Volunteering

Volunteering Opportunities
A team of wonderful volunteers help us in a whole range of ways. They deliver services directly to our clients, support the provision of services, and help us with the administration of the charity.

If you have a few hours to spare each week you might be interested in getting involved in the following:

  • Becoming a Befriender by visiting isolated people in their own homes or by making regular telephone calls to them
  • Helping at our Lunch Clubs
  • Undertaking reception duties for our Foot Care Clinics
  • Being a Good Neighbour and undertaking basic tasks or transport for someone 
  • Sharing your IT skills to help someone make better use of their computer or ipad in their own home
  • Assisting in one of our Charity Shops
  • Helping in our office with answering telephone enquiries and administration
​To enquire about volunteering in our office, shops, foot clinics, lunch clubs or with computer skills please contact our office on 023 8084 1199 or email office@ageconcernnewforest.org.uk

For Befreinding or Waterside Good Neighbours please contact Dorothy Haden on 023 8084 3676 or email wgn@ageconcernnewforest.org.uk
DBS checks are applicable to some roles due to the vulnerable nature of some of our clients.

We pay all reasonable expenses for volunteers
​When you volunteer you’re giving your time for free but you’ll be richly rewarded. Volunteering can have huge benefits not only for the organisations recruiting volunteers, but also for the community and for the volunteers themselves.

Volunteering is at the very heart of everything we do at Age Concern New Forest. We have a wonderful team of around 180 volunteers, many of whom are retired people themselves and without them we could not function. Our Volunteers cover all our services and we endeavour to give them a rewarding and enjoyable experience with us. 
What ever your
        interests or skills,              we are sure to have a
​role for you 

​Please contact us to discuss
Local people helping
local people​

WE NEED YOU!
We are currently looking for local volunteers to help us provide all our services - do you perhaps have a few hours a week to spare?

See below for our volunteering opportunities
Benefits of Volunteering
Benefits for individuals
  • Build your CV and get positive references
  • Gain (and demonstrate) skills to help you become more employable
  • Improve your existing skills
  • Put your knowledge and skills to good use to help others
  • Meet new people and make friends
  • Build your confidence and self esteem
  • Improve your physical and mental wellbeing​.




Benefits for the community
  • Support those members of the community in most need of help
  • Make difference to the lives of other people
  • Bringing the community together socially
  • Help local organisations to continue delivering important services​​



Benefits for organisations
  • Continue to deliver important services to the local community
  • Incorporate a wider range of skills and points of view
  • Find new ways to deliver services