Volunteer

Make a difference for seriously ill children and young adults in our care by volunteering at Naomi and Jack's.

Volunteers at Naomi and Jack's make an impact in many areas of our charity. They help in our hospices, in our fundraising team, represent Naomi and Jack's as an ambassador or assist in one of our 21 charity shops. Browse below to find out how you can get involved.

Meet people

Get involved in your community and form lasting friendships.

Make an impact

Make a real change in the lives of children, young adults and their families.

Learn skills

Boost your career by learning new skills and create treasured memories.

One of my favourite parts about volunteering here are the friends I’ve made along the way. We now see each other socially as well as when we volunteer, which is really important to me.

Diane Edwards, Shop Volunteer

Join our community of volunteers

We have amazing volunteers who help us in our charity shops, donation centre, hospices and gardens.

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Volunteers making an impact

Types of volunteer roles

Shop volunteer

Shop volunteers help sort donations, support on the till, decorate shop windows and bring the community together. Perfect way to make new friends and learn a new skill.

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Family support volunteer

Family support volunteers help our care teams to facilitate fun events for children and young adults. From messy arts and crafts, to supporting day services, this is a really fun role.

Gardener volunteer

Gardener volunteers manage our gardens and surroundings of our hospice. Our beautiful scenery is entirely looked after by our wonderful team of volunteers who are passionate gardeners.

Event volunteer

Event volunteers help during our events with marshalling, general support, looking after fundraising resources and directing the attendees. We have many opportunities to get involved across the year, on a flexible basis.

Fundraising ambassador volunteer

Fundraising ambassador volunteers represent Naomi and Jack's at various community events and help raise awareness for our charity. This is a great role for a confident public speaker.

Catering volunteer

Catering volunteers help in the kitchens of our specialist centres, to support our chefs prepare delicious homemade food for visitors and staff.

Donation centre volunteer

Donation centre volunteers help our small team to process and sort donations in our warehouse in Winnall, Winchester.

Fundraising volunteer

Fundraising volunteers help us in our offices with admin tasks like helping with mailing and cash counting. Great ad-hoc opportunities available.

Corporate volunteer

Corporate volunteers help support our charity with various ad-hoc opportunities from gardening, writing thank you cards, marshalling at events and providing pit stops. For more info get in touch with our Partnerships team.

FAQs

  • You can apply for a volunteering role from the vacancies above or by clicking here. If you want to volunteer and can't find the opportunity you are interested in please get in touch.

    If you have any other questions, please contact our People team by emailing volunteering@naomiandjacks.org.uk.

  • Volunteering is a wonderful way to meet others, gain new skills and do something worthwhile for the local community. Whether you are looking to get involved on a weekly, fortnightly, or ad-hoc basis we have a lot of volunteering opportunities available.

    People choose to volunteer for many reasons. To gain work experience, make new friends, give something back, develop existing skills, gain new skills, and support the community.

    People who are recently retired or are looking for work can continue to share their skills, support their communities and have a sense of purpose. Additionally, families who have personal experience of our services may choose to volunteer to support the charity.

  • Absolutely! We have many volunteers who have regular weekly roles. They can also help ad-hoc at fundraising events.

  • We have opportunities available for anyone aged 16 or over at our fundraising events and charity shops. Please get in touch by emailing volunteering@naomihouse.org.uk.

    We require volunteers to be over 18 to apply for any hospice or donation centre (warehouse) based roles.

  • Yes, absolutely. We only would like you to let your volunteering supervisor know in advance.

  • We offer DofE placements in some of our charity shops for young people aged 15 or over. Please get in touch to find out if we have any current opportunities.

    If you would like more information about DofE placements please email volunteering@naomihouse.org.uk.

  • All volunteers who have direct contact with families are DBS checked.

  • Each volunteer will be asked to wear appropriate clothing for the volunteering role they are taking on and this will be discussed during the interview.

  • Yes, you can volunteer your time, skills and support us with your team. Please reach out to partnerships@naomihouse.org.uk for more information.

  • We are looking for volunteer ambassadors to help us spread the word about Naomi and Jack's.

    The role of an ambassador is fun, social and involves attending various events on behalf of our charity. As an ambassador you will also be supporting our Fundraising team with various activities throughout the year and speaking to groups of people to raise awareness. Public speaking and communication are required skills for this role.

    If you have digital skills like social media content creation, you can also get in touch for an ambassador role.

    To find out more please email defne.sidal@naomiandjacks.org.uk with a short introduction and tell us why you are interested in becoming an ambassador for Naomi and Jack's.