
Volunteering
Be part of our team 🙂

Reasons for volunteering –
- It improves employment prospects
- It improves physical health
- It helps you feel less isolated
- It gives you new skills and experience
- It gives you more confidence
- It brings you into contact with people from different backgrounds…
- It improves your mental health and wellbeing
- It broadens your experience of life
- You meet new people
- You get a sense of personal achievement
- It makes you feel you are making a difference
Activity Volunteer – Key Duties
- Support staff with the delivery of activity sessions
- Assist with the preparation of activity resources
- Support members to achieve their personalised outcomes
- Work with both individuals and groups to promote development
- Participate in staff meetings and attend supervision
- Undertake training to meet legal requirements and for own personal development
- Escort members on the centre minibus
- Ensure the health and safety of others
- Help keep Yatton House clean and tidy
- Promote public understanding of the services Yatton House delivers
Grounds Volunteer – Key Duties
- To help maintain Yatton House grounds
- To help maintain our Community Garden
- To help maintain our Market Garden
- To help support members and staff with horticulture
- Undertake light maintenance
- Participate in staff meetings and attend supervision
- Undertake training to meet legal requirements and for own personal development
- To support with our, enterprises including wreath making and plant sales
- Ensure the health and safety of others
- Promote public understanding of the services Yatton House delivers
Trustee Volunteer – Key Responsibilities
- Uphold the values of Yatton House and share our vision
- Ensure our commitment to our members
- Comply with Yatton House code of conduct by behaving in a professional manner
- Promote inclusion, equality, and diversity
- Respond sensitively to our member’s needs, ensuring discretion and confidentiality
- Keep within agreed objectives, goals, and business strategies
- Observe all policies / procedures and agreed operating practices
- Actively participate in promoting Yatton House Society
- Help to strengthen our community links
- Develop future strategies and business opportunities
- Embed quality assurances throughout our operations
Questions and Answers
- Will I need a DBS? – A DBS check is a Disclosure and Barring Service check and looks at whether you have a criminal record. DBS checks are free for volunteers. Not all volunteer roles need a DBS check. If your role means you need one, we will discuss it with you.
- Do I need a lot of spare time? – No, some of our volunteering opportunities are for one-off events, some are for set amounts of time, but others are flexible. For regular volunteering we ask for at least 6 months commitment.
- Will volunteering affect my benefits? – Volunteering should not affect your benefits, but we suggest you ask for advice from the Job Centre or your employment advisor.
- Will I have to be interviewed? – If you’ll be volunteering directly alongside our members you will need an informal interview. For other roles, we may just need a chat about what you will be doing.
- Will I need a reference for volunteering? – Yes, if you are working directly with our members, not if you are supporting at an event.
- How long will it be from when I apply to when I begin? – We hope to have volunteers starting within 4 weeks of application, but sometimes DBS checks and references mean it can take longer. Anyone interested in volunteering can email us directly at manager@yattonhouse.org.uk or call into reception.
- Will I get training as a volunteer? – Depending on your role, volunteers may be required to complete GDPR, Safeguarding and an Introduction to Volunteering. If extra training is required this will be discussed with you during supervision. For one-off volunteering you will be briefed before your event.
Next Steps
- Please complete a Volunteering Application Form (A copy can also be collected from reception)
- You will be invited in for a friendly chat / informal interview
- If successful and working alongside our members we will contact your references and begin the DBS application.
- You must tell us of any previous convictions, if you have a criminal record, we will make a decision about whether or not you can volunteer in the role.
- If your DBS and references come back fine, we will invite you into service for an induction and to sign a Volunteer Agreement.