Volunteer Vacancies

Volunteer Events Assistant

Want to meet new people and volunteer with our fundraising team? We rely on a brilliant team of helpers to make our events happen.

Our team of volunteer events assistants and staff love what they do! No event day is the same and no matter which event or activity you choose, we’re sure you’ll have lots of fun meeting some fantastic people whilst supporting our cause.

Administration Volunteer

Carers in Hertfordshire is looking for a volunteer who could help us with general administration duties across several services, based in our Hertford office.

Mentor Volunteers

Mentors support unpaid family and friend carers on a 1:1 basis, providing a listening ear and helping carers to set small goals that will help them feel less isolated, have more social contact, increase their confidence and knowledge about available support.

Keep in Touch Service Volunteers

Due to coronavirus and the support we have needed to offer, we are being more proactive with our carers and seeing real benefits. We need to recruit new Keep in Touch volunteers to help us with this role. The role is based at home and we would ask you to ring 5-10 carers each week. The carers are not expecting our calls and you will get a list with new names each week.

Keep in Touch Out of Hours Volunteers

Due to coronavirus and the support we have needed to offer, we are being more proactive with our carers and seeing real benefits. We need to recruit new Keep in Touch volunteers to help us with this role. The role is based at home and we would ask you to ring 5-10 carers each week. The carers are not expecting our calls and you will get a list with new names each week. We are now recruiting volunteers who wish to support this service out of hours on Wednesdays weekly 5.30pm – 7.30pm.

Carer Trainer

Carer Trainers provide training to health and social care professionals and university students to influence and inform future good practice. Through sharing lived care experiences, they offer powerful insights to help organisations recognise how they can support and deliver more carer friendly services. The aim is to seek improved outcomes for both carers and workers in health and social care.

This role is different to other roles listed here. The role can be either paid or undertaken in a volunteer capacity. If you are interested, you will be put in touch with the Project Worker to discuss your options.

Carer Support Hub Group Leaders and Helpers

We run 16 Carer Support Hub Groups across Hertfordshire which meet once a month at regular times. We are looking for new Leaders to run our groups in Berkhamsted, Bishops Stortford, and Chorleywood. We welcome applications for Joint Leaders if people want to share the role. We are looking for confident people who like working in teams and have an understanding of caring. Good communication skills are important. We would also welcome volunteers to help make drinks or greet carers at the Hub meetings.

Volunteer Photographer or Videographer

If you have a passion for, and experience of, taking photographs or making video clips – as a profession or hobby – could you assist us in building our stock of images and videos. You will be helping us highlight how we support unpaid family and friend carers and caring.

You will take photographs or video footage, to a brief, at our meetings, events or for one-off requests. We may then feature your photographs or video clips in our promotional materials, reports, on our website or online platforms such as Facebook or Twitter accounts or our YouTube channel.

The role is flexible and assignments will be within Hertfordshire. You will need to provide your own equipment and will ideally have a vehicle, driving licence and insurance. Some IT skills are necessary, as the role involves uploading images/video onto a website or emailing them to us.