Register your interest in volunteering with YMCA Heart of England

We have many volunteer opportunities across our departments depending on your interests and areas for development.

We would love to hear from volunteers who are:
Passionate about what we do
Possess a willingness to learn
Can commit to a couple of hours per week
Friendly

Contact us to discuss the roles available and how we can help to develop your soft skills. Our team are happy to provide employability support during your placement.

For more information email: [email protected].

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Shared Prosperity Fund in Birmingham

Birmingham City Council will be seeking to maximise the delivery of Shared Prosperity Fund to achieve Birmingham's Levelling Up Strategy through building stronger communities and increasing focus on neighbourhood priorities and needs. This is of relevance to organisations who have ESF projects to finish.
BVSC launches Accelerator Programme

The Accelerator Programme aims to support organisations looking to develop their Business Development approaches and generate income from competitive bidding processes for both contracts and grants. This programme will be subsidised during the pilot phase and applications will be accepted on a first-come-first-served basis.
Female Accommodation Specialist Lead

Anawim, Closing date: 5 August
Administrator

Citizens Advice Birmingham, Closing date: 14 July

Sense Siblings & Young Carers Group Volunteer

Sense are looking for volunteers to support their activity groups for Siblings and Young Carers aged 5-18 in Birmingham.
Vice-chair of Trustees

Board of trustees, Northfield Community Partnership, Voluntary Position
Chair of Trustees

Board of Trustees for Northfield Community Partnership, Voluntary Role
Shakespeare Library Summer School

Free Summer School for people aged 18-25 interested in working in heritage, libraries and archives!
Volunteer Sighted Guides

Get involved with our 2022 Volunteer Conference This October around 80 volunteers from Thomas Pocklington Trust (TPT) will meet at Conference Aston Birmingham to discuss issues that matter to them. The conference will take place on Friday 7th - Sunday 9th October Birmingham. TPT has several volunteer programs which provide a forum for blind and partially sighted people to have a voice on matters important to them and their communities.
Kings Norton Walk & Cycle Trail Volunteers

Join us in Celebrating Birmingham's Commonwealth Games 2022. There will lots of fun activities for you to choose from- including guided walking and cycling routes along the 'River Rea Heritage Trail', arts, gardening, exercise, smoothie making, and plenty of opportunities for socialising. This project is a brilliant way to get to know the history of Northfield and Kings Norton, have fun while exercising and make new friends!
Baby Aid Birmingham Trustees Callout

Baby Aid Birmingham (BAB) is recruiting a board of trustees to advise BAB generally, but also support the directors. BAB is also recruiting an advisory board. They will also advise generally but mainly on specific issues as and when we encounter them. Both boards have the common purpose / mission of helping BAB to provide the best possible service and to achieve long term stability, but the trustees hold a more formal position with voting powers.
Retina UK Meet & Greet volunteers Friday 9 July

Retina UK is a national charity supporting people affected by progressive inherited sight loss conditions. We are holding a professionals conference on Friday 9 July at Macdonald Burlington Hotel, New Street and need two volunteers to join us to Meet and Greet our delegates between 8.30-10.30am.
NSPCC Childline Volunteer Counsellor

Childline is a vital service available 365 days a year to support children and young people, whatever their worry or concern. Childline Birmingham currently have vacancies for Volunteer Counsellors. If you are interested in volunteering for Childline in Birmingham and want to find out more about the roles available, the next step is to click here to attend a Volunteer Information Meeting.
Tesco Food Collection - Summer 2022

Encourage Tesco shoppers to donate food to the collection.

Household Support Fund

Support is available to households in Birmingham over the winter using funding from the government’s Household Support Fund.
Become a volunteer

Volunteering involves spending time, unpaid, doing something that is of benefit to others or the environment.
Household Support Fund

Help for Birmingham households experiencing financial hardship is being developed as part of Birmingham’s Household Support Fund programme.
What we do

BVSC works to make a positive difference to the lives of people in Birmingham and we believe that the key to this is found in our communities.
The Weather Model

This model uses the weather as a metaphor for different elements of reflective practice.
Neighbourhood Network Schemes in Birmingham

The aim of Neighbourhood Network Schemes (known as NNS) in Birmingham is to help older adults in Birmingham to lead healthy, happy and independent lives in their own homes and communities.
Become a member

Become part of a growing network of voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) sector organisations in Birmingham.
Quality Standards
Promote your organisation
Birmingham Holiday Activities and Food Grant Programme 2021

Birmingham City Council has received grant funding from the Department for Education to coordinate a large-scale holiday activity programme with the inclusion of food for children and young people across the city this summer and over the Christmas period.