Are you interested in volunteering?

The primary function of Basildon , Billericay and Wickford Volunteer Centre is to provide a Brokerage Service matching the interests and skills of people in the local area with local volunteer involving  organisations who have registered with us. The

service is free and covers the Basildon , Billericay and Wickford area.

If you would like to visit the Centre you will meet with the Volunteer Centre Manager for an informal interview that usually lasts

half an hour. The informal interview is a confidential one to one interview. The Volunteer Centre is an open planned office and therefore if you would like to have an informal interview in a private area please ask the Volunteer Centre Manager who will arrange this.

If you are unable to visit us at the Volunteer Centre we are able to  provide our Brokerage Service via letter, telephone or email.

What do volunteers do?

There are many areas and activities volunteers can get involved with such as:

  Gardening/conservation                Driving                              Befriending                                   Fundraising

  Education                                        Elderly                              Families                                        Children

  Disability                                         Retail                               Administration                               Campaigning

And many more!

The Volunteer Centre holds details of over 200 different volunteering opportunities so there is likely to be something for you!

If you would like to register then please contact Sharon Chan for an appoinment - you can also download the registration form to give you an idea of the information that we will need and you can complete it before coming in for your interview:

Volunteer Registration Form Cover Sheet

Volunteer Registration Form

The do-it website

do-it is a national database that holds details of volunteering

opportunities available within the UK . Visit their website and see how you can get involved with the local community

to see some of the opportunities that are currently available in the area go to: www.do-it.org.uk  

If you are interested in any of the opportunities on the do it website, please reply via the link as these emails come straight to Sharon Chan, who will contact you asap.

Volunteering for All

The Volunteer Centre offers opportunities for everyone who volunteers to expand their skills, widen their experience, increase their confidence, help the public, make new friends and simply have fun.

By raising the profile of volunteering, the Volunteer Centre seeks to break down any barriers which exist to certain sections of the local population and hence to provide an ethos of Volunteering for All.

Feedback from existing volunteers

 “Volunteering has given me the confidence to apply for jobs as I now have some work experience”

 “I have gained new skills and met new people through my volunteering”

 “I have met so many interesting people by volunteering and learnt lots of new skills”

 “I am putting my skills to good use and using my time to help the community”