Volunteering Opportunities

AAWAZ is a local registered charity, established in 1997. The charity works with women and families, with those people who are in most need.  The name AAWAZ mean “Voice” in Urdu and is the “voice” of Asian women across Lancashire and nationally.

The charity’s work revolves around the principle (...)

Abaseen Foundation Pakistan (AF PK) is supported by Abaseen Foundation United Kingdom (AF UK) to work in the fields of health, education, research and humanitarian relief.

The Abaseen Foundation (AF) is a charitable body dedicated to improving the lives of those who live in one of the poorest and (...)

At Access Ability we recognise and respect the diversity of peoples’ needs and therefore enabling opportunities for all is at the heart of our Vision. Our Mission is to empower disabled people and those with long term health conditions to ‘Unlock their Potential’ through Engagement, Education and Employment. We do (...)

Accrington & District Blind Society is an independent local charity supporting people with a sight loss in East Lancashire including Hyndburn and Rossendale.

Our mission is to enable people living with limited vision in East Lancashire to thrive at home, in education, at work and socially.

We stock a wide (...)

The group meets on the second Tuesday of each month from 10:30am to about 12:30pm visitors are welcome to stay on longer if they wish. The group (...)

Our Sight Advice Centre at 32 Bank Street, Accrington is currently open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10am to 4pm. We hope to increase the opening times when more support (...)

The Accrington Victoria Community Hospital Is a local hospital providing in-patient and out-patient services for the local popuation. The hospital also access to dedicated specialist services such as physiotherapy, podiatry and renal services. The hospital also has a Minor Injuries Unit.

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Adrenaline is a fun-packed fitness centre. Our gyms, courts, sports and adventure facilities has something for eveyone to get active and have fun! Find out more about Adrenaline Centre Haslingden by calling us on 01706 227016 or emailing info@adrenalinecentre.co.uk

Gyms

Recently refurbished, Adrenaline is a fantastic (...)

Advocacy means supporting somebody to speak up and be listened to, ensuring their views and wishes are heard and taken seriously. Advocacy can enable people to become more involved in important decisions about their health and social care.

Our Advocates help people in the community who have difficulty with communicating (...)

Welcome to Age UK Lancashire.

We are a county-wide charity working with and for older people. We believe that later life should be valued and fulfilling. Through the services and support we provide, we aim to promote independence, enhance health and well-being and enable (...)

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Age UK Lancashire believes that it is important to enable older people and their carers to have support to remain independent and to live interesting and fulfilled lives.

We offer a range of services to help older people across Lancashire make more of their lives. Our (...)

Our shops are crucial to the work of our organisation. They help us raise much-needed cash which we can use to provide services which are not funded by other (...)

Alzheimer’s Society is the UK’s leading dementia charity. We campaign for change, fund research to find a cure and support people living with dementia today.

Dementia is the UK’s biggest killer. Someone develops it every three minutes and there’s currently no cure.

We know it is scary facing up to it, (...)

We are recruiting Volunteers to support BPRCVS’s Social Prescribing Link workers, helping residents in the community to increase confidence, enable independence and support to achieve goals. Volunteers will be supporting residents to attend community activities, to get outdoors or assist in building confidence and independence to achieve their goals.

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Bacup Credit Union aims to provide an easily accessible service, offering members safe savings facilities and loans at favourable rates of interest, whilst continuing to promote financial education and encourage good savings habits.

The modern Credit Union movement traces its origins to Germany and to (...)

For the past 20 years, Bacup Family Centre has successfully supported families; “giving a helping hand” when, how and where they need it. Based in the local community, the Centre helps individuals and families cope with life’s demands and difficulties .

The weekly groups, some for adults, others (...)

We help hundreds of thousands of children, young people, parents and carers via our 800+ services across the UK.

We help children through the trauma of sexual abuse and exploitation. We provide support for young (...)

Barnardo’s has charity shops all across the UK where you can find all sorts of bargains, buy amazing cards and gift wrap, donate goods or volunteer.  Barnardo’s shops are a great place for the community to donate their unwanted items as well as shop for quality (...)

Be Free provides a range of specialist support for adults in Rossendale affected by domestic abuse. Our community services include; a confidential helpline that can be accessed by people affected by domestic abuse and those who are worried about them, tailored one to one support to improve personal safety and (...)

Bfriend is a charity aiming to reduce social isolation in people aged over 65. Voluteer befrienders commit to spend an hour a week with someone who may benefit from more company. Prior to the pandemic this would involve popping over for a cuppa and a chat each week but, over (...)

We’re the only UK charity looking after the nation’s lungs. With your support, we’ll make sure that one day everyone breathes clean air with healthy lungs.

We’ve been researching lung conditions for 30 years. Today, it remains at the heart of (...)

We help anyone, anywhere in the UK and around the world, get the support they need if crisis strikes.

The British Red Cross is governed by a board of trustees. They ensure that as an organisation we are effective in working towards achieving (...)

Burnley General Teaching Hospital provides a full range of hospital services.  This includes general and specialist medical and surgical services along with a full range of diagnostic (e.g. MRI, CT scanning) and support services.

Burnley General Teaching Hospital is East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust’s site which specialises in planned (elective) (...)

Through passion and a shared belief for positive change, we aspire to create skills and employment opportunities together with unique and innovative services that offer a bright future to people, places and local communities.

Founded in 2000, (...)

We fund scientists, doctors and nurses to help beat cancer sooner. We also provide cancer information to the public.

Every step we make towards beating cancer relies on every pound donated.

A number of bodies work together to ensure (...)

Carers Link Lancashire provide practical and emotion support to unpaid Carers across East Lancashire.  We can:

Child Action Northwest is a regional charity with a big heart, offering support to children, young people and communities. Founded 130 years ago, we support over 10,000 children, young people and families across the North and West of England every year; those facing poverty, violence, abuse, neglect, mental health issues (...)

Citizens Advice Rossendale & Hyndburn provides free, independent, confidential and impartial advice on people’s rights and responsibilities.

Citizens Advice Rossendale & Hyndburn is a local charity that offers free, impartial & confidential information and advice on the problems that people face including debt, welfare benefits, housing, employment, utilities, consumer and relationships.

An initial assessment is usually carried out over the phone and in many cases telephone advice (...)

Civic Pride Rossendale (Gardening, Litter Picking, Rewilding and other projects) covers the Rawtenstall, Crawshawbooth, Waterfoot and Edenfield areas.  We have helped create and now maintain many Community Gardens that help to brighten up the area for the local residents, but also creates an attractive setting to showcase the surrounding moorlands (...)

Community Solutions North West (CSNW) is an innovative social enterprise, specialising in engagement and support. We are here to meet individual needs. Through face to face interaction and relationship building, we focus on personal strengths to achieve holistic outcomes.

We are Community Solutions, an innovative charity (...)

Whoever you are, wherever you live, from communities to companies.

By phone and online, 24/7, 365 days a year.

We also share advice on how to protect the people you care about from (...)

We work side by side with people to help them rebuild their lives. From decades of experience of working with thousands of homeless people, we know what’s needed to leave homelessness behind for good. We use this experience to shape the services we provide and the changes we campaign for.

We’re here to make sure that everyone grieving gets the support they need, when they need it. We offer support through our website, national helpline, live chat, group, zoom, telephone or one-to-one in person support. We want to make sure everyone grieving gets the help they need in (...)

Cycling Projects is a national UK cycling charity which promotes inclusive cycling through a range of successful community engagement programmes that give people the opportunity to cycle on a regular basis; through help, support and guidance. Most noticeably this is all achieved through its two nationally acclaimed initiatives Wheels for (...)

At Derian House we help children and young people, whose lives are too short, to make happy memories in an environment of fun, respect and above all, high quality care.

We provide respite and end-of-life care to more than 400 children and young people across the North West and South (...)

The East Lancashire Bat Group is dedicated to the conservation of bats in the boroughs of Blackburn with Darwen, Ribble Valley, Hyndburn, Pendle, Burnley, and Rossendale that make up Pennine Lancashire.

Our membership is open to all with an interest in bats.

Emmaus (pronounced em-may-us) is a homelessness charity with a difference. We don’t just give people a bed for the night; we offer a home, meaningful work and a sense of belonging.

The first Emmaus opened in 1991 and there are now (...)

Epilepsy Action is a community of people committed to a better life for everyone affected by epilepsy. We want high quality, accessible epilepsy healthcare services, so that people with epilepsy have the support they need to manage their condition. We want wider awareness and understanding of (...)

Our breastfeeding peer support service first started way back in 2004 when our now Chair Of Trustees Elaine Edwards had a difficult start to breastfeeding her daughter Jessica and struggled to get support. She went to a local Sure Start Centre for help and it was there Elaine met other (...)

We redistribute surplus food to charities that turn it into meals. We are doers. We are a community. We change lives.

tonnes of food redistributed to charities

meals equivalent provided to vulnerable people