Volunteering
I Want To Volunteer
If you cannot see an opportunity that is right for you, please register your interest in volunteering and we will try to find one for you which matches your needs.
Alternatively, please contact our Thrive Trafford Volunteer Coordinator, Jack Puller, for help and advice, or for wider volunteering opportunities in your local area please contact one of the Trafford Community Hub Volunteer Coordinators as detailed below.
I'm looking for Volunteers
If you are a VCFSE group or organisation that involves volunteers in your work and are actively recruiting, please click the button to post your volunteering opportunity details to our website.
Trafford Community Hub Volunteer Coordinators
St John’s Centre Old Trafford
Community Hub Volunteer Coordinator:
Claire Trivino – claire@stjohnscentre.org
Working Hours: Monday and Tuesday, 09:00 – 15:00
St John’s Centre was set up in response to community need 40 years ago. Our aim is to support people who are marginalised and disadvantaged in any way, and to enrich the quality of life for people living in Old Trafford. We are based in the heart of the community, and we are a place of trust and welcome to everyone who visits. Through our Hub work we provide both an emergency response, and support and signposting for many issues. We also offer adult learning; activities for social wellbeing; and space for recreation and leisure.
Stretford Public Hall
Community Hub Volunteer Coordinator:
Katherine Bays – katherine@stretfordpublichall.org.uk
Working Hours: Monday – Thursday, 09:00 – 15:00
Stretford Public Hall is a community-owned, multi-purpose building. Our aim is to create space for good things to happen in Stretford. The hall is run by Friends of Stretford Public Hall, who have owned the building since a community asset transfer in 2015. We are a charitable Community Benefit Society which is a type of co-operative. We have over 800 members. We provide accessible community space and deliver our own programme of events and activities, including art activities, live music nights, community cinema, and health and wellbeing activities.
Sale Support Hub
Community Hub Volunteer Coordinator:
Susan Astbury – susan.astbury@irwellvalley.co.uk
Working Hours: Monday and Friday, 09:00 – 15:00
Our Sale West is a Big Local governed and led by the community of Sale West. Our main aim is to ‘Build a better sustainable community for the future’. A key feature of the ‘Our Sale West’ project is that it is led and managed by local residents, which means that local people decide what the priorities are for Our Sale West and how they should be addressed. The board has an important role in this making sure the community plan is delivered, and the funding is spent on what the community wants. Our Sale West works under 4 main themes, these have been developed from listening and talking to residents on the estate:Training and Employment, Environment & Community Facilities, Health & Wellbeing, Youth.
Urmston Community Hub
Community Hub Volunteer Coordinator:
Eleanor Smith – eleanor.smith@ageuktrafford.org.uk
Working Hours: Monday and Wednesday, 09:00 – 15:00
Age UK Trafford has supported the people of Trafford since 1975, firstly as The Older Peoples Welfare Committee, then as Age Concern Trafford and more recently as Age UK Trafford. It is an independent local charity that uses its resources only in the Brough of Trafford. It provides its services across the whole Borough. Its present services include dementia advice service, mild cognitive impairment support, falls prevention information and classes, general information, and advice for over 50’s, social prescribing, dementia specialist day care, benefits checks and form completion, social activities, a “get connected” project to help older people get online, a home library service, a traders list, a regular free legal surgery onsite and various volunteering opportunities.
Hope Centre Partington
Community Hub Volunteer Coordinator:
Paul Wills – support@hopecentrepartington.com
Working Hours: Monday – Friday, 09:00 – 15:00
The Hideaway opened in April 2018 as an educational play centre and café for the local community. The large play facility quickly grew in popularity and introduced courses, workshops and other services for the benefit of families and the wider community. At the start of the covid pandemic the play centre was transformed into the Hope Centre – a central point for co-ordinating support, distributing food and ensuring our whole community was cared for. Since then the organisation has grown enormously and now hosts a fantastic family and education team who exist to support families throughout Trafford and residents in Partington in a whole range of ways.
The Hub Altrincham
Community Hub Volunteer Coordinator:
Vicky Williams – victoriawilliams@ourhub.org
Working Hours: Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, 09:00 – 15:00
Altrincham Baptist Church are a large Christian evangelical church situated on Hale Road in Altrincham. In 2007 the church took over a large old community centre which it renamed ‘The Hub’ and repurposed as a new community base. We offer many activities for all ages throughout the week, from Art Class to Toddler Group, Knit and Natter to Journalling.
Trafford Volunteer Managers Network
The Thrive Trafford Volunteer Managers Network runs quarterly and gives individuals managing volunteers within their organisation the opportunity to meet others from across Trafford in similar roles.
The network seeks to share best practice and information amongst volunteer managers and coordinators from all sectors across Trafford, and to offer peer support with raising the profile of volunteering, recruiting volunteers, identifying funding and training opportunities and encouraging joint working.
Meetings are open to anybody in Trafford that are responsible for volunteers or volunteering in their group or organisation.
2024 Dates
Trafford Volunteer Managers Network Thursday 14 November 2024, 13:00 – 15:00
2025 Dates
Trafford Volunteer Managers Network Thursday 13 February 2025, 13:00 – 15:00
Trafford Volunteer Managers Network Thursday 15 May 2025, 10:30 – 12:30
Trafford Volunteer Managers Network Thursday 21 August 2025, 11:00 – 13:00
Trafford Volunteer Managers Network Thursday 13 November 2025, 13:00 – 15:00
For further information about the Volunteer Managers Network please contact our Volunteer Coordinator Jack Puller.
Resources
Thrive Trafford is responsible for coordination of the volunteering infrastructure in Trafford.
The Thrive Trafford Volunteer Management Toolkit has been developed by Thrive Trafford to assist VCFSE organisations to better manage their volunteers. It is also intended to help provide a consistent approach to volunteer management across the borough.
The Toolkit has been designed to be light touch, including a number of practical tools and resources that can be easily adapted for use within your own organisation. The Toolkit is available to download by clicking on the link below.
Thrive-Volunteer-Management-Toolkit_2022-23
For Safeguarding Information and Resources for Children and Adults in Trafford please visit: Trafford Safeguarding Partnership
NCVO – Involving Volunteers: Practical and step by step guidance to help you manage volunteers and the process of volunteering well – Click Here
Employee Volunteering & Social Value
“Employer-supported volunteering (ESV) gives employees the opportunity to volunteer during working hours. Organisations have an impact on the communities in which they operate and many employers have introduced different types of volunteering programmes for employees to support community organisations and charities with their time and skills”
CIPD, Employer-supported volunteering
Thrive Trafford provides expertise in corporate social responsibility and can support businesses, employers and VCFSE sector groups or organisations to engage in focussed employee volunteering activities. Thrive is also an active member of the Trafford Social Value Steering Group that is convened by Trafford Council.
For more information about Employee Volunteering and Social Value please contact our Volunteer Coordinator, Jack Puller.
You can also complete a Social Value and Employer Supported Volunteering Registration Form to share your ask or offer with VCFSE groups and organisations in Trafford.