Volunteering

Volunteer with Us

Volunteer with Us

You don’t need any special skills or experience to be a volunteer. We will fully train and support you to ensure you are able to start volunteering with confidence.

People who make good volunteers often share some of the following qualities:

Friendly & approachable
Reliable & trustworthy
A good listener
Caring
Enthusiastic
Willing to train
Have some spare time to share

As a volunteer, you will be a valued and vital member of our organisation.
The time you give will help to make a big difference to the lives of individuals.

When can you start?

We are very pleased to hear from potential volunteers at any time. Please call or email us if you are keen to volunteer, or if you simply want to have a chat about whether volunteering is for you. Or you can download our application form below to fill in and post to us. We will then contact you to arrange to meet and chat.

Copies of our current Volunteer Role Descriptions can be downloaded below, if you want to discuss any of the roles or if you have any specific skills that could be used to offer a valuable service to carers, just call the Volunteer Team on 01900 821 976.

We try to run our training courses at least twice a year, or more if we have a lot of applications, so you will hopefully be able to start volunteering with us soon.

Please be advised: Before you can begin volunteering with us we will need to ask for references from two people who know you well and, depending upon the role you are applying for, we will need to arrange for a DBS check. We appreciate this is a lengthy process but as some of the people we work with are vulnerable, these procedures are necessary. Please be reassured all your details will be treated with strict confidence.

Downloads

Download Volunteer Application Form for PRINTING

Download Volunteer Activities Organiser Role Description

Download Volunteer Benefit Support Assistant Role Description

Download Volunteer Carers Champion Role Description

Download Volunteer Carer Supporter Role Description

Download Volunteer Counsellor Role Description

Download Volunteer Driver Role Description

Download Volunteer Fundraiser Role Description

Download Volunteer LPA Assistant Role Description

Download Volunteer Sitter Role Description

Online Application

In order for us to process your volunteer application we will need to put your contact and basic details onto our database. Due to the new General Data Protection Regulations 2018 we need to make you aware of this and ask for your permission to do this. We also need to let you know that you can contact West Cumbria Carers at any time and request to opt out of contact with us and ask for your details to be removed from our database.

If yes please complete the application form.

If no unfortunately we will not be able to proceed with the application.

Are you willing for your details to be kept for this purpose?

Your Details

Name *

Address 1 *

Address 2

Town/City *

County *

Postcode *

Date of Birth *

Email *

Telephone *

Mobile

Your Background

Please tell us about any voluntary or paid work you have done. This can include helping an organisation or an individual on an informal basis.

Date

Organisation (if applicable)

Role/Work Carried Out

Date

Organisation (if applicable)

Role/Work Carried Out

Date

Organisation (if applicable)

Role/Work Carried Out

Other Information

Please use this space to tell us any information you would like to share about yourself, your hobbies, why you would like to volunteer and what you hope to gain from volunteering with our organisation.

References

Please provide the information of two people who can provide you with a reference. These can be previous employers / work colleagues or friends, but referees cannot be family members.

Name *

Address 1 *

Address 2

Town/City *

County *

Postcode *

How do they know you? *

Name *

Address 1 *

Address 2

Town/City *

County *

Postcode *

How do they know you? *

Please tick this box to confirm you are happy for us to contact your referees and process your application.

Leave this empty

What happens next?

Upon receipt of your application the Volunteer Co-ordinator will contact you to arrange an informal chat about how you would like to volunteer for us and the training and support provided to you.
We will arrange the necessary checks (DBS) if required for the role and request references.

Thank you for taking the time to complete this form.

Please note if you are unsuccessful on this occasion your application form will be kept on file for 3 months. It will then be destroyed to comply with the Data Protection Act. West Cumbria Carers is registered under the Data Protection Act 1998.