Make social connections through volunteering
Here’s our pick of some of our most social volunteering roles. These roles offer you a chance to meet and connect with other like-minded people in a group setting. Get your hands dirty, make friends and have fun all whilst helping your local community.
Re-engage
You can read the full article about the service Re-engage offer and hear first hand how rewarding volunteering for them can be.
The Conservation Volunteers (TCV)
Anything from building fences, stiles and kissing gates to cleaning out ponds, hedge laying, coppicing and scrub clearance. Come along for as many or as few sessions as you like.
Totally Local Leighton Buzzard
Totally Locally Leighton Buzzard (https://totallylocallyleightonbuzzard.wordpress.com) is a grassroots community group that runs FiverFest and other community initiatives in Leighton Buzzard. The group is looking to start up a free to join language club in a local town centre pub
Tools with a mission
A team of people who share our passion for livelihood, creating tools and getting together to collect tools from their area. Many also arrange tool collections at local supermarkets, DIY stores and garden centres.
Living it up
Volunteers support a gig buddy to go out, enjoy themselves and meet new people. We pair people up with similar interests, whether this is folk music, clubbing, theatre, cover bands or festivals.
Beds RCC
Volunteers will become Wellbeing Walk Leaders to support existing walks and to set up new walks across Bedfordshire. Each Wellbeing Walk has a small group of leaders who take on several tasks between them.
One housing group
To provide support to Care and Support and services when facilitating group activities such as arts, crafts, music, and dance workshops, for our vulnerable customer groups.
Art/craft/music volunteers
You can find our full list of volunteer roles here
