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Why Volunteer? 

Volunteering with us can help you:
  • Improve mental health and overall wellbeing
  • Connect with the environment and nature
  • Contribute to the local community and build new friendships
  • Learn new skills and grow personally
  • Support others in meaningful ways
  • Prepare for re-entering the workforce
  • Increase resilience and reduce social isolation

Our Commitment. Through our community garden, we actively engage with individuals who:
  • Experience racism and/or are from diverse ethnic backgrounds
  • Are underrepresented in mainstream culture
  • Live in deprived areas of the city
By volunteering, you'll not only contribute to a vibrant and inclusive community but also find meaningful ways to make a difference in your own life.
Volunteer Application Form
Volunteer Roles: 
  • Stay and Play Volunteer - weekly Mondays during term time 9:30am to 11:30am 
  • Mini Explorers Volunteer - weekly Tuesdays during term time 10am to 11:30am
  • English Club Volunteer - weekly Tuesdays during term time 10am to 11:15am
  • Hillfields CAN (Climate and Nature) Volunteer - weekly daytime meetings or monthly evening meetings
  • Silver Explorers Volunteer - weekly Fridays 9:45am to 12noon
  • Community Cafe Volunteer - weekly Thursdays 10am to 5pm
  • Community Lunch Volunteer - weekly  Fridays 11am to 2:30pm
  • Volunteer Saturday Volunteer - monthly Saturdays 11am to 2pm
  • Garden Leader Volunteer - monthly Saturdays 10:15am to 2:30pm
  • Event Volunteers - ad-hoc Saturdays 
  • Street Champions - connecting residents on your road and dropping leaflets
  • Playing Out Volunteer - arranging a street closure for children to play on the street
  • Trustee - especially those who are interested in being a co-treasurer​

Mini Explorers' Nature Volunteer Role 
  • Time commitment: 
    • Weekly, Tuesdays - term time only 
    • Support needed 10am -12pm - group runs 10:30am -11:30am
    • Regular contact with the Nature Learning Leader 
    • Two volunteer celebration/socials per year (optional) 
    • One AGM [Annual General Meeting] per year (optional)
  • Location: Hillfields Park, Hillfields, BS16 4EP
  • Questions: We operate with flexibility, so please do get in touch if you have questions about the role
  • Apply: Please complete our volunteer application form

Role
We are looking for a dedicated volunteer who can help by supporting our nature sessions for early years children. You will work alongside the Nature Learning Leader to deliver weekly fun activities in the garden including gardening, crafts, games, songs, and other seasonal activities in a local group called Mini Explorers. 

Supporting Children’s Nature Sessions will involve: 

  • Helping set up the space before the session with resources, and packing down at the end of the session. 
  • Engaging and interacting with children through play and activities in the outdoor environment once a week. 
  • Working alongside the Nature Learning Leader to ensure children’s health, safety and well-being needs are met.
    This group is also attended by parents and carers of children attending. 
    • Communicating with event attendees during the session to provide advice and make the session enjoyable. 
    • Helping to enhance the nature of the park through activities. 

You will…
  • Be experienced, passionate and have an interest in working with young children.  
  • Have a passion and interest for sharing learning of nature and the outdoors, in every kind of weather. 
  • Bring a friendly, welcoming, and inclusive approach.  
  • Have good communication skills.  
  • Have the ability to work effectively as part of a team.  
  • Bring an understanding of confidentiality and safeguarding. 
  • Be willing to undertake a DBS check. 

We will provide… 
  • The chance to make a difference to the local community.
  • Supervision, support, and training where appropriate to develop your own skills in the areas you would like to focus on.  
  • An enhanced DBS check.
  • Opportunities to take part in wider training and learning in the community.


Volunteer Garden Leader Role Description
  • Time commitment: 
    • One Saturday per month delivering the Volunteer Saturday group 10:15 - 2:30 (Group runs: 11AM-2PM) 
    • Regular contact with other Garden Leaders and the CEO 
    • Two volunteer celebration/socials per year (optional) 
    • One AGM [Annual General Meeting] per year (optional)
  • Location: Hillfields Park, Hillfields, BS16 4EP
  • Questions: We operate with flexibility, so please do get in touch if you have questions about the role
  • Apply: Please complete our volunteer application form

Role
We need a dedicated Garden Leader volunteer who can play a key role in helping to run our regular Volunteer Saturday Group. You will deliver enjoyable activities for local residents including planting, sowing seeds, weeding, pruning and other seasonal activities. This role involves working with members of the community to help grow a usable and edible garden and to create a community feel. This role is critical in bringing people together in the community to reduce isolation and to create awareness around the benefits of being in nature.

Event Volunteers

Event Volunteers help us plan and organise our community events. If you're dedicated and passionate about bringing people together to celebrate our wonderful community then we want to hear from you!

Volunteering at events will work around your commitments. From fundraising to marketing and planning there is something for everyone. Or just show up on the day and help with a stall. 

​We are also open to hearing your ideas and we welcome people who would like to perform, run a workshop or put on their own event. 


Get in touch: [email protected] or apply here
There are also more in-depth ways to volunteer and work with us, such as running or supporting our regular groups or becoming a Trustee. For more information about volunteering email: engage@hillfieldscommunitygarden.co.uk

​Our Volunteer Policy

All of our volunteering opportunities recognise that volunteering needs to be done on a flexible basis, supporting and celebrating the contributions of each individual (whether that's a few hours every few months or more in-depth involvement) we welcome all local people to get involved. 

We recognise the valuable contribution that volunteers can give. Volunteers bring with them a diversity of experiences, backgrounds, skills, ages and outlooks, which can provide added value to the services delivered by the project. For more information on our approach to volunteering please see the below policies. 

If you would like to talk to us about volunteering please email us at 
[email protected]

To read more of our policies click here. 

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