Even a small amount of your time can make a big difference in our community.
Volunteering can help you to:
- develop new skills
- gain new experiences
- enhance your CV
- meet new people
- make a difference to other people’s lives
- build your confidence in the workplace.
Find a volunteering opportunity below.
Library volunteers
Medway Libraries offer several roles for those wishing to volunteer their time.
The roles include:
- Digital Buddies
- home library couriers
- Grain library volunteers.
You must be aged 18 or over to apply for a library volunteer role.
Simply Connect Medway
Simply Connect Medway advertise a wide range of volunteering opportunities to connect you to your community.
Volunteering roles can range from cooking, gardening, and fundraising.
A Better Medway volunteers
A Better Medway offer several roles for those wishing to volunteer their time.
The roles include:
- cycle group leaders
- walk leaders
- A Better Medway Champions
- breastfeeding peer supporters.
Volunteer at a park
Medway's parks and greenspaces have a range of groups and forums to help support our environment.
By volunteering you can:
- undertake practical tasks
- help organise events and activities
- raise funds
- meet people with similar interests.
More about volunteering at parks
Appropriate adult volunteers
The role of an appropriate adult volunteer is to support young people (aged 10 to 17) or vulnerable adults (those with a mental health or learning disability) when they are arrested.
This includes:
- ensuring they understand their rights and the processes taking place
- ensuring they are treated properly and fairly.
Volunteer with the Youth Justice Community Panel
The Youth Justice Community Panel help to run referral order panels involving children and young people who have committed offences, their parents or guardians and victims.
Youth volunteering
Our directory includes a variety of volunteering opportunities for young people in Medway.
Youth sports leader programme
This programme has been designed to offer mentoring and support, alongside recognised industry qualifications, to inspire the next generation of sports leaders and coaches.
This programme offers the opportunity to practice and deliver as a volunteer across some of our events like Mini Youth Games and Summer of Sport.
Seasonal volunteering
There are seasonal volunteering opportunities across the year in Medway.
You can support charities and our local libraries by donating unused items in Medway.Donating in Medway