’t meet every requirement.

    • Type of VolunteeringAdvice and Support, Community, Crisis and Poverty, Older People, Technology/Social Media
    • Location of VolunteeringCoventry
    • Communication
    • Critical Thinking
    • Digital Literacy
    • Intercultural Awareness
    • Organisational Awareness
    • Problem Solving
    • Professionalism
    • Self-awareness
    • Teamwork
  • Action 21 is a fantastic charity that aims to promote sustainability and reduce the environmental impact of the local community, and we're on the second phase of helping them create their garden! This will be pearl wart planting session, so if that sounds like something you'd enjoy please come along! This is the fourth of a series of sessions from now until summer that will hopefully see the creation of a beautiful community garden in a nearby estate.

    Date: Thursday 30th of April

    Time: 10:30AM - 2:30PM

    Location: Radcliffe Community Garden in Leamington Spa, CV31 2ED (Transport provided from Campus - meet at UW2 Stop at the University Interchange at 10:15AM)

    Please wear warm waterproof clothing and sturdy footwear that you don’t mind getting muddy.

    There is nowhere safe to store belongings so please don’t bring valuables with you.

    Transport will be provided from campus.

    We encourage you to get in touch if you have any specific access requirements, or need more information about the content and delivery method of a specific volunteering opportunity. If you have any requests related to a disability, please email volunteers@warwick.ac.uk giving at least two working days’ notice if possible.

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    Garden of Hope

    Community Gardens

    20 Apr 2026 09:40 - 12:20

    We will be helping to compost and plant some vegetable patches. No previous gardening experience needed.The tranquil garden is maintained by local volunteers as a space for the local community to enjoy. The garden is part of St John's Church in Westwood and open to those of faith or no faith to explore. It is situated at the back of Sherbourne Halls.

    Date: Monday 20 April
    Time: 9:40am-12:20pm
    Meeting point: 9:40am outside Pret
    Location: Garden of Hope, St John's Church

    Tools and gardening gloves will be provided.

    Drinks and snacks will be provided. Please let us know of any food allergies or dietary requirements we need to be aware of volunteers@warwick.ac.uk

    Please wear warm waterproof clothing and sturdy footwear that you don’t mind getting muddy.

    We will walk to the site together, which is a 10 minutes from central campus.

    We encourage you to get in touch if you have any specific access requirements, or need more information about the content and delivery method of a specific volunteering opportunity. If you have any requests related to a disability, please email volunteers@warwick.ac.uk giving at least two working days’ notice if possible.

  • Community Chit Chat connects older and younger generations to help ease loneliness and isolation. Volunteers socialise with residents, join activities, and serve snacks and refreshments. Join us for a spring session on Tuesday, 21st April, from 10 am to 12 pm!

    Do you like meeting new people? Are you good at chatting to people you’ve just met?

    If the answer to these questions is yes, you could be what we’re looking for!

    Sessions take place on Tuesdays from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. Volunteers host tea, cake, and activities with Canley residents, over 50 years old, at the Canley Community Centre. Volunteers help with the delivery of these activities, like crafts with a theme, and provide friendly conversation. 

     

    • Type of VolunteeringCommunity, Older People, Art, Craft and Design
    • Location of VolunteeringCoventry
    • Communication
    • Ethical Values
    • Intercultural Awareness
    • Self-awareness

    Closing date for applications is 20 Apr.

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