Volunteer with us
Our volunteers play such an important role; supporting our fundraising events, spreading the word about our charity and helping out with DIY and admin support.
Volunteering at St George’s is a great way to boost your skills, meet new people and make a real difference to a small charity. Whether you have a few hours to spare or can commit to regular support, we’d love to hear from you. Please get in touch with us by email or call 01892 543982.
Now Recruiting: Story Time Readers!
Could you volunteer to come in and read books with our pre-schoolers?
Story Time Readers come in weekly to read with the children and talk to them about the book they’ve read. It’s a lovely role and a privilege to be able to inspire young minds with a love of literature.
We can be flexible on how often you can come in, and it takes less than half an hour each visit.
Please don’t hesitate to email Amy to express your interest, or find out more.
Help us make reading magical for the children!
Now Recruiting: Events Volunteers!
Could you help us run our next fundraising event? We have a quiz night coming up in February 2025.
If you’d like to gain some experience running events for your cv, or experience doing charity work or fundraising work, or you simply want to support a local charity by lending us some of your time, we’d love to work with you. There are plenty of jobs to do in the lead up to our fundraising events, and even at the event itself (greeting people, selling raffle tickets, talking to people about the work we do, putting together quiz questions).
Fundraising Events Volunteer Case study: Carolyn
“There’s so much laughter”
Carolyn has been volunteering for St George’s for over 20 years. Carolyn helps with our Toys & Books stall at our Summer Fair and Christmas Fair each year. This help is so appreciated as we receive lots of donations which all need quality checking and organising.
“It all started when my oldest daughter got involved with the Mayor’s Christmas Toy Appeal. I helped wrap presents, then I helped at the Christmas Fair, then the Summer Fair and here we are 25 years later!
I really like the happy atmosphere at St George’s and meeting the wonderful staff. It’s an amazing place. Over the years I’ve met parents who tell me that they simply don’t know what they’d have done without help from the nursery.
It’s a privilege to be involved, even in a small way. Besides that, we have a great time – there’s so much laughter! I hope I can continue helping St George’s provide care for children who otherwise might not have such a happy start to life, for many years to come. I’d recommend volunteering here to everyone.”
We nominated Carolyn for the Volunteer Of The Year Award, via the Love Where We Live Awards 2024, to thank her for all the dedication to us, and she won! Congratulations to Carolyn, a well-deserved marker of all the hard work you’ve done over the years, and not just for our charity but for others too.
