Volunteer for us
We have a variety of volunteering opportunities with Connex Community Support, both in our Buxton and Ashbourne offices. Please see below for our latest roles and contact details if you are interested.
Opportunities in the Buxton and High Peak area
Can you help Buxton Festival Fringe?
BUXTON FESTIVAL FRINGE are looking for a Fringe Desk Volunteer, reviewers, and Carnival Day helpers We are looking for someone with interests in the arts and a knowledge of the Fringe and Buxton. You will be on the fringe desk in the pavilion gardens. To give...
Tools With a Mission Volunteering from home
Tools with a Mission (TWAM) have a number of home based volunteering opportunities that can be done from home. Tool Ambassador Country Coordinator Community Ambassador Community Champion Church Ambassador TWAM collect donated tools from across the UK, refurbish them,...
Could you help Hathersage Royal British Legion?
Hathersage Branch The Royal British Legion are looking for a reliable and flexible volunteer secretary. This role will involve about an average of one to two hours per month which can be done largely electronically from home, but with attendance at some four evening...
Help needed as a SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING VOLUNTEER
For the 'Exercise Roadshow' We are looking for a volunteer who is reliable with an interest in Health & Wellbeing. You will help manage our Facebook and Instagram pages along with producing and designing flyers as and when needed. For more information contact...
Thank You Buxton
You are invited to a Thank You Buxton day of celebration and reflection aimed to thank the community for all your support to Buxton throughout the pandemic!
This free event at the Pavilion Gardens, Buxton, runs from 12pm to 6 pm, Sunday 8th May
Volunteer Driver
As a volunteer driver, you will provide a door-to-door service, staying with clients for up to two hours at medical appointments or dropping them off and collecting them later for longer appointments. In the High Peak we also have two of our own vehicles - a...
Home from Hospital Volunteer
We would like to hear from friendly, caring people in the High Peak and Northern Derbyshire Dales who would like to support people after a hospital stay or people who are at risk of being admitted to hospital. A Home from Hospital volunteer will help to support...
Alive and Kickin’ Volunteer
We are looking for friendly, active people who would like to help us set us a range of activities for our Alive and Kickin' project. This new project aims to get older people who might be lonely involved in a range of activities from cooking to club nights, and...
Befriending Volunteer
As a befriender you will act as a ‘good neighbour’ by visiting someone in their home who is lonely or socially isolated. You will spend time with them and have a chat over a ‘cuppa’ or play board games with them. Occasionally you might do a bit of shopping for them if...
Opportunities in the Derbyshire Dales area
Tools With a Mission Volunteering from home
Tools with a Mission (TWAM) have a number of home based volunteering opportunities that can be done from home. Tool Ambassador Country Coordinator Community Ambassador Community Champion Church Ambassador TWAM collect donated tools from across the UK, refurbish them,...
Could you help Hathersage Royal British Legion?
Hathersage Branch The Royal British Legion are looking for a reliable and flexible volunteer secretary. This role will involve about an average of one to two hours per month which can be done largely electronically from home, but with attendance at some four evening...
Help needed as a SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING VOLUNTEER
For the 'Exercise Roadshow' We are looking for a volunteer who is reliable with an interest in Health & Wellbeing. You will help manage our Facebook and Instagram pages along with producing and designing flyers as and when needed. For more information contact...
Help needed as a CHARITY TRUSTEE (part time voluntary role)
Citizens Advice Derbyshire Dales We need you to help lead the charity and support the management team in developing our services and securing the vital resources we need to meet demand. We seek four enthusiastic people who can spare a few hours a month alongside any...
Needed – Digital Café Buddy
Volunteer with Connex Community Support - Ashbourne If you are enthusiastic, patient, empathetic and reliable, YOU could be the person we are looking for. You will be providing practical help to enable people to use technology. IT expertise is not needed, but some...
Tea, Talk ‘n’ Tech in Equal Measures
Connex Community Support are delighted to be extending our Tea, Talk & Tech project to the wonderful new Ashbourne Sports & Community Pavilion! Starting in April 2022, we hope that you will join us at our first Digital Connextions Café. As the world...
Find Out About Volunteering!
Volunteering Morning - Bakewell Library Tuesday 15th March 10.00 am to 12 Noon Want A New Challenge? Are you looking to make a difference? Pop in to Bakewell Library to find out more about Volunteering in your local Community.
Tea, Talk and Tech Buddy
About the project: Tea, Talk and Tech is a new project designed to help mitigate social isolation and digital exclusion in older people, by helping them engage with technology in comfortable and enjoyable ways. Our mission is to connect older people with the...
Home from Hospital Volunteer
We would like to hear from friendly, caring people in the High Peak and Northern Derbyshire Dales who would like to support people after a hospital stay or people who are at risk of being admitted to hospital. A Home from Hospital volunteer will help to support...
Connex Readycall Volunteer
If you live in the Derbyshire Dales and want to help make a difference to the life of someone over 60 who is affected by cancer, why not find out about being a Connex Readycall volunteer? By becoming a volunteer you will experience first-hand the difference...