Bradford Dementia Hub is a partnership between Community Links, Inspire North, Bradford Council, Khidmat Centres and Bradford Bulls.
The Hub offers information, advice and a signposting service for anyone living in Bradford diagnosed with dementia, and their friends, family and carers.
We deliver Community Awareness Sessions and Events to promote living well with dementia and how to increase Brain Health.

The Client Voice role will allow the volunteer to establish and facilitate a coffee morning at least once a month from the Hub in Bradford which enables clients with dementia to meet likeminded people in a safe environment. Client Voice gives a platform to those living with dementia to shape the Bradford Dementia Hub Service, get involved in projects and have their voice represented within their community.

As a volunteer you would be helping to support the wellbeing of our clients. Telephoning people with dementia or their carers, who have been referred to Bradford Dementia Hub.
Organising and facilitating a monthly coffee morning at the Hub for clients. Through the coffee mornings, facilitating discussions and activities that support clients to feedback what they want to see happen and shape the service / community.

In house training and guidance will be provided during your Induction Period. We also provide ongoing learning and development throughout your volunteer experience along with regular supervision. We offer flexibility and out-of-pocket expenses will be reimbursed.

For more information click: Keep in Touch and Client Voice volunteer

See below for information on how to apply…

Bradford Dementia Hub is a partnership between Community Links, Inspire North, Bradford Council, Khidmat Centres and Bradford Bulls.
The Hub offers information, advice and a signposting service for anyone living in Bradford diagnosed with dementia, and their friends, family and carers.
We deliver Community Awareness Sessions and Events to promote living well with dementia and how to increase Brain Health.

As a volunteer you would be helping to support Bradford Dementia Hub in raising dementia awareness across the Bradford district. Bradford Dementia Hub raises awareness of dementia across Bradford through events and dementia awareness sessions. These can be at the city centre Hub or various venues across the district and are not always dementia specific events. These are usually delivered by one member of staff and one volunteer.

Some of the activities that the volunteer role will get involved in include:

1. Supporting Bradford Dementia Hub staff at local events and information stands.
2. Distributing leaflets, flyers etc in community centres, GP surgeries/hospitals, supermarket notice boards and other locations easily accessible to the community and organisations that support people with dementia.
3. Establishing connections with local organisations and community groups, bringing back information to the Bradford Dementia Hub team on the services they provide.
4. Supporting “Dementia Awareness” sessions across Bradford.
5. To carry out any other duties which may be required and are consistent with the responsibilities of the role in agreement with the volunteer coordinator.

In house training and guidance will be provided during your Induction Period. We also provide ongoing learning and development throughout your volunteer experience along with regular supervision. We offer flexibility and out-of-pocket expenses will be reimbursed.

For more information click:  Awareness Raising Volunteer

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Bradford Dementia Hub is a partnership between Community Links, Inspire North, Bradford Council, Khidmat Centres and Bradford Bulls.
The Hub offers information, advice and a signposting service for anyone living in Bradford diagnosed with dementia, and their friends, family and carers.
We deliver Community Awareness Sessions and Events to promote living well with dementia and how to increase Brain Health.

As a volunteer you would be supporting Bradford staff with the administration needs of the service.

Some of the activities that the volunteer role will get involved in include:

1. Database administration.
2. Photocopying.
3. Composing Letter.
4. Printing flyers, leaflets and letters.
5. To carry out any other duties which may be required and are consistent with the role in agreement with the volunteer coordinator.

In house training and guidance will be provided during your Induction Period. We also provide ongoing learning and development throughout your volunteer experience along with regular supervision. We offer flexibility and out-of-pocket expenses will be reimbursed.

For more information click:  Administrative Volunteer

See below for information on how to apply…

Bradford Dementia Hub is a partnership between Community Links, Inspire North, Bradford Council, Khidmat Centres and Bradford Bulls.
The Hub offers information, advice and a signposting service for anyone living in Bradford diagnosed with dementia, and their friends, family and carers.
We deliver Community Awareness Sessions and Events to promote living well with dementia and how to increase Brain Health.

As a social media/communications volunteer, you would support the team to meet our promotional objectives through creative posts across our social media platforms. You will be encouraged to bring your ideas and creativity to the team and help develop other within the team.

Some of the activities that the volunteer role will get involved in include:

1. Supporting our Social Media output with the creation and scheduling of posts.
2. Updating our Bradford Dementia Hub website in line with the Service Manager and Communications Team’s objectives.
3. Contributing to the creation of stories/newsletters celebrating people affected by dementia in Bradford.
4. Design/Create promotional literature.
5. To carry out any other duties which may be required and are consistent with the responsibilities of the role in agreement with the volunteer coordinator.

In house training and guidance will be provided during your Induction Period. We also provide ongoing learning and development throughout your volunteer experience along with regular supervision. We offer flexibility and out-of-pocket expenses will be reimbursed.

For more information click:  Social Media/Communications Volunteer

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We are a leading provider of excellent, effective, and affordable mental health training. Our award-winning trainers are experts in their field within the mental health sector and pride themselves in delivering outstanding training.

We also provide and advise on in-house training for all our staff and volunteers, providing opportunity for professional development in-line with changes often met by services and support our colleagues to grow and achieve better outcomes.

This role will support our existing Learning & Development Administrators to manage the Training Team’s training schedule and promotion.

Some of the activities that the volunteer role will get involved in include:

• Developing marketing materials to promote our training offer.
• Managing training booking using the training booking system.
• Creating and posting social media posts to promote our training offer.
• Supporting data entries for our training database.
• Other general admin duties as required.

Previous experience of general administration work is not a requirement, and this role provides an opportunity to learn transferable office administration skills. This role is subject to a DBS and Police Vetting checks. We offer flexibility and out-of-pocket expenses will be reimbursed.

For more information click:    Training Admin Volunteer Role Profile

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Young Dementia Leeds is a partnership between Community Links and Carers Leeds and offers a range of wellbeing, holistic, mutual and peer support, connecting people to groups and activities within their community helping people to live well with dementia.

As a Volunteer Driver you will be collecting and dropping clients off from their homes or other locations in Leeds. As well as driving you might also get involved in other activities based at the centre.

This role requires that you own a car and have a clean driving licence and is subject to an Enhanced DBS and Police Vetting checks. We offer flexibility and out-of-pocket expenses will be reimbursed.

For more information click: YDL Volunteer Driver Role Profile

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The North Yorkshire Young People’s Pathway offers young people the necessary support, advice and mediation to enable them to stay in their present accommodation. Where it is not possible for someone to remain at home, we have a variety of accommodation options to suit their needs.

As an Activities Worker you will be expected to join-in and support activities with individuals or groups. Sharing your own experiences and creative skills. Various times and days dependant on the activity supporting – in the communal room of our office/ client rooms and in the community.

In house training and guidance will be provided during your Induction Period. We also provide ongoing learning and development throughout your volunteer experience along with regular supervision. We offer flexibility and out-of-pocket expenses will be reimbursed.

For more information click:  Selby YPP Activities Volunteer Role Profile

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Space to Share is a children’s psychotherapeutic counselling model of therapy. This model draws upon many theories and uses them to adapt to an individual child’s needs regardless of age or developmental stage. It provides various therapeutic interventions to alleviate the impact of domestic abuse.

You will be responsible for a small caseload of children/young people to whom you will deliver high quality tailored therapeutic intervention by providing a coordinated package of therapy and that takes individual preferences and needs of the child into account.

This role requires:
-Enhanced DBS.
-Access to a car or work purposes and hold a full current UK driving licence.
-Working towards a relevant children’s counselling/therapist qualification that is
registered with a relevant governing body for example UKCP, BACP, BAPT, BAAT,
TACT

For more information:  CTS Student Therapist Volunteer Role Profile

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CLASS (Care Leaver Accommodation Support Service) is for young people leaving care who have housing-related support needs. CLASS supports with the challenges that care leavers experience during their transition to independent adult life. CLASS provides accommodation and floating support needed to be able to sustain their own tenancy by encouraging the development of the young person’s independent living skills.

CLASS is looking for a volunteer for any number of hours they can offer to help support additional admin activities. We require a volunteer for varied admin duties.

In house training and guidance will be provided during your Induction Period. We also provide ongoing learning and development throughout your volunteer experience along with regular supervision. We offer flexibility and out-of-pocket expenses will be reimbursed.

For more information click: CLASS Admin Volunteer Role Profile

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To enquire about volunteering with us, please download and complete this Enquiry Form and send to volunteer@inspirenorth.co.uk. 

If you would like to apply for any of these volunteer roles, please download and complete the Application Form and email to volunteer@inspirenorth.co.uk 

For help and support when applying for one of our volunteer roles you can use this Volunteer Application Guidance.

If you would prefer to complete a paper Enquiry or Application form, no problem! Please contact us on either volunteer@inspirenorth.co.uk, 0113 273 9660 or by writing to:

Volunteer Development Manager
Inspire North
3 Limewood Rd,
Seacroft,
Leeds
LS14 1AB

If you are presented with any barriers and need assistance in completing your application, please contact us on either of the methods above.