Volunteer with us

Our team of volunteers helps us to make a difference to the lives of people who need our support. In

return, our volunteers benefit from valuable and rewarding experiences, training and development

opportunities and mentoring and support from our staff team.

Click on the links below to see the types of volunteer roles we offer. Volunteering with us is very
rewarding and we are flexible and open to what you are looking to get out of volunteering personally
and professionally, so if you have any other ideas about the type of volunteering you'd like to do please
get in touch. We are a friendly charity and would love to have you join our team.

Volunteer opportunities

Drop in support volunteer - come and chat to people at one of our drop in groups in Gateshead or South Tyneside.
Community support volunteer - help people to go to social groups and get involved in their community.
Cooking group support volunteer - help at one of our cooking groups for people with learning disabilities.

Diabetes group support volunteer - support people to find out about healthy lifestyles and how to manage or prevent Type 2 diabetes..
Travel support volunteer - help people to plan and make journeys by foot or on public transport.
Finance support volunteer - help people to manage their bills, learn about money skills and their benefits.
Advocacy support volunteer - help people to have a voice and to have people to talk to.

Join our Board

We currently have Trustee vacancies for:

Experts by Experience who are people who have used, or who have supported others to use, our services and may have lived experience of learning disabilities, autism or mental ill health - click here for info.
Advocates by Experience who are Board members from any sector who are passionate about what we do - click here for info.

Could you help people with learning disabilities and autistic people
to volunteer?

We provide support for people with lived experience of our services to volunteer with us to develop
their own skills, confidence and experience. One of the main ways we do this is by supporting people
to set up and run their own social or peer support group. If you're interested in being part of this,
please get in touch.