“one of the greatest gifts you can give is your time.”
#volunteer
We simply couldn’t what we do without our amazing volunteers and the wonderful generosity, enthusiasm, experience and energy they bring to Hope Nottingham. Currently our volunteer team stands at a total of approximately 370 volunteers working at our Beeston and Carlton hubs and our satellite foodbanks across the city. There’s an incredible array of different opportunities to get involved with at Hope covering areas right across Nottingham. Whether you want to commit a few days a week or a few hours a month, your support really matters to us. You can find out more about the benefits of volunteering and how we empower and enable volunteering here.
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We have a Safer Recruitment Policy meaning we do follow an application and reference process.
We also ensure that volunteers are properly inducted and supported in their volunteer roles. ​
For any volunteering enquiries, please contact us at volunteer@hopenottingham.org.uk
or by calling 0303 040 1110.
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With regret, we do not currently have any available slots for Duke of Edinburgh placements.
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volunteering
current volunteering opportunities
Tesco winter collection
We are looking for helpers for our National Foodbank Tesco Collection on Thursday 28th, Friday 29th, Saturday 30th
of November 2024.
Please get in touch if you and your family or friends can spare 2 hrs (10am -12 noon, 12noon - 2pm, 2pm - 4pm on any of these days at Beeston, Toton, or Carlton.
You will be greeting customers, hadning out foodbank shopping lists and encouraging donations. We generate so much more stock with lots of friendly faces, chatting to people. Get in touch here
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Please get in touch here
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digital media volunteers
We are looking for some experienced volunteers to support the development of our Digital Marketing Media - such as photography, showreels, videos, animations, resouces, training and awareness videos. ​
Previous experience and a high level of literacy and creativity is essential.
Ideally one or two mornings / afternoons or evenings a week
Potential to volunteer remotely.
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Contact here for more information.
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front of house volunteers hope café
We are looking for friendly, outgoing and welcoming individuals to take orders from guests and deliver food and drink to tables at our Hope Community Cafe from 9.30am to1.00am on Mondays and Thursdays at Hope House in Beeston.
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Please get in touch here for more details.
Arts & craft
group
We are looking for experienced arts and craft volunteers who can help support our Monday arts group. You should have creative skills and be happy to support guests, some of whom may be lacking in confidence or would benefit from assistance with their art projects. The group is held at our Carlton Hub Mondays and the volunteering times would be
1pm - 4pm
Contact here for more details
netherfield community cafe volunteers & Befrienders
We are looking for friendly, outgoing individuals to support our vision to develop a Community Cafe alongside our foodbank session at Bethesda Ministries in Netherfield on Wednesdays 1-3pm
You may wish to help in the kitchen preparing food, or befriending - that is welcoming and chatting with our guests, helping to reduce social isolation. Please note, we do not need volunteers for the foodbank
Contact here for more details
community fundraising VOLUNTEERs or committee
To help ensure our future financial sustainability we are seeking outgoing individuals to be our friendly face, promoting our work in local communities and helping us fundraise.
We welcome individual volunteers or a group who can work well together to plan and run various events.
We are open to all ideas!
Support will be provided via our Operations and Support Managers and branded resources provided.
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Contact here for more info
Meadows foodbank volunteers
Our team at Meadows foodbank are looking for friendly individuals to join their volunteer team at their foodbank sessions on Friday mornings 10am - 12 noon.
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We are looking for an outgoing and approachable volunteer to join the front-of-house team as well as a volunteer to help with food sorting in the warehouse.
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Contact here for more details.
Foodbank volunteers
We are currently blessed with enough volunteers at our other foodbanks, but will post other vacancies here as they arise.
