Activities Volunteer

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Opportunity Overview

We’re looking for a welcoming and friendly face to help with the delivery of activities for clients in BCWA services, keeping them engaged, involved and included. If you have strong interpersonal skills, you’re a confident communicator who wants to help survivors, or you’re a reliable and honest volunteer with a special skill to share, we’d love to have you on board as an Activities Volunteer!

Date posted: 05/10/26

Activities Volunteer

Closing date: 5/11/2026

BCWA reserve the right to close this advert before the closing date.

Are you friendly, creative and compassionate?  Are you keen to make a difference and contribute to the impact BCWA makes?

We’re looking for a welcoming and friendly face to help with the delivery of activities for clients in BCWA services, keeping them engaged, involved and included. If you have strong interpersonal skills, you’re a confident communicator who wants to help survivors, or you’re a reliable and honest volunteer with a special skill to share, we’d love to have you on board as an Activities Volunteer!

Activities Volunteers will primarily volunteer within the BCWA Accommodation Services. Volunteers will support with the facilitation of different activities, including arts and crafts, coffee mornings, cooking, games and other activity sessions. We have an ever-growing programme of activities across our services. Client activities at BCWA help ensure we keep connected with the people we support, and provide moments for them to build relationships, reflect on key events and awareness days, and be creative and gain skills. Activities volunteers strengthen the positive impact these activities have for the clients BCWA supports, providing further connection and space for engagement.

Volunteering with as an Activities Volunteer might look like:

  • Helping facilitate a variety of activity sessions.
  • Encouraging participation and positive engagement from and with clients.
  • Assisting with set up and preparation for activities, and helping with tidying up afterwards.
  • Collaborating with BCWA staff to understand the aims of the session and ensure smooth delivery.
  • Building a safe space for BCWA clients by being a welcoming and friendly face.
  • Being an advocate for BCWA!

As a BCWA Activities Volunteer, you’ll get:

  • All the training you need to understand and be prepared for your role with us, so you can use your time with us to grow and learn!
  • Regular check-ins and contact with our Volunteer Coordinator as an opportunity to catch up, reflect and feedback on your volunteering experience with us.
  • Access to the Wisdom App and the BCWA wellbeing provision.
  • Access high quality support and advice from BCWA whenever you need it.
  • Your travel to and from sessions expensed. Lunch paid for if you volunteer for 6 hours or more.
  • A reference to support you in your next steps, whether that is a voluntary or paid role elsewhere.
  • The knowledge that you’re making a real difference to the lives of victims and survivors of violence and abuse as you volunteer alongside a passionate and experienced team!

If you’re interested, please complete an Application Form and send it to volunteers@blackcountrywomensaid.co.uk. Please see the full Role Description for all the information.

Important information for all positions

Black Country Women’s Aid is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults, children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All posts are subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. It will be necessary for an enhanced disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service for details of any previous criminal convictions.

Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies. The post holder must be female.

Volunteering checks

As a responsible volunteer provider we adhere to safer recruitment practice and all our volunteers are subject to the following checks:

Right to volunteer in the UK

To avoid discrimination we treat all volunteer applicants equally.

We therefore ask all volunteers to confirm they have a Right to Volunteer in the UK.

References

If offered a volunteer role, we will seek 2 references. Ideally, one of these should be your current or last employer, however we understand this isn’t always possible. We ask that one of your referees has known you at least a year.

Examples of references could include:

  • a professional from your centre of study, for instance a teacher, lecturer or headteacher
  • GP or health visitor
  • a character reference from a person who knows you (no familial relations or partners)
  • a civil servant from a government agency
  • a bank manager

DBS

All volunteer roles are subject to DBS checks at the relevant level.