Volunteer With Us
We are looking for volunteers who can join us regularly at our Luton Day Centre in Alma Street or our Houghton Regis Centre in Memorial Hall.
We also have occasional opportunities for volunteers to help us at information stalls or to sell items at community festivals and markets.
We welcome applications from people aged 18 and over from a diverse range of backgrounds.
We are looking for volunteers who can join us regularly at our Luton Day Centre in Alma Street or our Houghton Regis Centre in Memorial Hall.
We also have occasional opportunities for volunteers to help us at information stalls or to sell items at community festivals and markets.
We welcome applications from people aged 18 and over from a diverse range of backgrounds.
We are looking for volunteers who can join us regularly at our Luton Day Centre in Alma Street or our Houghton Regis Centre in Memorial Hall.
We also have occasional opportunities for volunteers to help us at information stalls or to sell items at community festivals and markets.
We welcome applications from people aged 18 and over from a diverse range of backgrounds.
What would I do?
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- Get involved in a range of activities, supporting clients both one-on-one and in groups
- Suggest and lead sessions if you have a particular hobby, special interest or skill to share that would be beneficial to our clients
- Assist clients on outings
- Join us at fundraising and promotional events
What skills do I need?
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- Ability to learn and apply training
- Enjoy meeting people from a diverse range of backgrounds
- Have good communication skills
- Maybe have skills or interests to share
What would I do?
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- Get involved in a range of activities, supporting clients both one-on-one and in groups
- Suggest and lead sessions if you have a particular hobby, special interest or skill to share that would be beneficial to our clients
- Assist clients on outings
- Join us at fundraising and promotional events
What skills do I need?
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- Ability to learn and apply training
- Enjoy meeting people from a diverse range of backgrounds
- Have good communication skills
- Maybe have skills or interests to share
Volunteers will receive:
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- A full induction and on-going training
- Travel and lunch reimbursement up to set limits
- Enhanced career prospects with a professional reference for future use
- Personal fulfilment
Volunteers will receive:
-
- A full induction and on-going training
- Travel and lunch reimbursement up to set limits
- Enhanced career prospects with a professional reference for future use
- Personal fulfilment
Volunteers will receive:
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- A full induction and on-going training
- Travel and lunch reimbursement up to set limits
- Enhanced career prospects with a professional reference for future use
- Personal fulfilment
Interested? How To Apply:
Please fill in the expression of interest form below. Tell us a bit about yourself, your skills and your interests. We are also interested to know why you want to volunteer with us. Once completed, please email to:
Once we have reviewed your form, we will contact you to arrange a suitable time for you to come and visit our day centre. At this informal meeting you can have a tour of the facilities, meet staff, clients, other volunteers and talk with our volunteer co-ordinator about the roles we have available to see if they match your interests and skills.
Some of our volunteers
Jason
My first volunteering role was at Headway’s Jubilee party. I took tea and coffee orders from clients and helped to serve the lunches. I assisted a staff member with filming the event, plus helped to clean up after. It was such a busy but fun day. I have also helped at the walk in the park, cheering on clients as they reached the one mile mark and helping the photographer. I now volunteer in the day centre. I have KBG Syndrome which can make some tasks more difficult but the staff and clients at Headway support me in my role.
Rosemary
My husband has been a client of Headway for many years. I am retired now, but used to work in Sexual Health services in Luton and still have many connections in the town. I like to promote Headway when I am out socially. I wear a Headway t-shirt, hand out leaflets and let people know how the service has benefited my husband. I like to keep up to date with the latest developments in the town regarding disability services and enjoy attending Headway’s AGM.
Elisabeth
I am a retired web editor for the University of Bedfordshire. I have volunteered for Headway Luton by staffing a stall selling some of my allotment produce and greeting cards made by clients. I also assisted at the Walk a Mile fundraising event in Wardown Park. It is great fun to spread the word about the causes and consequences of brain injury and have fun with clients and staff at awareness raising events in the town.
Irum
I am a stay-at-home mum and wanted to get some work experience. I have really enjoyed supporting clients in their arts and crafts activities. I also helped create a display board where we wrote positive affirmations. I also like writing poetry and have had the opportunity to ready my poems to clients. Staff and clients have made me feel welcomed and valued. I volunteered for one year and would recommend Headway as a place for people to develop their skills and interests to support others.
Hannah
I volunteered during the summer holidays as a Speech and Language support worker. I learnt to focus on personalisation of therapy through session/task modification, since various factors can impact on communication such as vision, hearing, physical ability and cognition. Aphasia and other SLCN can also present themselves in a variety of ways. I also learnt more theoretical skills such as using Total Communication to aid speech production. Connecting with my love for Modern Languages was a highlight, conducting interventions for clients with English as a second language (ESL) and 1:1 Spanish sessions for a client.
You can read the full story of my experience in my Volunteer Spotlight blog post.