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University Student Mentor

IntoUniversity

This opportunity is ongoing, with no end date.
Volunteer mentors support young people from disadvantaged areas of Coventry to achieve their academic, social and future goals.
Established in 2002, IntoUniversity works to raise the aspirations and attainment of young people in socially disadvantaged areas. We have 32 centres and extension projects across England, that provide Academic Support, primary and secondary school workshops, university application support and mentoring for young people. Our Coventry Centre, opened in 2018, in partnership with the University of Warwick and already has made a massive difference to the lives of hundreds of young people.

We have an exclusive opportunity for University of Warwick students to act as mentors in supporting our young people to achieve their academic, social and future goals. You will meet at least once every two weeks for 1-15.hrs based on you and your mentee’s shared availability.

Acting as a role model, you will support their learning, increase their knowledge of university and boost their confidence. Providing 1:1 support you will see the young person develop over the year, evidencing your contribution to their future success.

Mentors will gain skills in leadership, communication and problem solving while making a real difference to the life chances of their mentee. This is an excellent opportunity for those interested in working in education or who would like to gain experience working with young people
- Type of VolunteeringChildren and Young people, Mentoring
- Location of VolunteeringCoventry
- Communication
- Problem Solving
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Scouting Leader

Coventry Scouts

This opportunity is ongoing, with no end date.
Scout leaders help children and young people take part in a wide range of activities
You don’t need to be Bear Grylls to join us. You don’t need to have been a Scout when you were younger. You don’t even need to know how to put up a tent. Our door is open to people of all ages, genders, races and backgrounds, and we’re only able to change lives because people like you lend a hand. We’re talking about tea makers, tidy-uppers and skill sharers. We’re talking about mini bus drivers and first aiders. We’re talking about students who want to boost their CV, and parents who volunteer so they can spend more time together as a family.

Whatever your skillset, lend a hand for as little or as much time as you can spare, and we promise you’ll get more out than you put in. Because whether you’re helping a leader to run an activity in the local town hall, organising a night away, or buttering 120 slices of bread a group of very hungry eleven year olds - no two Scout meetings are the same. The difference you make, though, is always great.

We provide the training. You show up, get stuck in, and make memories for life.

As long as you're over 18, you can help out as an adult volunteer in Scouting.
- Type of VolunteeringChildren and Young people
- Location of VolunteeringCoventry
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Teamwork
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Cheylesmore Good Neighbours: Mailing List

Cheylesmore Good Neighbours: Retired Rewired

This opportunity is ongoing, with no end date.
Cheylesmore Good Neighbours: This is a community outreach project. Volunteers work with older people on a one-to-one basis, helping them to use their laptops, phones and tablets. We are now based in Kenilworth with transport provided or direct by bus from the bus interchange. Register your interest to join the Cheylesmore Good Neighbours: Mailing list.
We help older people use their phones, tablets and laptops so that they can remain independent and connected with the community. We work in Kenilworth.

There is NO previous experience required! If you know how to work your phone/laptop/tablet then you'll be able to help the older learners to use theirs. Often you'll be teaching them quite basic skills like how to use Google Maps, share photos and send emails. In the event that something that you are unfamiliar with arises during the sessions, one of the project leaders will always be there to help!

The Kenilworth Community Centre is in Kenilworth and can be reached by a bus service direct from the Bus Interchange on campus. The clients are mostly elderly people from the local area.

In all locations our sessions last from 2pm to 3:30pm on various dates depending on the availability of student volunteers.
- Type of VolunteeringOlder People
- Location of VolunteeringCoventry
- Communication
- Digital Literacy
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LWS Night Shelter Volunteer

LWS Night Shelter

This opportunity takes place between 17 Sep 2021 and 21 Sep 2025
We are always recruiting for volunteers to join us at LWS Night Shelter to help homeless and vulnerable housed people in Leamington Spa. You get to help with general setting up, serving, clearing away (evening shifts), breakfast shifts, overnight stays, catering, baking, supermarket collections and other ad hoc shifts.
We are always recruiting for volunteers to help us procide a safe space and food to those in need at LWS Night Shelter. The beauty of volunteering with us is that there is no commitment - you can volunteer as regularly, or irregularly as works for you by signing up to shifts that suit you.

LWS Night Shelter is a charity organisation currently based at Radford Road Church, Leamington Spa, CV31 1NF. We offer food, company, and a safe place to sleep for homeless and vulnerably-housed members of our community, all year round. We are open on Friday, Saturday and Sunday evening, and offer an overnight stay followed by a cooked breakfast on Friday and Saturday night. We also provide a food parcel service on Saturday and Sunday.

We rely heavily on Warwick University students to be able to run our service, and we have a really lovely student community volunteering with us. There are a number of shifts to help with including: overnight shifts, general evening shifts, catering shifts, baking rota and supermarket collections. Our volunteering opportunities are advertised on our easy-to-use SignUp platform, and volunteers are welcome to sign up to the shifts that suit them!

We would really love to see you at the shelter soon :)
- Type of VolunteeringHomeless
- Location of VolunteeringLeamington Spa
- Communication
- Ethical Values
- Information Literacy
- Intercultural Awareness
- Organisational Awareness
- Problem Solving
- Professionalism
- Self-awareness
- Teamwork
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Knit for premature babies

Warwick Volunteers - From home volunteering

This opportunity is ongoing, with no end date.
The charity Bliss are looking for volunteers to support your local Neonatal unit by knitting clothing, blankets and toys for premature babies. They have a selection of downloadable knitting patterns to enable you to get started.
- Type of VolunteeringChildren and Young people
- Location of VolunteeringOnline/From home
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Postpals

Warwick Volunteers - From home volunteering

This opportunity is ongoing, with no end date.
Post Pals is a charity which invites members of the public to send cards, letters or little gifts, to seriously ill children and their siblings to make them smile and feel less isolated.
It couldn’t be easier for anyone of any age to get involved, requires no commitment and costs only a stamp and 5 minutes of your time.
- Type of VolunteeringDisability, Health and Social Care, Children and Young people
- Location of VolunteeringOnline/From home
- Communication
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Instant Wild

Warwick Volunteers - From home volunteering

This opportunity is ongoing, with no end date.
Tagging wild animal sightings for conservation
Instant Wild empowers you to take part in vital conservation work, bringing you LIVE images and videos from amazing locations all around the world. By identifying the animals in each image, you are contributing to conservation and making a positive impact on the future for wildlife.

Available both as a smartphone app and online, Instant Wild mobilises people power to scale up important animal monitoring work, which helps scientists to protect wildlife and secure a richer biodiversity for all!
- Type of VolunteeringAnimals, Conservation
- Location of VolunteeringOnline/From home
- Digital Literacy
- Sustainability
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Zooniverse - People Powered Research

Warwick Volunteers - From home volunteering

This opportunity is ongoing, with no end date.
Zooniverse is the world’s largest and most popular platform for people-powered research.
This research is made possible by volunteers — more than a million people around the world who come together to assist professional researchers. Our goal is to enable research that would not be possible, or practical, otherwise. Zooniverse research results in new discoveries, datasets useful to the wider research community, and many publications.
- Type of VolunteeringResearch
- Location of VolunteeringOnline/From home
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United Nations Volunteers

Warwick Volunteers - From home volunteering

This opportunity is ongoing, with no end date.
The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme contributes to peace and development through volunteerism worldwide. Online volunteering allows organisations and volunteers to team up to address sustainable development challenges – anywhere in the world, from any device.
Online volunteering is fast, easy – and most of all, effective. When skilled, passionate individuals join forces online with great organisations working toward sustainable development goals, everyone wins.
- Type of VolunteeringArt & Design, Languages, Research, Technology/Social Media
- Location of VolunteeringOnline/From home
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Check in and Chat volunteer - NHS Volunteer Responders

Warwick Volunteers - From home volunteering

This opportunity is ongoing, with no end date.
Volunteer Responders has been set up to support the NHS and the social care sector during the COVID-19 pandemic.
We need an 'army' of volunteers who can support vulnerable people in England who are at most risk from the virus to stay well. Our doctors, nurses, those working in local authorities and other professionals, will be able to refer people in to NHS Volunteer Responders and be confident that they have been matched with a reliable, named volunteer.
- Type of VolunteeringAdvice and Support, Health and Social Care, Crisis and Poverty
- Location of VolunteeringOnline/From home
- Communication
- Problem Solving
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