Are you looking for an opportunity to give something back to help people in your community?
We are a charity supporting people in a wide range of environments and have a number of volunteering opportunities. The benefits of volunteering can be enormous to you and your community.
Make a difference:
Volunteering can have a real and positive affect on people and communities.
Gain confidence:
Volunteering can help you gain confidence by giving you the chance to try something new and build a real sense of achievement.
Meet people:
Volunteering can help you meet different kinds of people and make new friends.
Learn new skills:
Volunteering can help you learn new skills and gain experience, which may lead to paid employment if that’s what you are looking for.
Have fun and feel the rewards...
Please email us at enquiries@sjog.org.uk and we’ll be in touch by return.
Corporate Volunteering Opportunities
Here at SJOG we offer a programme of corporate volunteering opportunities. We have a range of fun and innovative opportunities that enable our corporate volunteers to develop their skills and make a real difference to SJOG so we can be of more benefit to more people.
What is in it for your organisation?
- Work on a live project that SJOG is running
- Work collaboratively with your colleagues and SJOG staff
- Share your knowledge and skills
- Learn about SJOG, the people who use our services and how we support the local community
What is in it for us?
- A helping hand to get important work done
- New knowledge from working with you
- To help us be of more benefit to more people
Volunteering can help you gain confidence and learn new skills.
Professional Skills
We are always interested to hear from teams who can bring their particular skills to SJOG. Whether it be holding a CV and interview skills class for a group of people who are looking to move on from our homeless services, or helping our staff teams in services and head office be better at what they do - if you have a skill to share, we want to hear from you.
You and your teams can support us by:
- Delivering development workshops, for example on IT, marketing, communications, or management.
- Project management training for our managers.
- Providing employment development support on CV writing, job applications and interviews for people who use our services.
- Being a mentor and support for people who are transitioning from education to work.
Locations: North East, Yorkshire, South, and London
Date: Flexible
Time commitment: Ranging from one day to a longer-term commitment
Number of people: We can provide opportunities for individuals and teams
Fundraising
We need teams of volunteers to help us raise funds to deliver the important work that we do.
You could volunteer a few hours to take part in an event raising money for SJOG. You could also help to organise workplace fundraising events, such as bake sales, lunchtime quizzes, raffles and other fun activities.
We are always writing to funders and you could even help us writing or reviewing these funding applications.
Whatever you decide to do, we will be able to provide you with materials about SJOG so you can shout about the important work we do.
You and your teams can support us by:
- Need text
Locations: Any
Date: Ongoing
Time commitment: 1-2 Days
Number of people: That is up to you.
Changing spaces
Are you able to lend a hand improving our homes or the community centers we have? We always have opportunities for teams to provide a makeover at the homes we have, or at our projects and community centers. This provides a valuable opportunity to make a lasting impact on the lives of the people we support through improving our environments.
You and your teams can support us by:
- Offering help painting, gardening, or building new furniture for residential care homes.
- We always need a helping hand at Digswell Community and Gardening Project in Hertfordshire.
- Helping with the planning and co-ordination of larger projects that help with the maintenance of our buildings.
Locations: North East, Yorkshire, South, and London
Date: Flexible
Time commitment: Ranging from one day to a longer-term commitment
Number of people: We can provide opportunities for individuals and teams
Research
Research is important to us. We look to see what the best practice is in our sector, so we can learn and provide innovative services. We also need to analyse the outcomes people achieve when we support them. This all helps build a picture of what we are doing now and where we should go in the future.
You and your teams can support our research by:
- Undertaking research of current trends in the sector. For example we might ask you to find out what support is on offer for people living in a certain area .
- Providing guidance on analysis methods and tools.
- Helping number crunch outcome data.
Locations: Any
Date: Ongoing
Time commitment: 1-2 Days
Number of people: That is up to you.
Events
We run events from time to time at our services. These range from summer fayres at our community centres through to festive treats at our registered homes. All events take planning and co-ordination. If you can put together a team who take this under their wing and help on the day, we will have an event in the diary to pair you up with.
You and your teams can help us in the following ways:
- Coordinating the planning of the event.
- Being on hand to help at the event and provide our staff with support.
- Find partners to make the event the best it can be.
- Support the people we support to access events that they might want to go on.
Locations: North East, Yorkshire, South, and London
Date: Flexible
Time commitment: Ranging from one day to a longer-term commitment
Number of people: We can provide opportunities for individuals and teams
Interested?
Please get in touch at enquiries@sjog.org.uk and we’ll be back in touch.